Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) A reagent for an immunoassay of a target substance existing in a free form and a bound form in a specimen, comprising a latex 1 which is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 1 for the target substance, and a latex 2 which has a different mean particle size from the latex 1 and is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 2 having a different recognition site for the target substance from the antibody 1, (2) An immunoassay method comprising reacting the target substance with the reagent of (1) and determining an amount of the substance based on the result of an agglutination reaction among the target substance, the latex1 and the latex2, and (3) A reagent kit comprising a reagent of (1) and a reagent containing an agglutination accelerator for an antigen-antibody reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) A reagent for an immunoassay of a target substance existing in a free form and a bound form in a specimen, comprising a latex 1 which is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 1 for the target substance, and a latex 2 which has a different mean particle size from the latex 1 and is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 2 having a different recognition site for the target substance from the antibody 1, (2) An immunoassay method comprising reacting the target substance with the reagent of (1) and determining an amount of the substance based on the result of an agglutination reaction among the target substance, the latex1 and the latex2, and (3) A reagent kit comprising a reagent of (1) and a reagent containing an agglutination accelerator for an antigen-antibody reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) A reagent for an immunoassay of a target substance existing in a free form and a bound form in a specimen, comprising a latex 1 which is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 1 for the target substance, and a latex 2 which has a different mean particle size from the latex 1 and is immobilized with a monoclonal antibody 2 having a different recognition site for the target substance from the antibody 1, (2) An immunoassay method comprising reacting the target substance with the reagent of (1) and determining an amount of the substance based on the result of an agglutination reaction among the target substance, the latex1 and the latex2, and (3) A reagent kit comprising a reagent of (1) and a reagent containing an agglutination accelerator for an antigen-antibody reaction.

Abstract: An appropriate ferromagnetic substance, whose magnetization arises mainly from samarium, is selected, and the composition of this ferromagnetic samarium substance is, according to necessity, modified by an atomic substitution or addition; whereby the two parts of the magnetization originating from the orbital magnetic moment and the spin one compensate with each other and the resultant total magnetization becomes close to zero. An external magnetic field is applied to this ferromagnetic samarium substance at a temperature, where it has a finite magnetization, so as to align the electron spin polarization therein over a macroscopic range, and, subsequently, the temperature is set to be the magnetization-compensation temperature and the applied field is reduced to be nearly zero; whereby this ferromagnetic samarium substance can have a specific property.