Abstract
Although immunoassays (IA) have been in use in clinical diagnostics for some 20 years, they are only now making an impact on food analysis and in public analysts’ laboratories. The reasons for this are several. The science of immunology grew up within a clinical environment, and clinicians were the first to appreciate its therapeutic and diagnostic potential. Immunologists were able to meet the need of the diagnostician to selectively detect the presence of minute quantities of an agent in a patient’s circulation. And food analysts, being mostly chemists by training, were not generally aware of the development of IA and of its potential in their area.
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Allen, J.C. (1988). Immunoassay Kits for Food Analysis. In: Greenshields, R. (eds) Resources and Applications of Biotechnology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09574-2_35
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