Research Technology
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) refers to tumor markers, also called biomarkers,
as substances that are produced by a tumor or by the host, detectable in biological
fluids or tissues and extremely useful to differentiate neoplastic (cancer) from
non-neoplastic disease.
XEPTAGEN uses Combinatorial Proteomic®, a unique proprietary platform technology,
for the high-throughput identification of novel tumor markers in human tissues undergoing
neoplastic events. XEPTAGEN exploits the natural immune response in order to identify
these cancer markers coupled to immunoglobulins M. These immune complexes characterize
early stage cancer, and therefore are able to provide the earliest form of diagnosis
and, in the majority of tumors, they represent the main prognostic factor.