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Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG

...articipants take the additional step of having the liquid portion of their filtered blood, called an ultrafi..., mediators of inflammation and such ?removed. The liquid is run through the cell-lined fibers of a second cartridge, while the blood is run on the outside of...

Scientists ID molecular 'switch' in liver that triggers harmful effects of saturated and trans fats

...althier polyunsaturated fats are those that remain liquid at room temperature, such as various types of vegetable oils. Trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fats, are artificially produced solid fats used in shortening and margarine, baked goods, and the oils used to cook french fries and other fast foo...

University of Manchester makes made-to-measure skin and bones a reality using inkjet printers

...printer, the cells are suspended in anutrient rich liquid not dissimilar to ink, which ensures theirsurvival. The cells are then fed into the printer and seeded directlyinto the structure as it is built. This avoids any 'sticking to thesurface' which is a major disadvantage of current methods that infusethe...

Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study

...into special sample vials and immediatelyfrozen in liquid nitrogen canisters to preserve the microbialcommunity.In springs where there was no sediment, Spear collected samples ofplanktonic organisms by hanging a glass slide in the water and allowingthe microbes to accumulate. "Bacteria are just like us. The...

Purdue proves concept of using nano-materials for drug discovery

...me that produces a blue color when combined with a liquid that contains molecules small enough to easily pas...e inner surface of the alumina membranes - and the liquid was placed outside each vessel so that it covered the opposite side of the membranes. When the liqui...

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Bio-Stack Twister II Microplate Handler from BioTek Instruments

...ution for integrating BioTeks washers, readers and liquid handling systems together with expandable microplate capacity, ultimate flexibility and intuitive and powerful software. Whether you are adding capacity to single devices or linking several modules together to complete a robotic system, the result is...

CEQ 8800 Genetic Analysis System from Beckman Coulter

...so offers a bar coding link with the Biomek series liquid handers, for increased automation. The CEQ 8800 a...tial sample preparation stage on the Biomek series liquid handlers. The CEQs integrated bar code reader automatically calls up and programs the method, for ti...

ProteomeLab PF 2D Protein Fractionation System from Beckman Coulter

...-read formats. This in solution approach delivers liquid fractions for further study.The PF 2D system addresses many of the problems associated with traditional proteomics research, such as detection of low abundance proteins, run-to-run reproducibility, quantitation, detection of membrane or hydrophobic p...

DNA OligoMix from LC Sciences

...erimental throughput. There is no need for robotic liquid handling or a large storage space. Customizable Based on conventional DMT nucleotide chemistry, our synthesis technology is very flexible and you may incorporate nucleotide modifications to suit your specific needs. Incorporation of nucleotide mod...

1200 LC/MS from Varian, Inc.

...hnologies and providing tailored solutions for all liquid chromatography analytical needs. The Atmospheric Pressure Ionization (API) interface and the Transmission Quadrupole Analyzer provide superior selectivity and sensitivity for pharmaceutical, clinical, toxicological, environmental, and other Liquid C...

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Oil-Free PCR Using the Hot Top Assembly

...ncing is likely to be sensitive to smallamounts of liquid lost from reactions during cycling because this amount makesup a larger percentage of the original reaction volume than in a standard PCRexperiment. Cycle sequencing also requires small volumes of radioactive liquidunder oil overlays to be removed fr...

Simple Purification of DNA from Plasmid Minipreps, PCR Amplifications and Agarose Gels

... Starting with 30 individual 1.5- to 3-ml liquid cultures, purified plasmid DNA can be obtained in an average of 2.5 minutes per miniprep. Plasmid and cosmid DNAs isolated with the StrataPrep plasmid miniprep kit are easily digested with restriction enzymes ( figure ...

Stable HeLa Luciferase Reporter Cell Lines Expressing GAL4 Fusion Transactivators

...oplasma andestablished viability after freezing in liquid nitrogen. The HLR, HLR-CREB,HLR-Elk1, and HLR-cJun cell lines are available as frozen stocks containing 5 x10 5 cells; each cell line includes the corresponding positive andnegative control plasmids. Conclusions The HLR-CREB, HLR-Elk1, and HLR-cJu...

High-Throughput System Generates Ultra-Pure PCR Products Suitable for All Applications

...ave innovative drip directors that channel liquid flow out of the wells into corresponding wells of collection plates. To demonstrate that these drip directors eliminate well-to-well contamination between samples, 2.3-kb PCR products were purified in alternate wells of a Stra...

