Mission
- The Clinical Ligand Assay
Society mission is to establish and promote high standards in
the science and application of ligand assay technology by
encouraging research, educating practitioners, and fostering
communication and cooperation among individuals in laboratories,
in medicine, in academia and industry.
- In the last 30 years, ligand
assay technology has exploded to encompass not only a variety of
non-isotopic techniques besides the classical radioactive
labeling one to quantitate immunoassays but also receptor assays
and gene probe technology.
Specific goals of CLAS
include:
- Maintenance of an organization concerned with the
diagnostic, therapeutic and investigative use of ligand assays
and related methods.
- Improvement of the standards
of ligand assay methods by promoting education, encouraging
basic and clinical research and advancing the practice of ligand
assay as applied to clinical laboratory diagnosis; biochemical
research; diagnosis and therapy in veterinary sciences;
applications in agricultural, environmental and industrial
sciences.
- Sponsoring of regional,
national, and international meetings, scientific symposia,
review courses, certification programs, workshops and
publications to increase knowledge of ligand assay technology
and its development and application.
- Promotion of cooperation and
mutual consultation among members working in laboratories,
clinics, hospitals, educational institutions and industry.
