Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

Is there any low-cost filtering system (or other tech.)to lower the salt conc. (salinity) of surface/groundwater for large scale agricultural system??

The available water (surface and groundwater) is highly saline (6-20 dS/m). It is required to produce crop (moderately saline tolerant, up to 6 dS/m). Is there any low-cost filtering system (or...

18 January 2021 5,015 3 View

What are state-of-the-art methods/techniques/algorithms for the root-cause analysis of the anomalies?

I have been looking for research articles that target the question "why did an anomaly occur?", however, most of the papers that I found are related to "if an anomaly occurred?". I searched Google...

12 January 2021 7,951 3 View

What will be the life of siRNA (liquid form) at -20 degree, if kept unopened?

Hi all, I just want to know that, if we keep the siRNA in a -20 degree freezer (as mentioned in the product detail), what will be the average life of the siRNA? Can we store for more than one...

10 January 2021 6,346 6 View

Can we compare regression results (models) for different groups?

Dear Research Gate Members, I have a query regarding comparing the two groups on the basis of the regression models For Instance: I have two sector companies i.e. Public Sector and Private...

09 January 2021 9,645 8 View

Cross country comparison with matched pairs design?

Hi, I'm doing a cross-country comparison. My data for each country has a match pair design i.e. each company within a country is match with a control firm from that country. The data is...

07 January 2021 4,983 6 View

Can I add or delete studies from systematic review during revision stage of paper publication?

I have conducted a systematic review and one of the reviewers had mentioned about missing out on some good studies from the sample. on the surface the study is on a different topic but after an...

21 December 2020 573 4 View

Stably transfected A549 cells are getting washed off during a plate based assay?

HI, I have transfected A549 cells with a plasmid of interest. The transfectants have been stably selected and clonally separated. I am doing a plate based fluorescence assay with the transfectants...

20 December 2020 1,222 4 View

Is it possible to grow human breast cancer cell lines in immune competent mice?

Hello everyone, I am working in breast cancer and wanted to do in vivo studies in breast cancer mice models. Here we do not have the facility to maintain immune-deficient mice, and I have MCF-7,...

27 November 2020 1,638 3 View

What are the data analysis methods/techniques that can be used for matched pair data?

I have data in matched pair with one experimental group and one control group. I used conditional logistic regression for my analysis. Is there any other method which can be employed for data...

14 November 2020 9,034 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 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

How to empty large intestine in mice ?

Hi all I am working on colon-targeted drug delivery for which I kept mice fasting for 6h using fasting grills during scotophase (dark period). I observed liquid fecal content in the cecum and...

23 February 2021 7,701 2 View

Can I use a protein-devoid condition as my negative control in ELISA?

Hello, I am running a sandwich-type ELISA where I am trying to inhibit a protein-protein interaction using small molecules. For each experiment, I determine my Z' (Z-prime) to determine the...

23 February 2021 7,429 1 View

How does the injection volume impact LLOQ and ULOQ in regression analysis (LC-MSMS)?

Hello, I have run into an issue that has sparkled a debate at work: is the LLOQ/ULOQ impacted by injection volume under the following circumstances: 1) Same dilution factor of all samples 2)...

23 February 2021 9,159 3 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 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

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