Biomarkers
Unilabs York Bioanalytical Solutions is proud to be able to offer a fully validated list of biomarker assays.
The information below details the therapeutic areas where we currently offer validated methods. The range of equipment and techniques available is constantly being reviewed and includes electrochemiluminescence using the Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) system and Gyrolab.
Therapeutic area
- Allergy panels
- Biomarkers for obesity, diabetes and growth
- Bone markers
- Cardiac markers
- Endocrinology panels – adrenal, thyroid, reproductive, metabolic
- Faecal fat analyses
- Haematology and coagulation analyses
- Inflammatory panels
- Liver enzymes
- Metal analyses
- Tumour markers
- Apoptosis markers
- Tumour proliferation markers
- Leukocyte prototyping
- Safety monitoring of biologicals
- Other biomarkers validated on request
Techniques:
- Agglutination
- Allergen testing
- Atomic absorption spectrometry
- Cell culture
- Coagulation
- Complement fixation
- Cryo-precipitation
- Cytochemical staining
- Electrophoresis
- Enzyme activity kinetics
- Equilibrium dialysis
- Faecal occult blood detection
- Fluorometry
- Freezeing point depression
- Haematology
- Immunoassay
- Impedance
- Ion-selective electrode (ISE)
- Liquid chromotagraphy
- Mass spectrometry
- Microscopy
- Nephelometry
- PCR-technique
- Radio enzymatic assay
- Radio receptor assay
- Spectrophotometry
- Stix
- Titrimetry
- Turbidimetry
- X-Ray diffraction
Immunoassay Techniques:
- CLIA - Chemiluminescence Immunoassay
- ECLIA - Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay
- EIA - Enzymeimmunoassay (absorbance detection)
- ELFA - Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay (fluorescence detection)
- ELISA - Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay (absorbance detection)
- EMIT - Enzyme-Multiplied Immunoassay Technique
- FEIA - Enzymeimmunoassay (fluorescence detection)
- FPIA - Fluorescence Polarisation Immunoassay
- Immunoturbidimetry
- RIA - Radioimmunoassay
Mass Spectrometry;
- GC-MS
- ICP-MS
- LC-MS
- LC-MS/MS
Liquid Chromatography;
- HPLC
- Immunochromatographic test (screen)
- LC