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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Cheap, Fast New Test Promises Accurate Results for Celiac Disease, Other Disorders  ]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:43 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12189</link><description><![CDATA[We shall see just how accurate this is.

Certainly, in the past, we've had a lot of tests developed celebrated as "breakthroughs" that turned out not to be specific or sensitive enough.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Glenn Ribotsky at 4:15 am, Thu 26th Jul 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Glenn Ribotsky)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:15:31 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2 (Reply to Comment #1)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12249</link><description><![CDATA[How is this test any different from existing tests? Right now, anyone can get blood tests for gluten antibodies and for the associated genes. Yes, the new test would be a lot simpler and cheaper, which is good, but if antibodies plus genes aren't the gold standard now, why would they be with the new version of the tests? And if we can make the new test sufficient for diagnosis, why would anyone get a biopsy? Right now, blood tests plus known gluten sensitivity is enough, though many doctors go for the invasion test to "confirm." (There are false negatives with the biopsies of course because you can't be certain you snipped part of the gut that is damaged.)

Based on the article, I'm not seeing any changes in diagnostics, other than that the tests are much cheaper than before (assuming $20 is the consumer price) so more people will take them and more people with celiac will use them for monitoring. If there is something different about this test, please make that clear.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Cyndi at 8:32 am, Sun 29th Jul 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Cyndi)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:32:14 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2 (Reply to Comment #1)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12337</link><description><![CDATA[You hit the nail on the head, Cyndi. It would be a breakthrough if a definitive celiac diagnosis could be made without biopsy, but so far, no blood test has been found that can replace this unpleasant procedure. (The only possible exception is in cases where there is an extremely high anti-TG2 antibody level.) While it is possible that the company has unpublished results supporting their claims, we need to wait until the data can be reviewed independently.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Peter Olins at 11:58 am, Mon 6th Aug 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Peter Olins)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:58:43 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22972/1/Cheap-Fast-New-Test-Promises-Accurate-Results-for-Celiac-Disease-Other-Disorders--/Page1.html#Comment12337</guid></item></channel></rss>