Why no NAD and only NADH content in skeletal muscle of mice using commercial kit ?

W tried to determine the NADtotal and NADH on skeletal muscle of mice (gastrocnemius). Unfortunately, we obtain the same values for NADtotal and NADH that suggest we do not have NAD in our sample...

04 May 2018 3,852 1 View

Why do you use the log-transformed value to express western blot results?

The study of Coffey et al. (2009) compares the effect of diverse contractile activity in human skeletal muscle. They measured phosphorylation of several proteins and the results (phospho/total)...

08 September 2014 3,955 3 View

Is it possible to use protein extraction with RIPA buffer to measure kinase activity by ELISA?

We have human samples. We have used RIPA buffer to extract protein and to perform western-blot analysis. I'm interested to measure AMPK activity in these samples but I don't have froze muscle.

06 July 2014 2,843 5 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

How to find natural frequency of a bridge from vehicle induced vibrations?

i have frequencies of bridge that are effected by mass of vehicle. the problem is when any vehicle pass the bridge it would add the its mass to the bridge mass ultimately mass of the bridge will...

22 February 2021 10,004 3 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

The Role of Town Planners in CAV Use?

Colleagues and I are about to begin a project investigating the role of town planners and local authorities in establishing the introduction of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). What...

21 February 2021 2,247 3 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

21 February 2021 5,421 3 View

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19 February 2021 8,647 3 View

How to obtain free lipids starting from concentration over the CMC?

I need to work with free lipids at increasing concentration (50%, 60% of the CMC ect.). I'm now working with POPC and POPG. To reach these concentrations I have to start from concentration over...

17 February 2021 1,676 3 View