FDA clears Stratagene autoimmune test

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FDA clears Stratagene autoimmune test

MAR. 21 11:18 A.M. ET Stratagene Corp., a maker of biotechnology

research and testing tools, said Monday that the Food and Drug

Administration cleared its test for a digestive disorder called celiac

disease.

The company said the autoimmune test complements a similar product

cleared by the FDA in 2004. The test will be made by Stratagene's Hycor

Biomedical unit and brings the number of the company's FDA-cleared

autoimmune tests to 32.

People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein found in

wheat, rye and barley. It is the most common genetic disease in Europe

and research suggests it occurs in about one in 133 Americans,

according to the National Institutes of Health.

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