For a physician to effectively treat a patient, it is important to have a complete diagnostic overview of the …
Pharmacogenetic Testing Provides Insight to Psychotropic Drug Treatment
Currently, pharmacogenetic testing is a leading area of research. There are several new studies showing clinic…
4 Types of Pathogenic Bacteria Used in Bioterrorism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines bioterrorism as “deliberate release of viruses, b…
Development of a Luminex xMAP® Assay to Detect Amyloid β Oligomers in Alzheimer’s Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most common forms of dementia. AD affects more than 27 million American…
Gastroenteritis: A Diagnostic Challenge
As a Field Application Specialist who trains laboratory technologists on Luminex® assays, I am often challenge…
Biomarker Profiling in Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Dementia—a general term, defined by the Alzheimer’s Association as conditions in which neurons in the brain be…
Development of a Multiplex Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Porcine Inflammation Markers
In the field of medical science, pigs are often used for study and analysis because they are physiologically s…
Detecting the Cytokine Immune Response to Yersinia enterocolitica with Multiplex Technologies
Gram-negative bacteria are an especially resistant type of bacteria, able to fight off many antibiotics. They …
Understanding the Basics of Pharmacogenetic Testing
What exactly is personalized medicine and why is it important? First, we need to understand the difference bet…
Comprehensive Video Now Available Reviewing Millipore’s High-Sensitivity Milliplex Assay
Measurement of serum cytokines is one important indices of a healthy immune system response or a potential diagnostic in certain disease pathways. Advances on multiplex technology have solved many of the limitations associated with other serum cytokine detection methods. In this report, we describe the method for the measurement of serum cytokines using a Millipore, high-sensitivity cytokine method that allows for the detection of cytokine concentrations as low as 0.13 pg/mL.