Detecting Immune System Response Proteins in a 500 Year-old Inca Mummy

• Main Authors: Corthals, A., Davalos, L., Martin, D.W., Rieger, R., Chen, E.I., Koller, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities 2011
• Subjects: Poster Session Abstracts; Inca; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186532

Disease detection in ancient human samples currently relies on genomic-based assays, which are error prone due to contamination and cannot distinguish between active and latent pathogenic infection. On the other hand, protein-based assays such as global protein profiling offer complementary alternat...