New Diagnostic Techniques Highlight the Need for Negative Controls

New Hepatitis Data Highlight Need for Urgent Global Response

21 APRIL 2017 | GENEVA, AMSTERDAM New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The WHO Global hepatitis report, 2017 indicates that the large majority of these people lack access to life-saving testing and treatment. As a result, millions of people are at risk of a slow progression to chr...

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Molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis: the need for new diagnostic tools.

No Need for Labels: The Autofluorescence of Leishmania tarentolae Mitochondria and the Necessity of Negative Controls

BACKGROUND Fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool to study the morphology and function of subcellular compartments or to determine the localization of proteins. The method is also regularly used for the analysis of parasitic protists including kinetoplastida. RESULTS Here, we report a significant autofluorescence of Leishmania tarentolae mitochondria. The autofluorescence, presumably caus...

The need for national diagnostic reference levels: Entrance surface dose measurement in intraoral radiography

Background: Intraoral radiographies are the most frequent X-ray examinations in humans. According to International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) recommendations, the selection of a diagnostic reference level (DRL) should be specific to a country or region. Critica l organs such as thyroid gland are exposed to X-rays in intraoral radiography and these exposures should be kept as low ...