Faster neuroborreliosis diagnosis using biomarkers

Clear threshold value of the cellular messenger substance CXCL13 allows diagnosis of neuroborreliosis to be improved

11-Jul-2024 - A newly defined threshold for the concentration of the cytokine CXCL13 may improve the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. The clinical diagnosis of this disease, which is caused by infections from tick bites, is still difficult and often occurs long after infection. CXCL13 now makes it possible to ...

New nanosensors make diagnostic procedures more sensitive

The nanosensors can be used to track reactions with invisible light, saving materials and time

16-Feb-2024 - The Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS and Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have developed a process that enables a new form of signal amplification for diagnostic tests. Through the advanced use of luminescent single walled carbon nanotubes in bioanalytics, test ...

Half a needle in a haystack

New method rapidly detects trace amounts of small molecule compounds

07-Nov-2018 - Russian researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences(GPIRAS) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology(MIPT) have developed the world’s first ultrasensitive method for rapid detection of small molecules. This method detects trace amounts of ...

New, old science combine to make faster medical test

23-Jan-2017 - A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercialized, could lead to faster test results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious ...

Rapid and detailed analysis of proteins

26-Mar-2014 - Proteins are vital participants in virtually all life processes, including growth, repair and signaling in cells; catalysis of chemical reactions and defense against infection. For these reasons, proteins can provide critical signposts of health and disease, provided they can be identified and ...

Analytik Jena subsidiary obtained approval for two ELISA-based tests for detection of PRRSV

01-Jul-2013 - AJ Roboscreen recently obtained the approval for two new assays for screening of swine sera for PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) antibodies and for evaluation. The new ELISA-based tests differentiate into PRRSV Type I (Europe-Type) and Type II (North America-Type). The ...

Electrochemical sensor for coeliac disease promises easy diagnosis of gluten allergy

07-Mar-2013 - Researchers have developed the first example of an electrochemical immunosensor for the diagnosis of coeliac disease – a genetically determined specific immune response to the antigens present in gluten. Electrochemical immunosensors (EIs) are interesting alternatives to conventional ...