First Multiplex Type 1 Diabetes Assay

Here is a new autoantibody test for Type 1 diabetes. Here is a link to the company's website. I don't know if this is as good as the company makes it sound, but autoantibody test results in 15 minutes!

Maverick™ Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Assay

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder in which pancreatic islet β cells are destroyed leading to insulin insufficiency. Pancreatic islet autoantigens associated with T1D play diverse roles in glucose metabolism (insulin, proinsulin), metabolism of biogenic amines (glutamate decarboxylases, GAD65 and GAD67) and packaging of secretory vesicles (phosphotyrosine phosphatase-related proteins, IA-2 and Phogrin, and zinc transporter, ZnT8). While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved.

The Genalyte Maverick™ Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Assay is a semi-quantitative photonic ring immunoassay (PRI) designed to simultaneously detect:
Insulin
Proinsulin
GAD65 (Glutamate Decarboxylases)
GAD67 (Glutamate Decarboxylases)
IA-2 (PTPRN, ICA512)
Phogrin (PTPRN2, IA-2β)
ZnT8 (Zinc Transporter 8, SLC30A8)

Using only 2μL of and requiring minimal hands on time, the Maverick™ Detection System analyzes each of the target antigens in the T1D assay kit individually and reports out semi-quantitative results in ≈ 15 minutes.

Hi Melitta,

Thanks so much for posting this!

It will be really interesting to learn more about it!

Best wishes,

marty1492