Recently, a new law on measles vaccination has been passed in Germany. As of March 2020, all children in Germany from the age of one year must present proof of their vaccination against measles, as recommended by the Standing Committee on Vaccination (StiKO), before their admission into crèche, kindergarten, school or other childcare, such as […]
Recently, a very interesting review article on the diagnostics of bullous dermatoses has been published in Frontiers of Immunology, a peer-reviewed journal. The publication is authored by EUROIMMUN scientists, who were invited to write an expert review article on this important topic. Over the past few years, EUROIMMUN has become a true leader in this
This months, EUROIMMUN has celebrated a small milestone: a total of 100 EUROLabWorkstation (ELW) have been completed, 65 ELW ELISA and 35 ELW IFA. Since their introduction to the market in 2017 and 2019, respectively, the systems have been successfully installed with customers worldwide, including leading laboratory chains in the USA, Germany and Brazil. The
In the late 1980s, scientists discovered for the first time autoantibodies that are associated with neurological diseases, first and foremost anti-Hu, anti-Ri and anti-Yo. Since then, test systems for these antibodies have become established in diagnostics and have enabled many life-saving medical findings. Neuroimmunology has now advanced further: 52 different neural autoantibodies have found their
In a diagnostic laboratory performing numerous blot assays per day, it may turn into an ordeal to accurately and carefully place every strip of a line blot with a tweezer into the incubation tray. And during the incubation it is essential to ensure that the strips are always covered with sufficient liquid and do not
