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...