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 […]
Jula (25) did her vocational training as biology lab assistant at EUROIMMUN and has been working at the company since. Only three years ago, she was diagnosed with coeliac disease, a chronic disease of the small intestine which is caused by gluten intolerance. Up to that point, she had to live with stomach aches and
In the current issue of the medical journal Trillium Diagnostik (14(3): 172-173), Prof Dr Rudolf Gruber and Dr Gabriele Egert, experts for laboratory diagnostics, clearly explain the advantages of defined recombinant allergen components which are applied in modern molecular allergy diagnostics. While allergens which are extracted and purified from natural allergen sources always constitute a
Along with the happiness about the pregnancy arises the worry about the unborn’s health. Some pathogens are of particular concern to the expectant mother. They may be transmitted from the mother to the fetus during pregnancy or birth or shortly after birth and can cause aborts, malformations or postnatal infections of the child. They include
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
