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Basophil Activation Testing – Standardized

3 Reasons to Consider this Method in Kinase Inhibitor Drug Development Basophils are the circulating immune cells that participate in allergic reactions and share many of the signaling pathways that are also present in other types of immune cells that may develop into blood cancers or participate in the development of autoimmune disorders.  Therefore, measuring
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Safe Use of Stool Extracts on Clinical Chemistry Analyzers

BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo is for Research Use Only. Not to be used in diagnostic procedures. Health Canada License: 96808 BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo Stool extracts used in the BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo on clinical chemistry analyzers can be applied without any concern of system contamination. BÜHLMANN investigated this new sample matrix with the goal to exclude potential risks.
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The Utility of Fecal Calprotectin in the Real-World Clinical Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

BÜHLMANN Quantum Blue® fCAL Citation: Abej, E. et al. The Utility of Fecal Calprotectin in the Real-World Clinical Care of Patients with Inflammatory BowelDisease Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;2016:2483261. Epub 2016 Sep 28.DOI:10.1155/2016/2483261.  PMID: 27774443.  This Canadian study represents how FCAL testing is utilized in the field for monitoring disease activity in IBD.  The reference for the cut-off
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Entretien Avec Yvonne Schallberger, Bioanalytica Lucerne

fCAL® turbo de BÜHLMANN Santé Canada Licence: 96808 English Version Entretien Avec Yvonne Schallberger, Bioanalytica Lucerne Madame Schallberger, vous avez dernièrement choisi d’utiliser le nouveau test fCAL® turbo de BÜHLMANN. Ce test s’adapte parfaitement sur des équipements de chimie clinique et permet l’analyse la calprotectine dans les selles en environ 10 minutes. Pourriez-vous nous indiquer les
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Evaluation of the BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo Test at Bioanalytica Lucerne

BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo is for Research Use Only in the US. Not to be used in diagnostic procedures. Health Canada License: 96808 French Version Interview with Yvonne Schallberger, Bioanalytica Lucerne Mrs. Schallberger, you recently decided to introduce the new calprotectin assay, BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo, which offers a calprotectin result in random access mode on all USUAL
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BUHLMANN Highlights – ACE Kinetic Enzymatic Assay

BÜHLMANN ACE Kinetic Enzymatic Assay Simple, Fast, Versatile Automated Assay for use on Multiple Clinical Chemistry Platforms ACE kinetic is FDA 510(k) cleared. For in vitro Diagnostic Use. BÜHLMANN's Clinical Chemistry product line is a unique selection of high quality assays for routine and specialized testing in clinical chemistry.  Employing the long lasting experience with ACE activity on
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BUHLMANN Flow CAST Kinase Inhibition Assay and Utilization in Research

BÜHLMANN's Kinase Inhibition Assay has been utilized in several publications in various fields of study such as drug discovery, cancer research, autoimmune disease research, and more. Several key kinases that are molecular targets in drug discovery, such as PI3Kγ and PI3Kδ, SYK, BTK are main components in the basophil activation signaling pathways. Our Assay  has been
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Discovery of PI3K Delta Inhibitors for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease

Flow CAST® – Kinase Inhibition Assay Citation: Matthews, D.J. et al. Discovery of PI3K delta inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disease. 2012 New York Academy of Sciences Meeting Poster.  "Importantly, PWT143 inhibits basophil activation (as measured by surface CD63 expression in a whole blood assay) with subnanomolar potency in response to anti-IgE stimulation
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TGR-1202 Suppresses Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Cells via Selective Inhibition of PI3Kδ Kinase

Flow CAST® – Kinase Inhibition Assay Citation: VakkalankaS. et al. TGR-1202 suppresses acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells via selective inhibition of PI3Kδ kinase. 2012 ASH Meeting Poster. "TGR-1202 demonstrated significant potency against PI3Kδ (22.2 nM) with several fold selectivity over the α (>10000), β (>50), and γ (>48) isoforms. Additionally, the
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Brutontyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Ibrutinib(PCI-32765) has Significant Activity in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Malignancies

Flow CAST® – Kinase Inhibition Assay Citation: Advani, R.H. et al. Brutontyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib(PCI-32765) has significant activity in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies. J ClinOncol. 2013 Jan 1; 31(1): 88-94. PMID: 23045577 "A decrease in anti–IgE-stimulated basophil degranulation was observed, consistent with the role of BTK downstream of the high-affinity IgE receptor."
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