Coeliac disease (CD), a gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is treated with a gluten-free diet. Cereals, such as wheat, rye and barley damage the small-intestial mucosa of patients wich CD, whereas maize, rice and millet are harmless. To guarantee this diet for the CD-patients it is important to control the gluten-free declared products.
As the first private laboratory in Switzerland Biosmart pursue analyzing strategy based on two different methods: the protein- (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA) and DNA-based (PCR) analyzing method. The combination of this two methods provides the hightest security of analyzing quality.
Biosmart is the reference laboratory of
Schweiz. Interessengemeinschaft für Zoeliakie.
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