Measure | Bio-Rad | Invitrogen | BD | Bender MedSystems |
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Cost (1 = highest cost) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Time taken for assay completion | 2 h 10 min | 5 h | 4 h | 4 h |
Time taken for reading samples | 30 min | 30 min | 2 1/2 h | 2 1/2 h |
Mean correlation (duplicate wells) | 0.95 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.96 |
Number of cytokines tested | 17 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
Volume of sample needed | 100 μl | 100 μl | 50 μl | 25 μl |