Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies

Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies: Approaches, Performances, and Applications, Second Edition unravels the role of immunoassays in the biochemical sciences. During the last four decades, a wide range of immunoassays has been developed, ranging from conventional enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays to smartphone-based point-of-care formats. The advances in rapid biochemical procedures, novel biosensing schemes, fully integrated lab-on-a-chip platforms, prolonged biomolecular storage strategies, device miniaturization and interfacing, and emerging smart system technologies equipped with personalized mobile healthcare tools are paving the way to next-generation immunoassays and are all discussed in this comprehensive text. Revised and updated, the Second Edition of the Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies covers all the relevant, timely, and important future developments in this field. This edition offers new content on topics such as: antibody production for immunodiagnostics; mass spectroscopy-based immunoassays; multiplex immunoassays; Luminex xMAP technology-based immunoassays; immunoassays for newborn screening; biotin interference in immune-assays and strategies to tackle it; strategies for the prolonged stability of immunoreagents; bioanalytical tools for characterizing immunoreagents; and harmonization of immunoassays. The addition of these new topics makes the Second Edition a valuable, up-to-date, and comprehensive resource on immunoassays. Provides comprehensive details of various types of immunoassays utilized in healthcare as well as industrial, environmental, and other biochemical settings Offers extensive knowledge and guided insights on multifarious aspects of immunoassays and types of immunoassays developed to date Comprehensively describes immunoassay formats along with their principles of operation, characteristics, pros and cons, and potential biochemical and bioanalytical applications Provides increased technical know-how as it is written by renowned experts and key opinion makers in the field of immunoassays with decades of experience