SyngeneÆs ChemiGenius² chemiluminescent image analysis system is being used at the University of Warwick to analyse proteins associated with type 2 diabetes, including adiponectin which has been linked with protection against type 2 diabetes.
University catching up with type 2 diabetes
The universityÆs Dr Philip McTeman said: ôBefore we had the new system, we used to label our blots with 125l and analyse results with a phosphoimager, or we used ECL and exposed our blots to film manually. However, working with radioactivity or performing manual exposures can be problematic, both in optimising the antibodies and time taken to run several blots per experiment, therefore we decided we had to look for new and quicker alternatives.ö