New year, same challenges: There is a shortage of laboratory specialists, which has been brought into the spotlight by the pandemic. For many of them, urgent emails and the need to prioritise analyses have become the norm. This is especially problematic in the time-critical field of diagnostics, where patients are waiting for appropriate treatment. Using […]

Cakes and biscuits are an integral part of Christmas traditions. But unfortunately they are not a treat that everyone can enjoy. Many grains such as wheat, rye and spelt contain gluten. This is made up predominantly of gliadin, which is only partly digested in the intestine. The resulting smaller protein structures, so called oligopeptides, can

Cough, sore throat, headache, runny nose, fever… It must be COVID-19! This is an easy assumption to make considering the ongoing presence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. However, the described symptoms are also typical symptoms of respiratory infections that may be caused by many other respiratory viruses. Worldwide, human rhinovirus (HRV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and respiratory

Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 14. article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany   I recently received the following letter from a family from L.: Our 6-year-old spends a lot of time on his grandparents’ professional farm. While there, he

Press release EUROIMMUN today announced that as part of the transition to the new EU In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation 2017/746 (IVDR), risk class A products have been declared IVDR-compliant. With the IVDR conformity assessment of class A products carried out under its own responsibility, EUROIMMUN has reached an important milestone in the IVDR transition. This