Blood and Serum Products
Rockland produces a variety of blood products for researched that are collected from healthy, fasted donors in our on-site laboratory and vivarium.
Rockland Immunochemicals manufactures premium-quality blood products for research use only, sourced from healthy, fasted donors within controlled on-site laboratory and vivarium facilities. All donors are closely monitored, unmedicated, and maintained on antibiotic-free diets to ensure high purity and reliable performance in scientific applications.
Designed to support reproducible research, Rockland’s blood-derived products are produced using fully integrated, in-house manufacturing processes. Every stage is rigorously controlled, validated, and documented to guarantee batch-to-batch consistency, traceability, and safety. These standards make Rockland blood products ideal for demanding applications in immunology, assay development, and diagnostic research across UK laboratories and beyond.
Red Blood Cells
Animal Red Blood Cells (RBCs) derive from whole blood, which is aseptically collected and prepared-to-order from our vivarium. One of Rockland’s key areas of blood product development is sheep RBCs, which are used in a variety of applications, most commonly, erythrocyte rosetting or e-rosetting.
Red Blood Cell Antibodies
Rockland produces anti-red blood cell antibodies to human and sheep hosts. Our anti-RBC antibodies can be used in agglutination assays where the clumping of erythrocytes is needed. Hemagglutination occurs when the antibody recognizes exposed surface epitopes of intact red blood cells. These antibodies are essential tools in qualitative in vitro diagnostic tests and are used as standalone tools or as part of point-of-care devices like lateral flow assays.
Ghost Red Blood Cells
Rockland’s ghost Red Blood Cells (RBCs) were developed using proprietary methods unique to the host species, that allow our scientists to remove over 99% of hemoglobin from a pool of erythrocytes while leaving the membrane intact.
- Made to order
- Characterized, i.e. Hb removal $, cell counts (optional)
- Shipped international and domestic
- Ready in as little as 1 week
| Host | Size | SKU |
|---|---|---|
| Bovine/Calf | 5ml | R700-005 |
| Goat | 5ml | R704-005 |
| Rabbit | 5ml | R709-005 |
| Sheep | 5ml | R711-005 |
Serums
Rockland offer’s both human serums and a variety of animal serums. These products are available in standard formulations or can be custom prepared to your exact requirements. Our heat-inactivated sterile serum can be used to increase precipitates and turbidity and is ideal for tissue engineering, inactivated complement assays, or as a cell culture supplement. Non-sterile serum is prepared with double clotting to ensure removal of all remaining components necessary for the clotting cascade.
Plasma
Rockland plasma products are prepared with various anticoagulants, including sodium EDTA, sodium heparin, and potassium oxalate and can be custom prepared.
