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Precautions Taken Against Equine Influenza at La Baule - Horse-Canada.com
Precautions Taken Against Equine Influenza at La Baule
Horse-Canada.com
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab testing, a ?super-sensitive? forensic type test for viral infections. PCR looks for parts of the Influenza virus and is not an indicator that the virus is active, inactive, capable of producing disease, ...
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PCR Bests Culture at Identifying Congenital CMV Infections - Family Practice ...
Family Practice News Digital Network
PCR Bests Culture at Identifying Congenital CMV Infections
Family Practice News Digital Network
BOSTON ? A real-time saliva-based polymerase chain reaction assay identifies more newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infections than a standard rapid-culture assay, investigators reported. "A PCR [polymerase chain reaction]-based assay would be a ...
PositiveID Corporation's MicroFluidic Systems Subsidiary Makes Significant .....
PositiveID Corporation's MicroFluidic Systems Subsidiary Makes Significant ...
MarketWatch (press release)
It also operates using industry gold-standard TaqMan(R) PCR (polymerase chain reaction) chemistry. In addition to the BioWatch opportunity, the Company has submitted or is in the process of submitting bids for other government contract opportunities ...
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Thalassemia patients prone to fatal infections - The Hindu
Thalassemia patients prone to fatal infections
The Hindu
However, the window period can be reduced drastically by employing either of the two diagnostic techniques namely Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. While the NAAT reduces the window period to 72 hours after ...
Idaho Technology Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Expanded FilmArray(R ... -...
Idaho Technology Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Expanded FilmArray(R ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Founded in 1990, the Company currently holds over 70 patents related to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including rapid PCR cycling. The Company has used its extensive patent portfolio to successfully market nearly 200 products to the clinical, ...
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Idaho Technology Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Expanded FilmArray(R ... -...
Idaho Technology Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Expanded FilmArray(R ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Founded in 1990, the Company currently holds over 70 patents related to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including rapid PCR cycling. The Company has used its extensive patent portfolio to successfully market nearly 200 products to the clinical, ...
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National Institute of Nutrition develops food contamination detection kits - ...
National Institute of Nutrition develops food contamination detection kits
Times of India
The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based kits were developed in collaboration with private industry. Speaking on the occasion, K Satyanarayana, senior deputy director general, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, "It is not enough that ...
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Lactobacillus Prophylaxis Less Helpful Than Antibiotics for UTI - Medscape
Lactobacillus Prophylaxis Less Helpful Than Antibiotics for UTI
Medscape
Fecal and vaginal samples were obtained at baseline and month 12 for evaluation of the presence of L reuteri by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results of the vaginal PCR evaluations at both times were assigned a Nugent score ranging from 0 ...
French show continues amid heightened flu measures - Horsetalk
French show continues amid heightened flu measures
Horsetalk
Precautionary testing on some horses was undertaken at La Baule, using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab test. This is an especially sensitive forensic type test for viral infections. It looks for parts of the influenza virus, ...
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K-ras Mutation Type May Render Chemo for Rectal Cancer Useless - General Surg...
General Surgery News
K-ras Mutation Type May Render Chemo for Rectal Cancer Useless
General Surgery News
The results suggest that patients with K-ras codon 13 mutations are resistant to neoadjuvant CRT for rectal cancer and cannot achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR). Other K-ras mutations also have a reduced chance of achieving pCR compared with ...