Scientists from the Institute of Clinical Medicine. NV Sklifosovsky Sechenov University has developed a microchip for sensitivity testing to more than 120 allergens. This was reported to socialbites.ca by the press service of the university.
Immunologists have developed a serological test that can be used to identify individual hypersensitivity to more than 120 allergens. The allergy chip contains antigens from food, pollen, epidermis, house dust, animals, molds and insects. Allergochip is safe and eliminates contact with the allergen. This technology already exists in the world, but it is not adapted to Russian allergens.
“With the help of Allergochip, it is possible to accurately identify an allergy provocateur with just a drop of blood serum. Microchip-based assessment of hypersensitivity to allergens opens up real hope for doctors with a personalized approach to diagnosing and treating allergies. Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences “In the future, we can count on solving the problem of individual allergy prevention,” said Alexander Karaulov.
In the next four years, scientists will create a map of patients’ hypersensitivity to allergens across Russia and a biobank of patients’ blood serum.
Previously, institute staff received the world’s first recombinant feline allergy vaccine ready for clinical trials.