A New Frontier for Capillary Electrophoresis: Detection and Confirmation of Alcohol Abuse

摘要

It is imperative for clinicians and academicians to stay abreast of new technology and trends related to diagnostic assays and instrumentation methodologies. Recently, new capillary elec-trophoresis (CE) technology has enabled unlimited menu expansiondue to a gradient technology that allows protein detection at wavelengths ranging from 200 to 600 nm. This broad range of protein detection allows for vast assay menu expansion. CAPILLARYS 2 (Sebia Electrophoresis, Norcross, GA) offers a menu of traditional and innovative assays including Proteins (with no lipid interferences), Immunotyping (a patented, fully automated alternative to immunofixation testing) , High Resolution Protein (for the study of inflammatory diseases), and Hemoglobin.