ELISA

Download this guide for tips on choosing the most appropriate antibodies and buffers, maintaining sample quality, washing techniques, detecting multiple targets and monitoring assay performance.

Antibodies are a vital part of the immune system, playing a key role in our ability to fight infection and in the efficacy of vaccinations. However, that’s not where their utility ends. Find out about what antibodies are, where they come from, how they function and how science is putting them to work in the laboratory.

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has proven invaluable as both a research and diagnostic tool. In this article, we will consider what an ELISA is, how it works, variations of the technique and what it can tell you.

Download this guide to learn the importance of context in optimization, why controls can make or break an assay and how sample status may be confirmed in an antibody-independent manner.