Research Antibody Survey: Creative Biomart Conducted a Survey Among Antibodies Users

Shirley, NY, August 03, 2013 --(PR.com)-- With over 100,000 antibodies available, Creative Biomart conducted the survey to investigate the factors that most matter when customers choose a research antibody. The participants were customers of Creative Biomart and other related research institutions.

Used in a wide variety of technologies and applications, research antibodies are generating huge revenues each year globally.

Antibodies are critical to many widely-used technologies, including western blots, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), immunohistochemistry (IHC), flow cytometry, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), to name a few. Over hundreds of suppliers worldwide offer over half a million different types of research antibodies, including Creative Biomart.

Yet, even with a huge competitor base and a flood of antibodies available, competition remains fierce, with new suppliers entering the market every year, which is good news for researchers looking for the highest quality products.

Scientists continue to expand the applications enabled by antibody-based technologies, demanding the development of antibodies for new targets of interest and rarely-studied species.

According to the survey:

The five most important factors choosing research antibodies:
- Specificity
- Overall product quality
- Sensitivity
- Amount of validation data available for antibody
- Past experience/relationship with the supplier

The most popular types of research antibodies used:
- Cell signaling/signal transduction
- Membrane receptors
- Transcription factors/regulators
- Cytokine/growth factors/hormones
- CD and cell surface marker
- Epitope tagged (e.g. Anti-his)
- Apoptosis/tumor suppressor
- Cell cycle
- Cytoskeleton

Through the survey, Creative Biomart has a clearer idea on market needs about research antibodies. “This is the first time that I take part in a company survey on the antibodies I bought. I admire their actions and I believe they will be better and better. I enjoy the partnership with them.” -Joanna, a staff scientist of ** University Lab (considering privacy, the University name isn’t disclosed).

About Creative Biomart
Creative Biomart is a global full-service biotechnology company with profound expertise and experience in offering recombinant proteins, antibodies and antigens, diagnostic enzymes and pharmaceutical enzymes, Elisa Kits, biosimilar cell lines, transfected stable cell lines etc. to the research community of biology, clinical research, molecular diagnostics and biopharmaceutical drug development. Our full-service covers Protein Expression (Bacterial Expression Systems (E. coli / Bacillus), Yeast Expression Systems (P pastoris / S cerevisiae), Baculovirus-insect Cell Expression Systems, Mammalian Expression Systems (CHO / 293)), Membrane Protein (Custom Membrane Protein Production, Cell Line Development and Membrane Preparation, Custom Lipoparticle Containing Membrane Protein, Lipid-based Protein Immobilization), PEGylation Services, Directed Evolution, Protein Engineering, Mutagenesis Services (Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Site-Saturation Mutagenesis, Controlled Randomization Service), Protein Microarray, Custom cDNA clone etc., for more information, visit http://www.creativebiomart.net/ or contact info@creative-biomart.com.