Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk - freezing interferon

2009-08-30 Thread dlgegg
thank you Patricia! i have learned so much from everyone oin this group. when would i have a chance to talk with scientists working with this sort of thing. only wish i could go back to school for the rest of my life andlearn everything that i want to know. so once again, thanks for

Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk - freezing interferon

2009-06-10 Thread Patricia . A . Elkins
Interferon is a protein. It is dried into a powder which should be able to be frozen with no problem. But when proteins are dissolved into a liquid solution, freezing can be tricky. As a scientist working with a variety of proteins, I can tell you that many proteins will start to break down

Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk - freezing interferon

2009-06-10 Thread Gloria B. Lane
All this is very helpful - thanks Patricia, MC, and Joel! Gloria On Jun 10, 2009, at 12:32 PM, patricia.a.elk...@gsk.com wrote: Interferon is a protein. It is dried into a powder which should be able to be frozen with no problem. But when proteins are dissolved into a liquid solution,