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Radioimmunoassays for the serum thymic factor (FTS)

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7033196

This patent describes a radioimmunoassay of serum thymic factor (FTS) in a test sample, comprising: (a) contacting a first aliquot of the sample with anti-FTS antibody, with a known amount of FTS hormone standard and a known amount of radiolabeled FTS analogue; and (b) contacting a second aliquot of the sample with anti-FTS antibody and a known amount of radiolabeled FTS analogue; and (c) measuring the radioactivity of the antigen-antibody complex in each aliquot; and (d) calculating the amount of FTS in the test sample.

Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer, New York, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4634682
OSTI ID:
7033196
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English