Beecher Instruments(美國(guó))

Beecher Instruments

美國(guó)BeecherInstruments www.beecherinstruments.comBeecher公司是一家生產(chǎn)組織芯片點(diǎn)樣儀的元老級(jí)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