Circulating calprotectin – a new promising inflammation parameter

The evaluation of the inflammatory status is crucial for the assessment of disease activity and therapy response in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic ...

Arboviruses: global threat and local reality

Vector-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika and West Nile fever account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 5.6 ...

Seoul virus: When pet rats become a risk

Anyone who has got a pet rat at home knows how intelligent and adaptable these animals are. And they are becoming increasingly popular as pets. However, as with all animals in human care, there is a ...

United expertise for ChLIA diagnostics – An interview with Euroimmun

The integration of Immunodiagnostic Systems (IDS) products into the Euroimmun portfolio has created a unique and broad menu of speciality testing solutions. Our combined chemiluminescence immunoassay ...

More lab digitalisation – EUROLabOffice hits 1000 installations milestone

This milestone is much more than just a number: Every single installation stands for a laboratory that decided to leave manual processes behind and to opt for a solution that combines efficiency, ...

New patterns in ANA diagnostics

Recently, three new fluorescence patterns were added to the classification tree of the International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody Patterns (ICAP)1.

1 www.anapatterns.org

Anti-VGLUT2 autoantibodies identified in neurological and multisystem diseases

Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2) has been identified as a novel target antigen of autoantibodies in patients with neurological disorders, frequently accompanied by comorbidities with ...

HAND IN HAND FOR POWERFUL ENDOCRINOLOGY – Unique automated chemiluminescence assays for the assessment of sex-hormone imbalances, combining quality and progress

The sex hormones in the human body work together like a complex clockwork. They control not only the development of the female and male sexual characteristics such as the vagina, ovaries and breasts ...

EU approves Alzheimer’s drug – APOE genotype decisive for access to therapy

On 15th April 2025, the European Commission authorised lecanemab (monoclonal anti-amyloid (beta) antibody; trade name: Leqembi from Eisai and Biogen) in the European Union to treat early Alzheimer’s ...

HAND IN HAND FOR POWERFUL ENDOCRINOLOGY – Test systems backed up by extensive scientific studies for the assessment of growth disorders, combining quality and progress

If a child grows significantly slower or is much smaller than their peers, parents generally get worried. While this may just be a temporary delay that balances out in later growth phases, a lack of ...

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