Infrared Detection vs. Chemiluminescence
"LI-COR has brought down the costs of protein analysis by introducing an approach that takes advantage of the inherent sensitivity advantage of the near-infrared spectrum, thereby removing the need to develop film while performing immunoblots (a time-consuming, labor-intensive operation).
"Compared with traditional systems, the cost of performing an identical protein analysis, experiment using the Odyssey system is 90% less. This system's fluorescent detection and digital delivery of data improves its usefulness by providing quantitative numerical results, rather than prior methods that provided purely qualitative images."
