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Microbes in Raw Meat

Contamination of food by microbes is a public health concern around the world. This article investigates the levels of microbes found in raw meat.

14 Feb 2020

Reversed-Phase Chromatography: An Overview

Reversed-phase chromatography is a liquid chromatography technique that involves the separation of molecules on the basis of hydrophobic interactions.

14 Feb 2020

Insulin Signaling Pathway

This article describes the insulin signaling pathway, its physiological effects and the methods by which insulin signaling is regulated.

14 Feb 2020

Advances in Fluorescence Microscopy

In fluorescence microscopy, a specimen emits energy when activated by light of a certain wavelength. Some substances such as chlorophyll and some minerals will do this naturally, while others will need the help of other chemical triggers.

14 Feb 2020

Microarray and Bioinformatics

A “microarray” is a laboratory slide made of glass whose surface is provided with thousands of small pores in defined positions.

14 Feb 2020

Hit to Lead (H2L) Process in Drug Discovery

The hit to lead stage of drug discovery aims to discover compounds of interest from a selection of compounds that demonstrate promising therapeutic effects.

14 Feb 2020

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

A ribosome is the cellular machine that produces protein. It has two primary functional units, or subunits, known as the large subunit and the small subunit. Eukaryotic ribosomes are referred to as 80S ribosomes.

14 Feb 2020

Difference Between a Paratope and an Epitope

Paratopes and epitopes are the unique binding regions of an antibody and antigen, respectively.

14 Feb 2020

Applications of Polarized Light Microscopy

In polarized light microscopy, plane-polarized light is passed through a double refracting material and then collected using a second polarizing filter.

14 Feb 2020

CBD Quality Control Measures

CBD products must undergo various quality control measures to ensure their safety and efficacy for consumers.

14 Feb 2020

The Human Metabolome Project

Metabolomics is the study of the metabolome, a number that is characterized as a complete set of low molecular weight metabolites present in the cells, tissues, biological fluids, or the body.

14 Feb 2020

Bioinformatics in Research

Bioinformatics is the application of information techniques for the storage, retrieval, and analysis of large quantities of biological data.

14 Feb 2020

How are the Metabolome and Proteome Related?

As the proteome consists of proteins and metabolome consists of an eclectic mix of molecules, ranging from amino acids to carbohydrates, it is easy to forget that these two groups are intimately connected.

14 Feb 2020

Rabbit Monoclonal Antibodies (RabMab) Benefits

Rabbit monoclonal antibodies refer to antibodies that have been developed in rabbits rather than mice, which are most commonly used to generate antibodies.

14 Feb 2020

How Does Immunochemistry Work?

Immunochemistry is a branch of chemistry that involves the study of the components and functions of the immune system such as the nature and interactions of antigen-antibody.

14 Feb 2020

What is Confocal Imaging?

Epifluorescent microscopy is a technique capable of generating images of certain fluorescent samples.

14 Feb 2020

Antibodies in Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometry is an invaluable tool used to analyze the chemical and physical properties of cells.

14 Feb 2020

Purifying Antibodies Using Ion Exchange Chromatography

IEC is a useful technique for separating antibodies as it provides high-resolution separation between proteins that differ only by a single amino acid.

14 Feb 2020