Process for the determination of interferon and kit for the assay of interferon.

摘要

There is provided an assay for the detection and quantitative determination of interferon. The assay is based on the exposure of certain cells to a solution containing the interferon which is to be determined, infecting the cells with a suitable virus, incubating for a predetermined period of time, lysing the infected cultures and determining the virus protein. The measurement of the virus proteins can be effected by ELISA or Radioimmunoassay. There is also provided a kitfor carrying out such assays.