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How to Guide: Eight tips for ensuring a successful ELISA


This How to Guide describes the use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), a type of multiwell plate-based technique used to determine the concentrations of antibodies, antigens or other proteins in a biological sample using chromogenic, fluorescent or luminescent readouts.

While there are many advantages to using ELISAs, they must be appropriately set-up and optimized to ensure reliable results. This guide will provide an overview of the different types of ELISA and highlight tips for ensuring the success of your ELISA experiments.

In this How to Guide you will learn how to:

  • Choose the right assay
  • Conduct successful sample handling and dilution
  • Normalize data

And much more!

This content was provided by Bethyl Laboratories.