Oxidativestress isinitiated by the
presence of a reactive oxygen species (ROS) which the cell fails to
counterbalance and then it damages the biomolecules such as DNA, RNA,
lipids and proteins. Oxidative stress has been associated with the aging
process as well as various other disease states.It is an ongoingprocess
between highly reactive radicals and the body system designed for
mitigating their effects.Few diseases occur from a failure to counter
these effects. Oxidative stress causes many pathophysiological disorders
in the body and some of these include neurodegenerative diseases such
as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, cancers, fragile X
syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, atherosclerosis, heart and blood
vessel disorders, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory diseases and
others.Oxidative stress assay is a method for detecting and screening
markers of oxidative stress in cells. It is a great tool for analyzing
and evaluating the capacity to counter the oxidative stress as it
provides relevant biological information.
Furthermore, progresses are made in the
field of oxidative stress assay markets are technologically advanced
equipment with updated technologies to produce high efficiency and
accuracy in the testing of oxidative stress.Rapid growth in the
pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry, robust trend of research
and development, investments in the healthcare sectors, up gradation
oftechnology such as content screening for drug discovery, and
government subsidy for life science research are the prime growth
drivers for oxidative stress assay market. However, there are
fewhindrances in the growth of the market; these arelack of awareness,
emerging technologies, increased cost of instruments and lack of
qualified professionals.
The oxidative stress assay market can be segmented as products, test types, technologies, end users and disease type.
Product types of oxidative stress assay
market are divided on the basis of consumables and instruments.
Consumables arecategorized as kits and reagents, buffers and chemicals,
microplates and antibodies and reagents. The consumables segment in the
product type is largest inthe market and is expected to grow at the
fastest rate in near future. The main reason for it are clinical
advances and increased use incontract research organizations (CRO) and
biotechnological industries.
The test type can be divided as reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based assays and enzyme-based assays, antioxidant capacity assays.
Based ontechnologies the market is divided as ELISA, chromatography and microscopy.
Oxidative stress assay market can be
broadly divided into disease types such as cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer and
asthma.
The end users for oxidative stress assay
market are categorized as clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical
companies, contract research organizations (CRO) and biotechnological
companies.
Geographically the market for oxidative
stress assay market are divided as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific,
Latin America and Rest of the world.There are some major reasons,
responsible for their dominance in this market are increasing number of
aged population and high levels of public awareness and innovative
technologies. North America and Europe are in the leading position in
this market due to their highly advanced technology and infrastructure
compared to the improving infrastructure in emerging regions. However,
Asia Pacific is estimatedto grow in oxidative stress assay market in
future for number of factors such as government initiatives, growing
awareness and increased investment in healthcare sector.
Some of the key players in the oxidative
stress assay marketbased on pharmaceutical and biotechnological
companies are Abcam Plc., BioVision, Inc., Cell Biolabs, Inc., Merck and
Co., Inc., Oxford Biomedical Research, Promega
Corporation,Sigma-Aldrich Corporation and Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Inc., while the leading clinical laboratories are Alliance Imaging,
Inc., Array BioPharma Inc., Genoptix, Inc. and Quest Diagnostics.
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