title: Advances in ELISA and other solid-phase immunoassays.
abstract: Increased sensitivity and ease of performance have made solid-phase immunoassays increasingly popular. Freedom from the hazards of radioisotopes and the expensive equipment needed to measure them have helped to make the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) one of the fastest growing immunological tests used today. ELISA possesses equal and sometimes greater sensitivity than the solid-phase immunoradiometric assay (SPIRMA), but many of the rules that govern SPIRMA do not apply to ELISA and where they do they are often ignored. Papers from a meeting on developments in these techniques have just been published.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, United Medical and Dental Schools, London SE1 9RT, UK; Department of Oral Immunology, Guy's Hospital, United Medical and Dental Schools, London SE1 9RT, UK.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kemeny
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Challacombe