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Why is my lysis buffer not working? – How to Resolve 9 Lysis Buffer Issues That Might Be Holding You Back
Getting your lysis buffer to work can sometimes be a science of its own. In this article, we point...
Troubleshooting PCR Part Three: Solutions for Weak Bands and Smearing
When doing PCR, you can encounter all sorts of issues, which is why we have been doing a series on...
Troubleshooting PCR Part Two: What to Do When You Are Not Getting Bands
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), which is so common to the lab, can be very frustrating. We unders...
Troubleshooting PCR Part One: PCR Tips When Encountering Nonspecific Binding:
One day your PCR works; then when you repeat it, you get no results, and when you try yet again, y...
Growth Factors and Transcription Factors – There Is a Difference
The difference between growth factors and transcription factors might be a nonissue for many resea...
This vs. That – Your Guide to Choosing Between Similar Reagents
There are a lot of products in the lab that do similar things but were developed for a specialized...
Bursting the Bubble, Slaying the `Rat King’
So, you’ve tricked your favorite E. coli expression strain into making gobs of your protein of i...
Old Antibiotics Won’t Spoil Research with this Test
You hold up a bottle of old antibiotic stock solution and wonder if it's still good? Learn how to qu...
Does My Chemical's Purity Really Matter?
One of the questions we receive from time to time at GoldBio is whether purity really matters when...