The chief objective of this contract is to procure the services of a laboratory to perform a particular immunometric assay of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine. The assay is described under """"""""Requirements"""""""" below. The contractor must also explore methods for refining the assay and develop new assays for hCG and closely related molecules as may be required. Such assays will be used in support of epidemiologic field studies of fertility and early pregnancy loss being carried out by the Epidemiology Branch. Biometry and Risk Assessment Program. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Project Start
1984-09-27
Project End
Budget Start
1988-02-01
Budget End
1989-06-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
064931884
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10027
Birken, S; Armstrong, E G; Kolks, M A et al. (1988) Structure of the human chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunit fragment from pregnancy urine. Endocrinology 123:572-83