Porakishvili, N.; Fordham, J.; Charrel-Dennis, M.; Delves, P.; Lund, T.; Roitt, I.

A low budget luminometer for sensitive chemiluminescent immunoassays

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Porakishvili, N., Fordham, J., Charrel-Dennis, M., Delves, P., Lund, T. and Roitt, I. 2000. A low budget luminometer for sensitive chemiluminescent immunoassays. Journal of Immunological Methods. 234 (1-2), pp. 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00198-2

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Title	A low budget luminometer for sensitive chemiluminescent immunoassays
Authors	Porakishvili, N., Fordham, J., Charrel-Dennis, M., Delves, P., Lund, T. and Roitt, I.
Abstract	We have designed a simple luminometer based on a reasonably priced Peltier-cooled charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, housed in a light-tight box, with straightforward lens imaging and a simple platform for a microtitre or other assay format. The quantitative readout of the CCD image is recorded on a PC using customised software. The instrument can be assembled in a standard university workshop for under £3000, compared with the cheapest commercial instruments retailing at £10,000 and above. Consistent with the general view on chemiluminescent assays, the sensitivity is 10–100 times greater than that obtained with parallel ELISA's using a chromogenic substrate. A unique feature of the CCD format is that it enables assays to be carried out on arrays of minidots and even nanodots of antigen on the floor of each microtitre well. This permits direct comparison and standardisation of reactivity of a single sample against several antigens and economy in the use of reagents, test sample and technician time; finger-prick samples of blood can be analysed. The instrument should have widespread applicability in developing countries and, indeed, in any laboratories with hard-pressed budgets.
Research Group	Biomarkers for Cancer group
Publisher	Elsevier
Journal	Journal of Immunological Methods
ISSN	0022-1759
Print	03 Feb 2000
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Deposited	18 Jun 2009
Output status	Published
Additional information	PubMed PMID: 10669767.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00198-2
Language	English

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