| The existing body of literature using Western | | | | is key for Biomarker discovery. |
| blot analysis has been primarily defined with | | | | |
| data from tumor, immortal, and primary cells | | | | IMGENEX can provide you with normal post |
| growing in vitro. Collectively, results | | | | mortem, cancerous, diseased, and normal |
| obtained over decades have been integral to | | | | adjacent clinical specimens matching your |
| the dogma that up- and down-regulation of | | | | requirements. Custom collection protocols are |
| proteins can be leveraged as Biomarkers of | | | | welcomed. Specimens are available as frozen |
| normal development, homeostasis, and disease. | | | | or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue |
| However, in contrast to tissues which are | | | | blocks, and include clinical case and |
| composed of multiple cell types, cell lines | | | | detailed pathology reports, as well as final |
| growing in culture which theoretically | | | | diagnosis and staging. Learn more about this |
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| parameters collectively established from | | | | literature. |
| decades of cell line data in tissue lysates | | | | |