Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by abnormal protein deposit aggregates in the brain tissue of patients. In particular, amyloid β-protein (Aβ) has been associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s. These Aβ molecules can aggregate...
Biomedical research is a challenging complex process, to say the least, from the level of molecules right up to the entire organ systems interacting with one another. Biomedical researchers need apparatuses capable of simulating this level of complexity and animal...
In the current age of biomedical research, antibodies are essential tools for research and diagnostic medicine. However, science is all about reproducibility, and some alarming studies have shown that there are real problems in the commercial antibody market. This...
All jawed vertebrates use immunoglobulins (Ig) produced by B-lymphocytes for acquired immunity. Immunoglobulins are glycoproteins, consisting of two heavy and two light chains, bonded together by disulfide bonds, and often drawn in a cartoon as a “Y”. Immunity...