ELISA

Through early detection, almost all colorectal cancers can be cured or even prevented. The exam is effective and simple – and it is not performed often enough. The new invitation process is [...]

More than half of the world’s population suffers from an inflammation of the gastric mucosa called gastritis. These patients are at risk of developing a gastric ulcer, a duodenal ulcer or even [...]

The guideline of the Joint National Committee (G-BA) requires laboratories to switch to a new test procedure for early detection of colon cancer. We have summarized what you need to consider in [...]

Now that summer is here, people are spending more and more time outside. Warm temperatures certainly make activities like swimming, hiking, jogging and picnicking more attractive. But forests and [...]

Good news on World Malaria Day: A new ELISA test is available which can reliably and quickly detect an infection with the dangerous tropical disease. Moreover, a new „travel kit“ will enable [...]

In Germany, more than 60,000 people contract colon cancer every year; over 25,000 die of the disease. Early detection could have prevented many such cases – yet in spite of that, only one in [...]

Can you tolerate these foods? More and more people can’t due to food allergies. On the occasion of Food Allergy Day, we reported last week on type I allergies. Today, we will devote our [...]

The drug adalimumab is used very successfully in the treatment of various inflammatory diseases. Yet in some patients, the efficacy of this drug decreases over time. We explain why this is so and [...]

Tick season has started and the risk of dangerous infections with TBE/FSME is increasing. In the event of a suspected infection and to clarify immunization, antibody detection is the method of choice.

As every year, March is officially “Colon Cancer Awareness Month”. A great opportunity to highlight the importance of screening. Nowadays, modern tests have made the early detection of [...]