FineTest in Italy
CABRU distributes FineTest in Italy. FineTest is the brand of Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2013 and based in Wuhan (Hubei), specialised in ELISA kits, antibodies and recombinant proteins for research. CABRU s.a.s. collects technical enquiries, quotes and orders for Italy from its Arcore (MB) office: the FineTest catalogue managed by CABRU comprises 33,709 references, corresponding to 30,879 distinct products, and is the second largest of the brands represented.
About FineTest
FineTest develops and manufactures its immunoassays and research reagents in-house. The distinguishing trait is not depth on a single family but the combinatorics: the same analyte is offered across several species, and that is what makes the catalogue useful to groups working on animal models as well as on human samples. The range is intended for research.
What the FineTest catalogue distributed by CABRU contains
The 33,709 references fall into three groups:
- ELISA kits — 11,847 references, all in the 96-well format: 10,832 sandwich, 616 competitive, 295 indirect and 53 capture. → ELISA kits
- Antibodies — 14,554 references, of which 1,060 are intended for flow cytometry and 607 of those already conjugated to fluorophores such as APC, PE, FITC, PerCP-Cy5.5 and Alexa. → Antibodies
- Recombinant proteins — 7,308 references for assay development, standard preparation and functional studies. → Proteins
Species covered by the ELISA kits
Fifteen species appear on the kits distributed in Italy: human with 5,805 references, mouse with 2,116, rat with 2,042, monkey with 427, porcine with 313, rabbit with 255, bovine with 164, canine with 140, chicken with 139, sheep with 91, guinea pig with 71, goat with 54, horse with 44, cat with 9 and duck with 2. For the less common models this is often the only route available short of developing an in-house assay.
Declared applications
The manufacturer states the validated application on almost every reference: ELISA on 17,724, western blot on 17,223, immunohistochemistry on 6,656, flow cytometry on 3,591, immunofluorescence on 2,879 and immunoprecipitation on 1,765. The most recurrent fields of use are immunology and inflammation, oncology, endocrinology and metabolism, and basic research on biomarkers and signalling pathways.
How to order FineTest in Italy
CABRU receives the enquiry, matches it against the manufacturer's price list, issues the quote and oversees timing and paperwork until arrival at the laboratory, in Italian or English. On a catalogue this broad the search starts from the species and target pair, not from the code: given the analyte and the matrix, CABRU identifies the matching kit and forwards its datasheet.
One caveat on the proteins: 6,261 references are quoted in the 50 µg / 200 µg / 1 mg combination and 1,024 in the 10 µg / 50 µg / 500 µg / 1 mg combination, that is, several sizes under a single code. Settling the size before the enquiry saves one round of quotation. → Browse the catalogue · Request a quote