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Immunology

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
Image: The cobas e 601 immunology analyzer (Photo courtesy of Roche Diagnostics).

Biomarker Assay Recommended for Heart Failure Diagnosis

The value of a biomarker to accurately diagnose or rule out acute heart failure in patients seen for shortness of breath at hospital emergency departments has been validated. More...
02 Apr 2018
Image: A cardiac troponin I sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit (Photo courtesy of Cell Biolabs).

New Heart Attack Test Better Informs Underlying Condition

The serum troponin assay is the biochemical gold standard for detecting myocardial infarction (MI). A major diagnostic issue is that some believe troponin levels can rise with reversible injury, in the absence of radiologically detectable infarct. More...
27 Mar 2018
Image: Extracellular vesicles (red) released from a patient’s tumor and captured on the surfaces of the EVHB-Chip (Photo courtesy of Professor Shannon Stott, PhD).

Microfluidic Device Captures Tumor-Specific Extracellular Vesicles

A microfluidic device has been developed that can capture glioblastoma-derived extracellular vesicles, with high specificity, using very small blood samples, which would be useful for pediatric patients. More...
21 Mar 2018
Image: The H. pylori Ag test is a rapid test for the qualitative detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in human fecal specimen (Photo courtesy of Standard Diagnostics).

Helicobacter Pylori Immunoassays Evaluated for Efficacy

Helicobacter pylori are curved gram negative bacilli and have been etiologically associated with several pathogenic conditions of the stomach ranging from gastritis to gastric cancer. Prevalence of H. pylori infection varies based on several factors globally and in developing countries more than 80% of the population is infected with H. pylori. More...
19 Mar 2018
Image: The Schirmer’s test is an invasive filter paper strip folded over the lower lid to absorb the tear film for five minutes. The tears collected on the Schirmer’s strips can be analyzed for biomarkers (Photo courtesy of Innovative Eye Care).

Biological Markers in Tears May Diagnose PD

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder that kills brain cells that produce dopamine, which is a chemical messenger important for the control of movement. The main symptoms of Parkinson's include slowness of movement, tremors, rigidity, and difficulty maintaining balance and coordination. More...
15 Mar 2018
Image: Bevacizumab (Avastin) is approved for immunotherapy use in metastatic renal cell carcinoma, glioblastoma, non-squamous non–small-cell lung cancer, and metastatic colorectal cancer, and cervical cancer (Photo courtesy of Genentech).

ELISA Methods Developed for Analyzing Immunotherapy

A new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with high sensitivity and selectivity for bioanalysis of bevacizumab (BEV), a monoclonal antibody used for immunotherapy of different types of cancer, has been developed. More...
06 Mar 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.