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The Value of Calprotectin in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitoring

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gut, which presents with periods of inflammatory activity (flares) and quiescent phases (remission) as can be seen in many chronic diseases. IBD includes several different diseases; the two most important ones are Ulcerative Colitis (UC), with inflammation localized mostly in the colon, and Crohn’s Disease (CD)

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BUHLMANN fCAL® turbo Highlights

  BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo Stool extracts used in the BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo on clinical chemistry analysers can be applied without any concern of system contamination. BÜHLMANN investigated this new sample matrix with the goal to exclude potential risks. Extensive data has been generated to demonstrate that our assay excludes neglectable microbial contamination, bacterial sample carry over and

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Basophil Activation Testing

In a new in-depth article Michele Romano, PhD, responsible at BÜHLMANN for the Product Management of the CAST® Assays for Basophil Activation Tests (BAT), writes about the benefits of using BAT assays in drug discovery and preclinical evaluation of kinase inhibitors.

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