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Immunology

Image: The small plastic chip about the size of a credit card that can deliver the same diagnostic information as a bone marrow biopsy but using a simple blood draw instead (Photo courtesy of the University of Kansas).

Chip-Based Blood Test Developed for Multiple Myeloma

The diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting plasma cells, traditionally forces patients to suffer through a painful bone biopsy. Doctors insert a bone-biopsy needle through an incision to get a bone marrow sample or make a larger incision and remove a section of bone via surgery. More...
03 May 2018
Image: A positive C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE. The assay simultaneously tests for GDH and Toxins A & B providing actionable C. difficile results in less than 30 minutes (Photo courtesy of Alere).

Clostridium difficile Examined by Different Methods

The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has shifted in the last decade and is now affecting populations previously at low risk to include healthy adults, peripartum women and young children. More...
30 Apr 2018
Image: The N Latex Cystatin C Assay for the detection of decline in renal function (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthcare).

BTP Viewed As Glomerular Filtration Rate Marker

Beta Trace Protein (BTP) is a promising marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) as it was reported to be increased in the serum of patients with renal disease. Some evidence suggests that it is more sensitive than creatinine (Cr) at detecting early changes in GFR. More...
24 Apr 2018
Image: The Synergy H1 Hybrid Multi-Mode Microplate Reader (Photo courtesy of BioTek).

Vitamin D Blood Test May Speed Pediatric Bipolar Diagnosis

Major mood disorders (MMD), specifically bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), are some of the most prevalent albeit under-diagnosed health problems in children and adolescents. Worldwide among adolescents, MDD and BD are the first and fourth most disabling conditions, respectively. More...
18 Apr 2018
Image: Using darkfield microscopy technique, this photomicrograph, magnified ×400, reveals the presence of spirochete, or \"corkscrew-shaped\" bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen that causes Lyme disease (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

New POC Test Quickly Detects Lyme Neuroborreliosis

The clinical pictures of borreliosis vary from local skin infection to infections of the central nervous system, joints or the heart. A typical red rash, the so-called erythema migrans lesion, developing and spreading around the tick bite should always be treated with antibiotics without laboratory tests. More...
17 Apr 2018
Image: A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a number of Lassa virus virions adjacent to some cell debris (Photo courtesy of C. S. Goldsmith/CDC).

Immunoassay Developed for Lassa Fever Virus

Lassa fever is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever and is endemic in several West African countries. However, only few hospitals and laboratories in the region have the capacity to conduct molecular or serological Lassa fever diagnostics. More...
12 Apr 2018
Image: A histopathology of a deep vein inflammatory infiltrate with wall dissociated by edema, observed in a skin lesion of a leprosy patient suffering an erythema nodosum leprosum episode (Photo courtesy of Oswaldo Cruz Institute).

Unusual Blood Clots Characterized in Leprosy Patients

Leprosy is a chronic infection by Mycobacterium leprae and causes body-wide symptoms, deformities, and disability. It remains a public health problem worldwide, despite the existence of antibiotic combinations that can cure it. More...
03 Apr 2018
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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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