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Immunology

Image: The JASCO J-815 CD spectrometer measures over a wavelength range of 163 nm to 900 nm (Photo courtesy of Jasco).

Blood Test Could Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

When inflammation occurs in the body, some proteins are altered in a process called citrullination and these altered forms can prompt an immune response from the body, where antibodies attack the body causing autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.   More...
21 Dec 2015

New Set of External Quality Assessment Programs Launched

A set of eight new RIQAS external quality assessment programs have been launched to provide clinical laboratories with the ability to review calibration issues and systematic errors and to monitor accuracy and bias. They also enable laboratories to assess analytical performance in comparison with other laboratories that employ the same instrument or methods.  More...
20 Dec 2015
Image: SNTF stained axons (brown) shortly after traumatic brain injury. The undulating course suggests damage to the internal skeleton, and the SNTF stain shows the high calcium concentration-activated enzymes that destroy the axon from the inside out (Photo courtesy of the laboratory of Douglas Smith, MD).

Protein Biomarker Identifies Damaged Brain Wiring After Concussion

Mild traumatic brain injury or concussion is often defined as a brief loss of normal brain function typically following a blow to the head and is by far the most common form of TBI and frequently does not even receive medical attention.  More...
08 Dec 2015
Image: The TECAN Safire UV-VIS-IR and fluorescence microplate reader (Photo courtesy of California Institute of Technology).

Novel Technology Diagnoses Stroke Quickly

A new approach to identifying biomarkers in blood has proven successful in helping diagnose stroke, and the technology could be expanded to diagnose such conditions as concussion, some forms of dementia, and some types of cancer and heart disease.  More...
08 Dec 2015
Image: Histopathology of a liver chronically infected with Hepatitis C virus; necrosis and inflammation are prominent, and there is some steatosis as well (Photo courtesy of the University of Utah).

One-Step Test Developed for Hepatitis C Virus Infection

A cost-effective one-step test that screens, detects, and confirms Hepatitis C virus infections has been developed as an alternative to current blood-based Hepatitis C virus  testing that requires two steps and can be expensive, inconvenient, and not widely available or affordable globally.   More...
30 Nov 2015
Image: LIFECODES PF4 Enhanced and PF4 IgG anti-platelet factor 4 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays have been designed to detect antibodies that have been implicated in causing Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) (Photo courtesy of Immucor GTI Diagnostics).

Clinical Utility of Anti-Platelet Factor 4 ELISA Test Characterized

Diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a potentially catastrophic immune-mediated disorder, continues to pose significant challenges for clinicians, as both clinical and laboratory tools lack specificity.   More...
29 Nov 2015
Image: Immunohistochemistry of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) the major component of the filaments found in fibrillary and protoplasmic astrocytes in the brain. The protein is visualized as a brown deposit (Photo courtesy of Roy Ellis).

Childhood Concussions Detected by Blood Test

A blood test has been developed that can detect even the most subtle signs of a concussion in children, correctly identifying the presence of traumatic brain injuries in the majority of cases.  More...
25 Nov 2015
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The Immunology channel of LabMedica deals with diagnostic techniques and immuonassays such as ELISA, pregnancy tests, immunoblotting, immunohistochemical staining, serology, and associated hardware.
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