BACKGROUND At the Division of Functional Genomics, Research Center for Bioscience and Technology, Tottori University, we have been making an effort to establish a genetic testing facility that can provide the same screening procedures conducted worldwide. METHODS Direct Sequencing of PCR products is the main method to detect point mutations, small deletions and insertions. Multiplex Ligation-...

repeating x-ray radiographs, as a common problem in radiology units, represent additional, non-billable costs due to increased film, chemistry, and equipment use as well as increased personnel time. furthermore, patients receive additional radiation exposure from repetitions and must remain on the premises until the second exam is completed. compounding the overt negative financial impact on th...

genotyping for five short tandem repeat (str) loci humvwa, humfes, humtpo, humth01 and d3s1359 was done in 220 unrelated individuals from the population of isfahan province of ir iran. the loci were genotyped using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (page) and silver staining. the data demonstrated that the str markers were all found informative i...

We studied the usefulness of repeated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) when the initial test result was negative and sought to determine whether the titer of the initial negative result correlated with the likelihood of obtaining a positive test result in repeated testing. We divided 150 patients who underwent HIT testing into 3 groups (50 pat...

Background and Aim: Delayed detection of SARS-CoV-2 has been a major hindrance in curbing the current COVID-19 pandemic. Wide spread testing is most practical way out crisis. The gold standard for diagnosis real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from nasopharyngeal swabs. However, collecting swabs causes discomfort to patients due procedure’s invasiveness, limiting c...