jeudi 5 juin 2014

The Working Of Cardiac Elisa Kits

By Sally Delacruz


Technology in medicine has taken a new dimension. With regards to testing for presence of diseases and other anomalies, Elisa technology has taken over. The cardiac Elisa kits have been particularly so good. They are devices capable of working with the hearts of almost all animals in the world to establish any defects on it.

This experiment works when the enzyme immunoassay binds with antibodies and substrate. When this occurs, color changes to indicate presence or absence of trouble. With these tools, it is possible to work with both antibodies and antigens. The amount of both of them can be determined by observing the color changes.

This test can also be used in detecting foreign bodies that exist in low concentrations. Heart problems can, therefore, be identified before they become chronic. The patient is advantaged; he will spend less money fighting a developing problem than he would have spent on a chronic one. This is because it is cheaper treating a disease while still in its early stages than when it has developed into a complex illness.

The best of these tools is one that is accurate, sensitive and capable of working in a wide range of samples. Sensitivity means being able to detect and show slight changes in the reagents. Accuracy, on the other hand, is being free of major errors in making measurements. It is also very important for the instrument to be made in a way such that, each heart defect has its own diagnostic equipment.

Stability is also important in the working of this equipment. To ensure stability, the loss rate of the activity has to be kept as low as possible. Good storage is also very important in ensuring stability. For the purpose of minimizing the effects of the environment on this experiment, standard lab conditions are very important; room temperature, standard pressure and humidity. The temperatures within the incubator should be closely regulated. It is also important to have one person working on the experiment from beginning to end.

Before the experiment is done, the researcher must prepare all the standards, samples and reagents. Some samples are then added to each well and incubated for approximately two hours. Having done this, the researcher should then aspire the previous mixture before adding a small amount of the reagent. He/she must then incubate the mixture for one hour. The substances are once again aspired and washed three times before a solution of the substrate is added and then incubated for 20-25 minutes. Lastly, a stopping solution is added to end the reaction.

The main principle applied here is enzyme sandwich. The plates inside the testing equipment are always coated with antibodies for specific heart defects. Samples are put into the plates in an appropriate manner. The main contents of the samples are specific biotin-conjugate antibodies. Before incubating, a conjugate of Avidin is added to all plates.

Once the substrate solution has been added, no other part, except the wells, will contain Tropin I type 3. A color change will be exhibited in the reagents. Sulphuric acid is then added with the purpose of bringing the reaction to an end. The change in color is measured in terms of some special wavelengths.




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