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==<font color="purple">Radioimmunoassay</font>==
 
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|q1=What are radioimmunoassays commonly used to detect?
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*Hormone levels in blood and tissue fluids
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|q3=Why is it important to measure the amount of antibody that binds to 50% of the labelled antigen?
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|a3=Ensures the number of epitopes present exceeds number of antibody-binding sites
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*Substances used are radioactive
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*Gamma radiation requires special counting equipment
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*Iodine naturally accumulates in the thyroid gland
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==<font color="purple">Agglutination</font>==
 
==<font color="purple">Agglutination</font>==
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|q5=What agglutination test is often used to test for rhesus disease?
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|a5=Coombs test
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|<big>'''What is the prozone effect?'''
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Revision as of 17:04, 17 March 2012

ELISA testing

Question Answer Article
What does the acronym ELISA stand for? Link to Article
What type of ELISA requires all the reagents to be added at once? Link to Article
What are the five basic steps of an ELISA test? Link to Article


Immunofluorescence

Question Answer Article
The adsorption of light by a molecule is known as what? Link to Article
What are the fluorescent dyes commonly known as? Link to Article
What are the advantages of indirect staining? Link to Article
What technique is used to provide a quantitative measure of immunofluorescence? Link to Article


Radioimmunoassay

Question Answer Article
What are radioimmunoassays commonly used to detect?
  • Hormone levels in blood and tissue fluids
  • Serum proteins
  • Drugs
  • Vitamins
 Link to Answer Article
What is the most common isotope used for radioimmunoassay?
  • Iodine-125
 Link to Answer Article
Why is it important to measure the amount of antibody that binds to 50% of the labelled antigen?
  • Ensures the number of epitopes present exceeds number of antibody-binding sites
 Link to Answer Article
What are the disadvantages of the radioimmunoassay?
  • Substances used are radioactive
  • Gamma radiation requires special counting equipment
  • Iodine naturally accumulates in the thyroid gland
 Link to Answer Article

Agglutination

Question Answer Article
What are the antibodies that produce agglutination known as?
  • Agglutinins
 Link to Answer Article
What constitutes the end of the agglutination test?
  • The last tube showing distinct agglutination
 Link to Answer Article
What does the titre represent?
  • The number of antibodies per unit volume of serum
 Link to Answer Article
What is the prozone effect?
  • An inhibition of agglutination caused by an excess of antibodies
 Link to Answer Article
What agglutination test is often used to test for rhesus disease?
  • Coombs test
 Link to Answer Article




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