Using the EUROLINE ANA Profil 23 a patient sample can be tested for autoantibodies against 23 different nuclear antigens in one incubation. They are considered as the most important antigens which underlie the nuclear ANA patterns defined by an international consensus. For more than 50 years the abbreviation “ANA” has been used to describe anti-nuclear antibodies which […]
A few days ago the “Sächsische Aufbaubank”, the central development agency of the Free State of Saxony, granted the funding of the joint research project EUROPure of EUROIMMUN and the University of Applied Sciences of Zittau/Görlitz. The project aims at the joint development of a robust technology platform permitting cost-efficient and resource-friendly preparation of proteins
Two children, Lisa and Tom, are tested for different food allergies with a skin test by an allergist at the same day, since both children complain about various symptoms such as oral prickling, rashes and nausea. In both cases, the allergy test indicates an obvious immune reaction against peanut extract – a diagnostic agent which
Peanut allergies belong to the most frequent food allergies which already establish during infancy. Contact with the allergen often causes severe systemic reactions of the organism including circulatory collapse (anaphylaxis). The diagnosis of a peanut allergy mostly implies serious restrictions of the patient’s life quality, especially with respect to the diet, since every contact with
Press release Luebeck, 29th January 2016 EUROIMMUN AG, a manufacturer of test systems and instruments for medical diagnostics with headquarters in Luebeck, Germany, has developed the first complete test package worldwide for the serological detection of Zika virus infections. The ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence tests allow the determination of specific antibodies (IgM, IgG) against the
