The present invention is directed to a pre-coated substrate, such as a slide, that is useful for immobilizing a sample. The invention is further provides methods of preparing such pre-coated substrates and methods of analyzing biological samples immobilized on such pre-coated substrate. The substrate is coated with a polycationic polymeric coating material specifically selected such that that coated substrate exhibits increased stability and prolonged shelf-life. Preferred polymeric coating materials include allylic or vinylic polymers having cationic groups thereon and having no more than a small percentage of peptidic monomeric linkages, particularly polydiallyldimethylammonium (PDDA).

Development of a technique that is intended to modify, stabilize, functionalize, and reuse the surface of screen-printed electrodes, by means of the application of Rhodamine 6G as a working area modifying organic compound, enabling the creation of immunosensors that use proteins or their biological or synthetic fragments, antigens, antibodies, peptides, DNA, enzymes, RNA, and aptamers as analytes or as an element of biological recognition.

Non-limiting embodiments of a modified solid reagent zone comprising at least hydrophilic polysaccharide and/or at least one hydrophilic non-polysaccharide polymer for use in the conductance of at least one diagnostic assay, as well as kits and methods of use and production related thereto.

The present disclosure relates to a kit for detecting a soluble growth stimulation expressed gene 2 protein. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a latex-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay kit for detecting the concentration and/or content of the sST2 in human samples. The kit can be used in transmission immunoturbidimetry and scattering immunoturbidimetry. The kit comprises a buffer system, an anti-interference component, latex microspheres, an anti-sST2 antibody, etc. The latex-enhanced immunoturbidimetric agent of the present disclosure can detect sST2 proteins within a range of <400 ng/ml in a sample, with a sensitivity of up to 0.1 ng/ml and a high specificity, accuracy and precision. The kit is suitable for a fully automatic biochemical analyzer and a scattering analyzer, and has the advantages of convenient and fast use and low cost, and can be used clinically to detect the sST2 protein.

A carrier system (100) provides a carrier or carriers (12) for carrying assay samples in an assay. The carrier(s) are secured to a substrate (10) by a release layer (14). The carrier(s) are suitable for receiving an assay sample, and the release layer is configured to release the carrier(s) from the substrate in the presence of a biocompatible aqueous solution. To perform an assay a biocompatible aqueous solution, in which the assay sample is usually suspended, is supplied to the carrier system. The assay sample is received by the carrier(s) and the release layer is activated by the biocompatible aqueous solution to release the carrier.

A random terpolymer of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylamide and sulfobetaine methacrylamide, and a polymer brush and to a functionalized polymer brush containing this terpolymer are disclosed. The random terpolymer increases the resistance of the substrate surface to non-specific adsorption of substances from biological media and/or to non-specific interaction with biological media components, and is suitable for use in the form of a polymer brush, for example in sensors or membranes.

An object is to strongly suppress a false negative reaction and a false positive reaction, which cannot be sufficiently suppressed by a conventional method, in detection of an antigen such as a virus, a bacterium, or a protein to be detected in a specimen originated from a body fluid such as a nasal swab specimen, a nasal aspirate specimen, a nasal wash specimen, a blown snot specimen, a pharyngeal swab specimen, or a saliva specimen with a detection reagent utilizing an antigen-antibody reaction or a reaction between substances interacting with each other. The present invention provides a test reagent for detecting a target substance in a specimen by utilizing an antigen-antibody reaction or a binding reaction between substances interacting with each other, comprising a specimen extracting solution containing a chelating agent.

The present invention provides a method for preparing colloidal palladium nanoparticles and using them for increased sensitivity in lateral flow immunoassays. Glutaraldehyde is used in preparing the colloidal palladium that allows rapid attachment of biomolecules. Colloidal palladium nanoparticles are labeled with a protein, such as a biomolecule or an antibody. These labeled colloidal palladium particles catalytically develop a dye to detect the presence of an analyte.

Composition(s), device(s), kit(s), and method(s) for an improved analyte detection sensor(s) comprising at least one scavenger protein and method(s) of preserving the functioning and functional life of the improved analyte detection sensor(s).

An assay system for measuring transfer of lipid from a donor model biomembrane to an acceptor model biomembrane generally includes a donor model biomembrane that has a lipid with a detectable label, a lipid transfer protein that specifically binds the detectable lipid, and an acceptor model biomembrane. At least one of the donor model biomembrane and the acceptor model biomembrane is a bicelle-dilution model membrane.