6 Important FAQs About Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

BovineSerumAlbumin(BSA)isusedinavarietyoflaboratoryapplicationsincludingitsfunctionasaproteinconcentrationstandard,itsfunctionasacell ...

Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) is universal in the lab, having use in Western blot, cell tissue culture, PCR and more, but BSA’s versatility has led researchers to ask many common questions. Rather than chasing answers through the Internet, we have identified 6 very common questions regarding BSA and provided some very detailed answers to serve as a helpful guide.

In our earlier article[1] on this very topic we actually addressed this question in greater detail. This question comes up often because there are so many types of BSAs available which are directed toward a wide range of laboratory applications, each having characteristics that better optimize it for a lab technique. For instance, you might want an IgG free BSA[2] if you need a blocking agent.

Deciding on which BSA to use will be based on the type experiment you...