Advanced Laboratory Investigations Conducted at Medical Research Unit Laboratory, MHWT, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh |Biomedgrid

Among the medical sciences, Diagnostic Immunology has become a versatile branch due to availability of monoclonal antibody (MCA)-based advanced techniques such as radioimmunoassay (RIA), enzyme immunoassay (EIA), fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS), Nephelometry, Immunochromatographic technique (ICT), Immunofluorescence technique (IFT), etc. Laboratory diagnosis and follow-up of immunologically -mediated as well as other diseases are made now-a-days with high precision and accuracy with the application of these advanced techniques. Diagnostic immunology was reorganized and more versatile investigations were introduced at the Medical College for Women & Hospital (MCW&H) laboratory, Uttara, Dhaka in August 2002. The idea was to provide high quality laboratory services for specialized diagnostic immunology tests in a cost effective way. In 2005 Medical Research Unit (MRU) had been set up in at MCW&H building to conduct high quality clinical and biomedical research and provide further specialized biochemical and immunological laboratory tests at affordable costs. Many diagnostic tests were introduced and carried out regularly at MRU (Diagnostic) Laboratory to confirm and pin-point the clinical (provisional) diagnosis of human diseases. The analysis of the results of some advanced laboratory investigations and also the immunodiagnostic tests in various antibody classes for TORCH/ ToRCH infections conducted at MRU Laboratory have been presented in the present article and discussed accordingly.