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Companies: Asahi kasei Bioprocess, Inc.; Asahi Kasei Medical; Millipore See also Virus filtration during antibody purification under "antibodies"  Types of Membranes  See outline    Conditions/Parameters See "operating conditions" Since infection with an infectious…

As to antibody purification using filtration see "antibody purification" Typical components which pass through and are retained by membranes (WO 2005/091801)   Microfiltration Virus Filtration High-Performance Filtration Ultrafiltration and TFF Nanofiltration…

Bar: 1 Bar=14.5037738 psi.  1 Bar= 100 kilopascals  1 kilopascal = 0.001 Megapascals Crossflow Velocity:  refers to the velocity of the fluid across the top of the membrane surface. A "flow" is…

See also "purification fo antibodies" using filtration, "Definitions" and  graft chains and ionic functional groups attached to membranes (under "chromatography" and "graft chains") Companies/Products:  3 M purificaiton .  Pall Life Sciences Mini…

See also capillary electrophoresis under Diagnostic Techniques and Common Analytical Techniques Electrophoresis is used to separate complex mixtures of proteins (e.g., from cells) to investigate subunit compositions and to purify…

Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (a1PI), also named alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) is a glycopeptide inhibitor of proteases, and is found in human serum and other fluids. Isolation of a1PI from human plasma is presently…

See also Protease Inhibitors in General Protease inhibitors include alpha-1 antitrypsin and the antithrombins such as antithrombin III which prvent the effects of thrombin. Another proteinase inhibitor is C1-esterase inhibitor which reduces or…

See also IgA separation under antibody purification  IgA on mucosal surfaces is produced locally and not dervied from circulating IgA. IgA is one of the gamma globulins on the basis of…

IgM are immunogloublins secreted upon the body's first contact with an antigen. They are the first type of immunoglobuilins released by plasmocytes. The presence of IgM in the blood indicates…

Factor H has been implicated as a potential therapeutic for a variety of diseases including AMD and is a plasma derived blood product that is gaining the attention of physicians.…