High Purity Human Ferritin Antigen and Polyclonal Antibodies from Lee Biosolutions

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 14, 2007 – St. Louis, MO Lee Biosolutions ( http://www.leebio.com/) announces the availability and increased production of the highest purity Affinity purified polyclonal Ferritin antibodies and native human ferritin antigens to the clinical research community and IVD manufacturers.

Ferritin ( http://ferritin.blogspot.com/ ) is a complex protein formed in the intestines that contains roughly 20% iron. Ferritin is found in the intestines, the spleen and the liver. Increased Ferritin levels have been found to indicate iron loading and medical conditions including haemochromatosis and certain types of anemia.

According to company President ,Burton Lee, the company began manufacturing ferritin antigens (http://www.leebio.com/products/index.html?search=ferritin ) for researchers studying metabolic disorders, chemotherapy, anemia caused by pregnancy, restless leg syndrome and a variety of other conditions.

We are currently in the process of developing polyclonal antibodies for our entire line of reactive antigens, Lee said. Quality and consistency is the key to our success and growth.

Our human ferritin goes through multi step chromatography procedures and purified from liver, heart, placenta and spleen. Our Ferrtin antibody procedures include immunizing rabbits with purified human ferritin in Freunds adjuvant. The rabbits were then bled , the anti-serum collected and the anti-Ferritin immunoaffinity purified.

Lee Biosolutions is a leader in Clinical Diagnostic industry by providing high quality proteins to clinical labs and researchers around the world, developing tomorrows cures. Lee Biosolutions has provided high purity human proteins in a number of high profile biomarker studies. For more information or to place an order, contact:

Lee Biosolutions , Inc
2924 Mary Ave
St. Louis, Missouri USA 63144
Tel: 314-968-1091
www.leebio.com