Immuno Concepts N.A., Ltd.

Website: http://www.immunoconcepts.com/

Immuno Concepts was founded in 1979 with a commitment to advance the quality of diagnostic assays for systemic rheumatic diseases. Over twenty years later we still honor that commitment. Our company motto, “Quality People Setting the Quality Standard,” further reflects this commitment. We are proud to display that we have a quality system that is certified to ISO 9001 and we are actively pursuing CE mark certification for our products.

In 1979 Immuno Concepts pioneered the conversion from rodent tissue to HEp-2 cells for detection of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANAs). Using genetic engineering we developed HEp-2000, an ANA substrate with increased sensitivity for detection of autoantibodies to SS-A/Ro. The advantages of the HEp-2000 substrate over conventional HEp-2 have been documented in several published papers from well-known institutions and are discussed later in this catalog. Immuno Concepts was the first company to offer a non-fluorescent ANA. Our Colorzyme methodology uses a patented stabilized color reagent system that allows slide-based assays to be read using common bright field microscopy. The Colorzyme format is available for ANA, nDNA and EBV assays.