Patent ID: 11885797
Assignee: VECTOR LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for lowering/reducing/masking/suppressing tissue autofluorescence in an immunofluorescence assay, said method comprising, before or during conducting said immunofluorescence assay:
providing a tissue comprising lung, liver, heart, nervous system, skin, lymph gland, musculoskeletal, spleen, eye, sinus, nasal mucosa, larynx, gastrointestinal tract tissue, reproductive organ, breast, prostate, salivary gland, tonsil, or kidney tissue;
applying a heteropoly acid or salt thereof to said tissue, wherein the heteropoly acid comprises phosphomolybdic acid, phosphotungstic acid, silicomolybdic acid, silicotungstic acid, or a mixture of any two or more thereof or salts thereof;
reducing at least a portion of said heteropoly acid or salt thereof to a reduced form with a reducing agent; and
measuring the immunofluorescence of the tissue.