Automated blood culture systems are the primary choice for detecting pathogens from blood specimens. Instead of manually reading broth-based conventional methods, laboratories use continuously...
Year: 2019
Ames test, devised by scientist “Bruce Ames” and colleagues at the University of California in Berkeley, is a method for evaluating the mutagenic effects of chemicals, drugs, or implant devices....
Detection of specific antigens present in the sample (blood, urine, CSF, or stool) using immunologic methods such as precipitin tests, particle agglutination tests, immunofluorescence, ...
Plasmids are extra-chromosomal genetic elements that replicate independently. They are small, circular (some are linear), double-stranded DNA molecules (mostly) that exist in bacterial cells and some...
The autoclave is a sealed device (similar to a pressure cooker) that kills microorganisms using saturated steam under pressure. Principle The use of moist heat facilitates the killing of all...
Monoclonal Antibodies (mAb): Harvesting, Types, Applications
Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are defined as the antibodies derived from a single clone of plasma cell, all having the same antigen specificity, i.e. produced against a single epitope of an...