This paper presents a review of microfabricated devices for genetic diagnostics. Genetic diagnostics are powerful technology drivers and excellent candidate applications for miniaturization technologies because the demand for inexpensive genetic information is essentially unlimited, and the cost and time for the diagnostic decreases with sample volume. Genetic information is stored in long DNA ...

Molecular diagnostics is crucial for prevention, identification, and treatment of disease. Traditional technologies for molecular diagnostics using blood are limited to laboratory use because they rely on sample purification and sophisticated instruments, are labor and time intensive, expensive, and require highly trained operators. This review discusses the frontiers of point-of-care (POC) dia...

Granular media, whose features range from the particle scale to the force-chain scale and the bulk scale, are usually modeled as either particulate or continuum materials. In contrast with each of these approaches, network representations are natural for the simultaneous examination of microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic features. In this paper, we treat granular materials as spatially emb...

Abstract: Foldscope Instruments, Inc. creates and distributes low-cost, high-quality scientific tools to communities around the world help advance education, research, medical diagnostics. The Foldscope—a microscope created for less than a dollar in parts—was 2015. To date, has reached 1.6 million people worldwide over 160 countries. A few notable uses include identification of microscopic eggs...

Cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) is a high-molecular-mass glycoprotein that is used as a tumor marker to monitor disease progression and response to therapy and in early detection of recurrence after treatment for ovarian cancer. The Access 2 (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA), ADVIA Centaur (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY), ARCHITECT i2000 (Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL), AxSYM (Abbott Diagnostics...

The importance of nanotechnology in medical technologies, especially biomedical diagnostics, is indubitable. By taking advantages of nanomaterials, many medical diagnostics methods have been developed so far, including electrochemical nanobiosensors. They have been used for quantification of different clinical biomarkers for detecting, screening, or follow up a disease. microRNAs (miRNAs) are o...

Background: The deep understanding of pathogenesis is a key moment in the formation modern strategy medicine. We conducted thorough analysis microscopic processes occurring bodies patients with purulent-septic complications. modified pathogenetic concept diagnostic and treatment model diseases septic complications presented. obtained information about mechanisms origin development these fundame...

OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma, anti-Rubella, and anti-Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies among pregnant women receiving prenatal care at Van Training and Research Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS In developing countries, various infectious agents encountered in the gestational period are important because they influence both maternal and fetal health. Among these, ...

Staphylococcus intermedius and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius are difficult to distinguish using conventional microbiological methods. Molecular diagnostic tools change our understanding of the epidemiology of these 2 organisms. In this study, we present (1) a detailed review of the current literature on molecular diagnostics and (2) a case series in which misidentification was proven in 1 cas...