Singapre, July 30, 2010: EMD Millipore, a life Science company in Germany, announced it is licensing rights to a technique for protein research from Cleveland Clinic.
The new method, which was developed by scientists at Cleveland Clinic using Millipore's SNAP Protein Detection System, is intended to reduce the time required for staining tissue sections from as long as 12 hours to just 30 minutes.
"By reducing tissue analysis time to minutes, the SNAP id system can increase research throughput and speed up protocol optimization, enabling researchers to make faster decisions about their results," said Mr Don O’Neil, Director of Product Management at Millipore.
Scientists at Millipore, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, are in the process of validating the method for diverse tissue types and fixation protocols to accelerate translational research, and drug discovery.
"In the current research environment, there is a critical need to be able to evaluate test results in a timely and effective way," said Mr Chris Coburn, Executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations.
The SNAP id system from Millipore uses vacuum to actively drive reagents through membrane-fixed tissue sections, dramatically increasing exposure of tissue antigens to blocking reagents, antibodies, and wash buffers. Traditional tissue staining involves mounting sections on glass slides and relies on diffusion for reagent permeation through the sections, which can take hours.
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