Elisa Mation

ELISA-Mation is a unique, color-animated, easy-to-operate introductory tutorial for the ELISA test widely used in medical and research laboratories. The manual uses both text and animated sequences to clearly describe the steps and reactions occurring in an ELISA test. ELISA-Mation also provides many educational uses including a review for professionals, an autotutorial for students, an adjunct to formal lectures, an in-class demonstration, and a training tool for laboratory personnel.

ELISA: Theory and Practice introduces to scientists at all levels of expertise the principles of the most commonly used assay technique known as the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay. The book provides readers with full descriptions of the basic systems that make ELISA one of the most powerful techniques in science today, and also examines in detail the data obtained by ELISA and their analysis and actual manipulation. ELISA: Theory and Practice is designed not only to train novices in the science of ELISA, but also to aid investigators experienced in any of the biological sciences in performing independently assays of antibodies and antigens. Mastery of the book's contents will allow readers to fully appreciate exactly how and why assays function, as well as permit the efficient development of individual assays that are both rapid and accurate.

The end of the 20th century brought with it a revolution in molecular biology that culminated in advances such as the completion of the human genome. This has brought optimism to the fields of toxicology and environmental health, and the anticipation that molecular biomarkers might soon come of age and have a major impact on human and environmental

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