Sequence-Validated and Expression-Tested Human cDNA in a Dual Expression Vector

...ectedunder long wavelength UV in induced plate and liquid cultures and requires theformation of a homodimer for biological activity. Results of the enzymatic GFPassays demonstrate that GFP tagged with c-myc and HIS6 was biologically active;therefore, the presence of the tags did not affect its activity (dat...

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X-ray crystallography

.... The crystals are harvested and often frozen with liquid nitrogen . Freezing crystals both reduces radiation damage incurred during data collection and decreases thermal motion within the crystal. Crystals are placed on a diffractometer , a machine that emits a beam of x-rays. The x-rays diffract off the ...

Astrobiology

...he frozen moons of Jupiter, some of which may have liquid water. For these reasons the search for extraterrestrial life is of great relevance to xenobiologists. Some contend that the number of planets with intelligent extraterrestrial life can be estimated from the Drake equation if and when we ascertain...

Vacuole

...lant cells. Vacuoles are typically filled with a liquid called cell sap , the composition of which can vary (even between vacuoles in the same cell), but is principally water . Water tends to move along concentration gradients into vacuoles.Vacuoles perform different roles in different organisms and th...

Stem cell

...epleted of red blood cells before being stored in liquid nitrogen for later use, at which point it is thaw...n to evolve into blood cells and treat them with a liquid to make them proliferate, 2. Create an environment to mimic the conditions found in bone marrow by u...

Starch

...sehold Clothing starch or laundry starch is a liquid that is prepared by mixing a vegetable starch in water (earlier preparations also had to be boiled), and is used in the laundering of clothes . During the 19th century and early 20th century, it was stylish to stiffen the collars and sleeves of m...

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X-ray diffraction

...are harvested and often cryocooled with gaseous or liquid nitrogen or helium. Full article >>> a more recent example, the calmodulin binding site in calcineurin (Fig. 1) was shown by Klee to be extremely sensitive to protease digestion and thus to be a disordered ensemble; this disorderli...

Vacuoles

...#62;> Vacuoles are typically filled with a liquid called cell sap, the composition of which can vary (even between vacuoles in the same cell ), but is principally water. Water tends to move along concentration gradient s into vacuoles . Full article >>> Vacuoles are membrane-...

Urine

...>>> urine [Gk. ouron, urine ] The liquid waste filtered from the blood by the kidney and stored in the bladder pending elimination through the urethra . Full article >>> urine Fluid containing various wastes that is produced in the kidney and excreted from the bladder....

Unicellular

...#62;> A unicellular fungus that lives in liquid or moist habitat s, primarily reproducing asexual ly by simple cell division or by budding of a parent cell . yolk The stored food in egg cells that nourishes the embryo . Full article >>> : Unicellular , photosynthetic ...

Thymine

...erived from multicellular organ isms are grown in liquid media. titration curve A plot of the pH versus the equivalents of acid or base added during titration of a base or an acid. Full article >>> The first three are the same as those found in DNA , but uracil replaces thymine as t...

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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...sive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excelle...s showing the benefits to arthritis sufferers from liquid glucosamine. Most people, taking glucosamine report their arthritic symptoms diminished quickly, fro...

India takes on foot-and-mouth disease by vaccinating animals

...s chosen the vaccination option. The vaccine is a liquid preparation which can be monovalent (against a singlevirus type) or polyvalent (against all types of virus). The FMD is caused byfour virus types - O, A22, C and Asia I. "The present epidemic in the UK iscaused by O type," says Dr Lal. "IVRI supplies...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...e surgery -- persistent, severe ear infections and liquid in the inner ear cavity of an otherwise healthy ch...dise. There's been a perception that children with liquid in the ear have impaired hearing, which could impact language and neurological development. "Two an...

Genesis of SUPAC

...cess. The difficulties observed during scale-up of liquid formulations (sterilisation process) and for suppositories, which are quite dependent upon suppository making machines were also enumerated. Pondell, in 1985 analysed the process variables involved in the film coating operation. Importance of facto...

FDA approves surgical gel

...tments already are sold, but Intergel is the first liquid one. It is only for use during open gynecologic operations -- not the increasingly common "keyhole" surgeries where doctors operate through a small incision, the FDA warned. Nor is it for women with abdominal or pelvic infection, or who have cancer...

