>Todd Miller - Pharmacology wrote:
>>>> Looking over the pamphlet that comes with the Cambridge
>> Biotech Corp's Western blot kit for HIV detection, I
>> noticed there was no control strip with extracts from
>> uninfected H9 cells (the cells they claim they use to
>> propagate HIV for preparation of the "infected" strips).
>>Todd,
>> H9 strips used to be used years ago, but with the specificity and
>sensitivity of
>the current assay they are all but useless. My company distributes CBC
>product. Nice assay.
>>Glen Pannicke
>
glen, since when are negative controls useless?!?
Brett Lindenbach
Program in Immunology
Washington University - St Louis
brett at borcim.wustl.edu
"I own my own pet virus. I get to pet and name her." - Cobain
