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Immunology

Image: The Agilent Bioanalyzer microfluidics-based platform (Photo courtesy of Agilent Technologies).

Blood Test Predicts Personalized Depression Treatment

A blood test has been developed that accurately and reliably predicts whether depressed patients will respond to common antidepressants, which could herald a new era of personalized treatment for people with depression. More...
22 Jun 2016
Image: The ImmunoSEQ kit for analyzing T- and B-cells (Photo courtesy of Adaptive Biotechnologies).

T-Cell Receptor Sequencing Reveals Novel Biomarkers For Ovarian Cancer

Deep T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing has been used to evaluate the clonal composition of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and identify novel prognostic biomarkers in ovarian cancer. More...
22 Jun 2016
Image: A histopathology of Hepatitis C viral infection of the liver, necrosis and inflammation are prominent, and there is some steatosis (Photo courtesy of the University of Utah Medical School).

Novel Test Allows for One-Step Diagnosis of HCV Infection

The current standard in diagnosing Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection requires two sequential steps that make it suboptimal, costly, inconvenient, time consuming, and globally not widely available or affordable. More...
21 Jun 2016
Image: New research suggests using an hs-CTrop-I assay can speed up diagnosis of a heart attack (Photo courtesy of Medscape).

New Blood Test Approach Helps Identify or Rule-Out Heart Attack

Two new studies have suggested that modified algorithms using the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-CTrop-I) assay could help more quickly identify or exclude the diagnosis of a heart attack for patients reporting to an emergency department (ED) with suspected cardiac chest pain. More...
13 Jun 2016
Image: A strongly positive Mantoux tuberculin skin test (Photo courtesy of Mudnsky).

New Skin Test Developed For Tuberculosis Infection

A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has been tested and has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials. The test is administered like a tuberculin skin test (TST), and results are interpreted by measuring the size of the skin induration two or three days later. More...
02 Jun 2016
Image: A model of the principle underlying the modified Ham test (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins University).

Blood Test Advances Diagnosis Of HELLP Syndrome

A laboratory blood test for the diagnosis of a rare genetic red blood cell disorder also shows promise in identifying HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening high blood pressure condition affecting 1% of all pregnant women. More...
01 Jun 2016
Image: The typical erythema migrans or bulls-eye rash often but not always seen in Lyme disease (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Early-Detection Urine Test Is Effective for Lyme Disease

Prompt antibiotic treatment of early stage Lyme Borreliosis (LB) prevents progression to severe multisystem disease and there is a clinical need to improve the diagnostic specificity of early stage Lyme assays in the period prior to the mounting of a robust serology response. More...
01 Jun 2016
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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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