Licensed Technologies Group is finding new ways to boost partner programs Here at Luminex, we are working on all fronts to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The most visible activities have been the launch of new diagnostic tests—namely, the NxTAG® CoV Extended Panel and the ARIES® SARS-CoV-2 Assay—both of which received Emergency Use Authorization from the […]
Category: Research Round-Up
3D Organoid Cultures Offer Clues to Heterogeneous Therapy Response in Cancer Patients
Luminex-powered DigiWest® assays show significant intratumoral differences in response A publication in PLoS Genetics sheds much-needed light on the heterogeneity of drug response within tumors. The scientists used organoid cultures with several analytical tools, including DigiWest protein expression assays, which are based on xMAP® Technology from Luminex. “Heterogeneous pathway activation and drug response modeled in […]
METHODS Journal: A New Multiplexing Protocol Performs Protein and Gene Level Measurements on a Single Luminex Platform
Researchers demonstrate a high-throughput method for measuring mRNA and proteins using the Luminex xMAP® Platform You shouldn’t have to choose between analyzing gene expression or screening for proteins. In a Methods publication, researchers demonstrate how to measure mRNA expression and analyze proteins with a single sample set using Luminex xMAP® Technology. The article comes from […]
Webinar: Fast, Economical Malaria Testing with xMAP® Technology
Multiplex assay allows for detailed investigations of transmission and drug resistance Multiplexing technology from Luminex has been critical for the development of assays designed to study human SNPs involved in parasite transmission as well as the spread of drug resistance markers in Plasmodium falciparum. That was a key message in this presentation from Lynn Grignard, […]
Webinar: Multiplex Serological Assay Developed to Identify Avian Influenza Subtypes
Rapid detection could help prevent transmission and reduce flock losses In addition to being a public health threat, avian influenza is also costly and potentially devastating to people whose livelihoods depend on raising poultry. To enable faster detection of bird flu and identification of its subtypes, scientists at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research in The Netherlands developed a […]
METHODS Special Issue: Multiplex Assays Enable Simultaneous Measurement of RNA and Proteins
A more comprehensive view sheds light on the biological response to muscle injury Scientists at the University of North Texas have established a novel method for measuring a broad range of RNA and protein biomarkers. In their study, they employed bead-based multiplex detection to assess the effects of skeletal muscle injury over time, but the […]
METHODS Special Issue: Multiplexing Protocol for Evaluating Biological Interactions with Nanoparticles
A new multiplexing protocol offers guidelines for measuring immunomodulatory effects of nanoparticles used in clinical applications Nanoparticles have the potential to deliver more targeted therapies to the exact location in the body where they’re most needed. To do this, it is essential to understand how these foreign particles interact with a patient’s body. A recent […]
METHODS Special Issue: Multiplexing for Personalized Oncology
Assays quantify RNA expression even in challenging samples Multiplex molecular assays have several important roles in the realm of personalized cancer medicine. A team of researchers at the University of Malta recently published a paper, titled “Bead-based RNA multiplex panels for biomarker detection in oncology samples,” in the Methods journal that offers an overview of […]
Webinar: Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnostics with Multiplex Assays
How a European team avoided performing 16,000 ELISA tests New efforts to improve the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as to guide treatment selection, are making strong progress thanks to xMAP® Technology from Luminex, according to a recent presentation from Erik Lönnblom of the Karolinska Institute. Multiplex immunoassays have allowed his team and collaborators […]
METHODS Special Issue: Multiplexing to Quantify Cytokines and Chemokines in Mouse Brain Study
Assay requires minimal sample volume for 33-analyte interrogation Scientists from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Bio-Rad Laboratories published a helpful protocol for a method to analyze more than 30 cytokines and chemokines in mouse brain tissue. The technique can be adapted to other sample types as well. The paper, titled “Method […]