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Micropach 200P+

...bs (1 kg). The digital pachymeter provides a large liquid crystal display. The combination of a high frequency, low noise probe and fast precise algorithm enables measurement immediately upon application of the probe along the visual axis....

Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation

Beckman Coulter has designed a flexible liquid handling system that can simultaneously automate functionality of up to three liquid handlers all on the same worksurface. Offered either preconfigured in smart solutions for targeted a...

Biomek FX Laboratory Automation Workstation

A flexible liquid handling system that can simultaneously automate functionality of up to three liquid handlers all on the same worksurface. Offered either preconfigured in smart solutions for targeted a...

Freedom EVO 200

...over 20 years of experience in providing versatile liquid handling platforms for the Life Sciences, the Freedom EVO platform delivers even more flexibility and possibilities for expansion according to future needs. Together with the new easy-to-use software, Freedom EVOware, each system is equipped to succe...

Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Liquid Reagent

Urea nitrogen (BUN) liquid reagent is used for the kinetic quantitative determination of Urea Nitrogen (BUN) in human serum used in routine examination and monitoring of therapy and relapses....

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Digital vs. Analog Mammography

...igital image on cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors or liquid crystal display (LCD), allowing for unlimited manipulation of the contrast and brightness of the image, including image reversal and electronic magnification. Studies find several advantages to digital mammography systems, including: A higher detec...

Bench-Top Centrifuges--Basic Tools for the Small Lab

...atus, because of its unique ability to fractionate liquid specimens by creating spin-induced high g-forces, has long been a standard tool for both diagnosis and research applications. For all this utility, these machines are true workhorses, usually providing trouble-free service for many thousands of cycle...

Hematology Analyzers Simple, Sophisticated Technology Serving All Patients

...nters must be sophisticated in the complexities of liquid handling; their fluidics systems must deliver exquisitely precise volumes of sample, diluent, and reagents by means of tubing and valves. Early instruments measured volumes using a mercury manometer. Fluidics were improved in later models by introduc...

Generex Biotechnology to Make Presentations At 46th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology

...no deposit in the lungs).The Company's proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typicallyadministered by injection to be absorbed into the body by thelining of the inner mouth using the Company's proprietaryRapidMist(tm) device. The Company's flagship product, oral insulin(Generex Oral-lyn(tm)), which is...

Genzyme Announces Data from First Phase 3 Study of Tolevamer in Patients with C. difficile Associated Diarrhea

...rrhea(CDAD). The second Phase 3 study of tolevamer liquid is fullyenrolled and results are expected later th...ernative forCDAD Treatment (PACT) study, tolevamer liquid did not meet itsprimary endpoint of non-inferiority to the standard prescribed oraldose of the antib...

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Stasis (medicine)

...means the state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract ....

Nuclear medicine

... of a radionuclide into the body by injection in liquid or aggregate form, ingestion while combined with f...ium or Strontium/Rubidium. The most commonly used liquid radionuclides are: Technetium -99 m ( technetium-99m ) Iodine -123 and 131 Thallium -201 G...
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Wound Care

...dhesive? A topical skin adhesive is a sterile , liquid skin glue that holds the edges of a wound together. Full article >>> Wound Care Overview Laceration s, stab wounds , and even gunshot wounds can occur on any scuba dive or wilderness trip. Puncture s, skin tearing , and dee...

Wax

...alled cerumen by doctors, is produced as a thick liquid by special glands in the ear canal. When the wax is exposed to the air it becomes thicker yet and may even dry into small flakes. Full article >>> hot wax treatment s (which have just a temporary effect) procedures, such as el...

Wart

... (which soften the infected area) freezing with liquid nitrogen electrodesiccation (using an electrical current to destroy the wart ) immunotherapy laser surgery ... Full article >>> pertusate; pertussis ; pertussis immune globulin; pertussis immunoglobulin ; pertussis -lik...

Vitamins

...ur prenatal vitamin makes you sick? "There are liquid [and chewable] vitamins ... Full article >>> If it is a meal-type product, such as frozen entrees and multi -course frozen dinners, it must provide 10 percent of two or three of these vitamins or minerals or of protein or fib...

Urine output

... kidney s. Full article >>> A high liquid intake that increases daily urine output is usually recommended. An acute attack of gout is usually treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs , such as indomethecine or naproxen, or the corticosteroid prednisone. Full article >...

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