Federal Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants Awarded to ICT

Bloomington, MN, November 1, 2010 - ImmunoChemistry Technologies announced that they will receive two Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants from the IRS in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

New Products: Affipure Goat HRP-Anti-IgG Secondaries

Affipure Goat HRP-Anti-IgG Secondaries for all ELISA formats and Western blotting are now available from ICT:

• HRP Goat anti-Human IgG Fc
• HRP Goat anti-Rabbit IgG Fc
• HRP Goat anti-Mouse IgG Fc

ICT's new online home has launched!

On September 17, 2010, ICT launched a completely new design on our website, immunochemistry.com. We added new features, such as a document library, instant credit card processing for product orders, and in-depth information about our assay development and custom laboratory services.

New publications employ use of green FAM FLICA caspase assays for apoptosis detection

Following a low pH and H2O2 treatment, keratoconus fibroblast cultures (right) exhibit higher levels of caspase-3 activity than normal cultures (left) via staining with FAM-FLICA caspase 3 assay (green caspase 3 inhibitor probe, FAM-DEVD-FMK). Data courtesy of Drs. Kenney and Luthra, University of California Irvine Medical Center.

MitoPT JC-1 assay recently cited in multiple in vitro cancer therapeutic studies

A431 cells, treated with predetermined IC50 concentration of novel anticancer agents, fluoresce green and orange-red with MitoPT JC-1. Data courtesy of Zayas/ Carro, Universidad Metropolitana.

Recent Publications Highlight the Use of FLIVO to Detect Apoptotic Dendritic Cells in vivo

CCR7-Dependent Stimulation of Survival in Dendritic Cells Involves Inhibition of GSK3β
Cristina Escribano, Cristina Delgado-Martín, and José Luis Rodríguez-Fernández. J. Immunol., Nov 2009; 183: 6282 – 6295.
...Sulforhodamine B (SR)-FLIVO (SR, abs 565 nm, em 600 nm), a form of FLIVO conjugated to sulforhodamine B, was obtained from Immunochemistry Technologies... SR-FLIVO, an agent that selectively stains apoptotic (cells) in vivo...