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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
At the end of November, I previously discussed the following screening test
on the Celiac List:
http://www.coeliac.info/immunochromatographic%20assay.htm
Here's an update.
The one-step coeliac screening test developed by Cuban and Spanish
researchers Sorell et al. which makes use of a quick and easy-to-use test
strip is patented. A corporate partner for a joint venture is being sought
through the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology:
http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu/
The Center lists the following R&D portfolio:
http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu/Portfolio.htm
Specifically, the coeliac screening test is summarized here:
http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu/15%20CIGB%20celiaca.htm
With only 288 visitors to this site since Oct. 8, 2002 as of today, Dec. 3,
2002, it may take a while to find a corporate partner this way. This
screening test is truly worthy of a corporate partner who can get this
product off the ground and to the market quickly, a market that surely
includes the possibility of a do-it-yourself at-home coeliac disease
screening test kits. Hopefully, US-Cuban politics will not get in the way
of the world-wide benefit this product can provide.
On a different note, the Sept. 27, 2002 Science magazine article about the
identification of a gluten peptide that triggers a celiac disease response
is now available free, in PDF format, at:
http://www.eurosur.org/celiacos/Shan.pdf
*Please provide references to back up claims of a product being GF or not GF*
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