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Biocare Medical Reagents and Antibodies Utilized In Study by Tufts University Researching SARS-CoV-2 – Published in Nature Medicine
October 23, 2020

Biocare Medical reagents and antibodies were recently utilized in a study by researchers at Tufts University and published in Nature Medicine, reviewing an experimental SARS-Cov-2 vaccine’s efficacy. Using the Biocare intelliPATH FLX instrument with MACH2 Detection, Background Eraser, and Microglia antibody, researchers tracked viral replication and disease symptoms in hamsters [...]

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Biocare Medical Launches 3 Novel IVD Antibodies for Clinical Diagnostic and Cancer Research: BAP1, BCA-225 [Cu-18] and SMAD4 [EP618Y]

Biocare Medical, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) reagents and instrumentation, announces the launch of three novel IVD IHC antibody markers at the forefront of clinical diagnostic and research applications. These three markers SMAD4 [EP618Y], BAP1, and BCA-225 [Cu-18] may aid pathologists in critical prognostic and diagnostic decisions [...]

06
Oct

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Which Biocare Antibodies Are Right For Your Roche or Ventana Instrument?

Which Biocare Antibodies Are Right For Your Roche or Ventana Instrument? Biocare Medical has created a line of prediluted antibodies specially formulated for use on Roche and Ventana platforms. This line of antibodies, called “UltraLine Antibodies”, is optimized utilizing Biocare’s ISO-certified antibody development process on the Roche and Ventana Benchmark [...]

06
Aug

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Biocare Medical and Bethyl Laboratories Announces the Launch of TIGIT IVD Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody for Immunohistochemical Applications

August, 4 2020 – Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) reagents and instrumentation, in collaboration with Bethyl Laboratories announces the release of a new rabbit monoclonal antibody, TIGIT [BLR047F] antibody for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in the qualitative identification of the TIGIT protein by [...]

04
Aug

Blog Cancer Awareness News & Press

Claudins and Cancer: Promising Proteins for Detection and Diagnosis

Claudins and Cancer: Promising Proteins for Detection and Diagnosis Claudin family proteins are transmembrane proteins that serve as major cell adhesion molecules of tight junctions. “Tight junctions restrict the flow of ions and aqueous molecules between cells, and their permeability is determined by the profile of claudin expression and arrangement [...]

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Jul

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Want to Swap Avidin for Streptavidin? 4Plus Your Results When You Switch

Want to Swap Avidin for Streptavidin? 4Plus Your Results When You Switch There are several advantages when using streptavidin versus an avidin complex (ABC). In contrast to avidin, streptavidin is not glycosylated and is therefore uncharged at neutral pH (6.5 versus 10), reducing nonspecific background staining. Streptavidin also lacks the [...]

07
Jul

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Biocare Medical and Bethyl Laboratories Announce Strategic Partnership for Antibody Development

June 29, 2020 – Biocare Medical, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) reagents and instrumentation, announces a collaborative partnership with Bethyl Laboratories to develop targeted antibodies for cancer research and oncology diagnostics. Bethyl Laboratories has 45 years of experience in antibody development and has been dedicated to supporting [...]

25
Jun

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Biocare Medical MACH4 Universal Polymer Utilized by CDC for Immunohistochemical Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 Caused Respiratory Infections

June 22, 2020 – Biocare Medical, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) reagents, instrumentation and detection systems has been mentioned in a recent early release study by the Centers for Disease Control: Pathology and Pathogensis of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Fatal Corona Virus Disease. The ongoing pandemic of the [...]

22
Jun

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Automating Your IHC Lab Key Considerations

Thinking of Automating Your IHC Lab? Are you thinking about automating your IHC Lab? Do you want to increase daily throughput and volume of your lab? Do you need to standardize your staining procedures to reduce variability and improve staining quality? Do you need to reduce hands-on time, decrease cost [...]

17
Jun

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Focus on Concentrates for Flexibility in Your Laboratory

Focus on Concentrates for Flexibility in Your Laboratory Working with antibody concentrates can seem intimidating to new users. However, regular users of concentrated antibodies quickly find that they are both easy to use and offer great advantages. While ready-to-use antibody formats come pre-diluted to a set concentration, antibody concentrates can [...]

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Jun