Label-free immunoassays offer several significant advantages over labeled techniques.
- Designing and developing the assay are simpler, cheaper, and faster as modified substrates or components are not required.
- Reagent preparation is also faster, simpler and cheaper.
- Biomolecular interactions can be observed and studied under conditions similar to the native state allowing for deeper characterization of biological interactions.
- Label-free eliminates the risk of interference from secondary reporters and reagents, resulting in more robust assay signals.