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Serum

serum

(Science: haematology) The clear portion of any body fluid, the clear fluid moistening serous membranes.

2. Blood serum, the clear liquid that separates from blood on clotting.

3. Immune serum, blood serum from an immunised animal used for passive immunisation, an antiserum, antitoxin or antivenin.


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glucose content of fbs

Hi, Does anyone know if how much glucose is in fetal bovine serum FBS? Thanks, John

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by aguy
Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:28 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: glucose content of fbs
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Help please! case study about Excretory System

... was positive. Extremities : pitting edema of both legs Investigation Blood examination 1. CBC: Hct 20%, Hb 7% 2. BUN 100 mg/dl, Cr 10 mg/dl 3. Serum electrolytes: Na 130 mEq/L, K 6.5 mEq/L, Cl 102 mEq/L, HCO3 - 4.5 mEq/L 4. Serum albumin 3.0 gm/dl 5. Random plasma sugar 250 mg/dl 6. ABG (Arterial ...

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by kochibaza
Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:04 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Help please! case study about Excretory System
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Animal-Derived Laboratory Reagents

... on western blots and flow cytometry. I was wondering the cost to animal life associated with these reagents. These include: FBS (fetal bovine serum) & BSA (bovine serum albumen): I figured these products are likely a byproduct of the slaughterhouse industry and therefore the animals are ...

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by southtowns18
Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:13 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Animal-Derived Laboratory Reagents
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Multiple reactions buffer and enzymatic special activity

... buffer concentration 1X With final concentrations of 25 mM Tris-HCl, Ph 8.0, containing 150 mM NaCl, 3 mM KCl, and 1 mM MgCl2 and 2 mg/ml bovine serum albumin? Can you please explain in details??? How the buffer was made in detail initially and then how it was diluted from 10X to 1X.

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by dalin
Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:29 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Multiple reactions buffer and enzymatic special activity
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Multiple reactions buffer and enzymatic special activity

... of water which will bring the buffer concentration to 25 mM Tris-HCl, Ph 8.0, containing 140 mM NaCl, 3 mM KCl, and 1 mM MgCl2 and 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin? Can you please explain in details??? Also with the enzymatic reaction I gut stuck with information given for the enzyme for instance ...

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by dalin
Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:40 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Multiple reactions buffer and enzymatic special activity
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