Custom Antibody Services
Custom Antibody Services are a key component in modern research and are invaluable tools for studying protein structures, post-translational modifications, or unique molecules. But, sometimes an off-the-shelf antibody doesn’t quite fit the bill and you need to develop a custom antibody solution. Luckily, there are numerous antibody development services to help you customize your research.
Contract research organizations (CROs) and contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) offer custom antibody production services that can save you time and money by outsourcing different steps of the process. These companies often specialize in one or more production steps, and their expertise can help you produce monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, recombinant antibodies, and other types of antibody-based research reagents quickly and efficiently.
Custom Monoclonal Antibodies: Precision and Consistency
Some companies offer a variety of different services for the antibody-production process, including antibody sequencing, protein expression, and peptide synthesis. Other companies may be able to provide more advanced capabilities, like phage library design or cell sorting. However, it’s important to choose a CRO or CDMO that can meet your specific needs and provide you with the best value.
Some antibody-production services can also help you improve the quality of your research by providing specialized immunological services. For example, Rockland Immunochemicals offers affinity purification and cross-absorption processes to boost the specificity of polyclonal antibodies and make them more comparable to monospecific antibodies. This makes them more suitable for qualitative detection methods such as Western blots and ELISA. In addition, these services can help you identify and correct common immunological issues such as splice variants, drug binding, prenylation, mutations, and species cross-reactivity.