Highly sensitive microsphere-based assay for early detection of type I diabetes
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:02
in Health & Medicine
A rapid, highly sensitive assay technique for measuring type 1 diabetes mellitus marker autoantibodies can provide better temporal resolution of disease onset and progression, researchers report. "This is a clever combination of the several existing techniques, the result of which is a more sensitive, non-radioactive, clinically-relevant assay," says the senior author on the paper. "It is our hope that this technique will become a useful tool for early detection of Islet Cell Autoantibodies in at risk patients."