I used to use Colorado Serum Company, but haven't used their fresh blood in over 10 years! http://www.colorado-serum.com COLORADO SERUM COMPANY 4950 York Street - P.O. Box 16428 Denver, Colorado 80216-0428 To Order: 1-800-525-2065 Fax: 1-303-295-1923 At 01:24 PM 1/19/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi: > >While also being subscribed to the bionet.immunology listserv the topic of >CRBCs came up as far as hemmaglutinin assays. Naturally the topic of where >to get them came up and as many know, Sigma sells the lypholysed >glutaraldehyde fixed CRBCs. The only minor "downside" to this is that >they often need mild sonication to get single cells. > >I parused a few butcher shops here in east TX and inquired about CRBC. But >as it turns out, even they get thier chickens "pre-done" from the slaughter >house. I elected not to pursue going to the slaughter house myself. I >should note that the most entertaining aspect of asking butchers about >chicken RBCs was watching them relax when I showed my university ID badge >in an effort to convince them I wanted the CRBCs for a legitimate reason, >and not for some satanic cult. > >Well, it turns out that if anyone want fresh CRBC one need look no further >than Lampire Biological Labs, P.O. Box 270, Pipersville, PA. 215.795.2838 >Voice/ 215.795.0237 Fax. They have a web site at http://www.lampire.com >from which info and a catalog can be obtained. > >Hope this helps.... sure beats getting strange looks from butchers.. > >David >============================= > David L. Haviland, Ph.D. > Asst. Prof. Immunology > University of Texas - Houston, H.S.C. > Institute of Molecular Medicine > 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd. > Houston, TX 77030 > Internet:"dhavilan@imm2.imm.uth.tmc.edu" > Voice: 713.500.2413 FAX: 713.500.2424 > ------------------------------------------------------ >I try to take one day at a time but lately several days >have attacked me at once! >============================= > ---> Dennis ********************************************************************** Dennis J. Young Voice : (619) 822-0407 Flow Cytometry Core Facility FAX : (619) 822-0412 University of California, San Diego e-mail: djyoung@ucsd.edu **********************************************************************
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