Beecher Instruments(美國)

Beecher Instruments

美國BeecherInstruments www.beecherinstruments.comBeecher公司是一家生產(chǎn)組織芯片點樣儀的元老級的公司BeecherInstrumentsdevelopsgenomicandproteomicresearchtools.Beecherhaspioneeredtissuemicroarrayinstrumentation,anditholdssever alissuedandpendingpatentsfortissuearrayerdesigns.Beforetissuearraysweredeveloped,theconventionalmethodfortissueanalysisinvolvedpathologistsandhistologistsstudyingspecimensonesection,oneslideatatime.Theadvantagesofbeingabletostainandinterpretmultiplespecimensinoneslideareratherobvious,andreseachershaveindeeduseddifferentmethods(forexample,constructionof"sausage"blocks)forproducingmulti-tissueslideswellbeforethedevelopmentofthemoderntissuemicroarrayapproach.However,theoldmulti-tissueblockmethodsweretimeconsuming,damagedtheoriginaltissueblocksanddidnotallowforgenerationofblockswithmanyspecimens.Asaresult,multi-tissueblocksremainedin