Can I reuse protein standards from the BCA Protein Assay Kit?

27 October 2021 0 4K Report

I occasionally have to measure protein concentrations. For this I use the BCA Protein Assay Kit by ThermoFisher. I never use all of the standards. Is there a way to store them, so I can reuse them a week or so later?

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