Origin, from Micro- Cal Software Inc. of Northampton, Mass., is a Windows-based technical graphics and data-analysis application. Origin has the ability to process large data sets and has a variety of publication-quality graphic output options. It also offers multiple-plot windows and can produce multiple graphs on a single page; additionally, it can perform sophisticated scientific calculations, statistics, and curve fitting. Origin's scripting language, LabTalk, which requires simple programming, provides a wide range of functionality for collecting, analyzing, and presenting data. Origin has been designed as an open-ended application to support add-on modules for more advanced functions, including data acquisition, statistics, peak fitting, kinetic analysis, binding analysis, and chromatography.
The soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) assay from AMAC Inc. of Westbrook, Maine, is a one-step sandwich enzyme ligand immunoassay. This test may be used to measure sIL-6R in serum, plasma, and culture media. Only biologically active sIL-6R is measured. The microtiter plate ...
