Antigen detection Archive - Euroimmun Blog

Polycystic ovary syndrome – Hormonal imbalances

Dr. Gabi Ommen — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:20:26 +0000

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder of the hormone metabolism, which affects around 10% of women in child-bearing age and one of the most common causes of childlessness. PCOS is often associated with further metabolic disorders and they may reinforce each other. Many women suffering from PCOS are overweight, have an increased risk of […]

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Stress gets us going, but too much causes illness

Dr. Gabi Ommen — Tue, 03 May 2016 05:23:59 +0000

The alarm didn’t go off, in the rush of the morning, the little one spilled the milk and needs changing, the car won’t start and the important meeting starts within 10 minutes! STRESS! Stress causes unconscious physical reactions in humans: Glucose is provided as prompt energy source, blood pressure rises to assure sufficient blood supply […]

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Early identification of kidney impairment using the Uromodulin ELISA

Dr. Oliver Sendscheid — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:21:12 +0000

Uromodulin is a kidney-specific glycoprotein, which is mainly secreted in the urine but also, in small amounts, into the bloodstream. Since it was discovered several years ago that mutations and certain polymorphisms in the uromodulin-coding gene (UMOD) are associated with various kidney disorders and kidney vitality, the protein has been increasingly researched. Today, uromodulin is […]

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Widespread vitamin D-deficiency

Dr. Gabi Ommen — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:33:41 +0000

Slowly but surely the long dark winter months come to end – fortunately, since this season is reason enough for many people to sink into melancholy. But winter depression and tiredness could actually have a medical reason, namely vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is in short supply in winter because people need UVB rays from the sun on […]

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CXCL13: Timely diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis

Dr. Marc Pollmann — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:23:00 +0000

Every once in a while, physicians face a patient with rather unspecific symptoms of exhaustion, sore muscles and joints, bad headache and sometimes even neurological deficits and paralysis. Only if the patient remembers or if the physician explicitly asks, may the cause be rapidly found: a tick bite – an indication that the person may be infected with Borrelia and is suffering from […]

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