Correlation was greater than 90% between feline leukemia virus (FeLV), group-specific antigen (GSA) in leukocytes, and viral infectivity (VI) in serum or plasma from 132 cats infected with either the Rickard strain of FeLV, the Snyder-Theilen strain of feline sarcoma virus, or field strains of FeLV. Detection of GSA in blood cells was at least as sensitive as detection of VI in serum. In 45% of...

(99m)Tc-galactosyl human serum albumin (GSA) scintigraphy is useful to evaluate hepatic function and hepatic functional reserve. A reliable SPECT and CT integrated system is now commercially available. Using this system, we can obtain (99m)Tc-GSA SPECT/CT fused imaging with a small registration error. Therefore, the (99m)Tc-GSA scintigraphy techniques prove more useful in clinical practice than...

MOTIVATION Gene class testing (GCT) or gene set analysis (GSA) is a statistical approach to determine whether some functionally predefined sets of genes express differently under different experimental conditions. Shortcomings of the Fisher's exact test for the overrepresentation analysis are illustrated by an example. Most alternative GSA methods are developed for data collected from two exper...

High levels of variability in cancer-related cellular signalling networks and a lack of parameter identifiability in large-scale network models hamper translation of the results of modelling studies into the process of anti-cancer drug development. Recently global sensitivity analysis (GSA) has been recognised as a useful technique, capable of addressing the uncertainty of the model parameters ...

INTRODUCTION Strains of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157) are important foodborne pathogens in humans, and outbreaks of illness have been associated with consumption of undercooked beef. Here, we determine the most effective intervention strategies to reduce the prevalence of STEC O157 contaminated beef carcasses using a modelling approach. METHOD A computational model s...