Abstract Additive manufacturing for microfluidics shows potential to boost research and development in biology molecular diagnostics. This paper reports on novel process material optimisation techniques the creation of a monolithic microfluidic chip geometry polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermocycling using stereolithography (SLA). A two-stage printing protocol with projection SLA is assessed...

The polymerase chain reaction is fundamental to molecular biology and is the most important practical molecular technique for the research laboratory. We have developed and tested efficient tools for PCR primer and probe design, which also predict oligonucleotide properties based on experimental studies of PCR efficiency. The tools provide comprehensive facilities for designing primers for most...

In article number 2100430 by Sung Gap Im, Kyoung G. Lee, and co-workers, an “all-in-one tube” is devised coating poly-(2-dimethylaminomethyl styrene) (pDMAMS) on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tube via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) to extract, amplify, detect pathogens within single tube. The all-in-one can capture the DNA of charge interaction directly perform real-time PCR, re...

Background: Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease and is considered to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. LigB is an immunogenic outer membrane protein. The leptospiral ligB gene expressed only in pathogenic Leptospira spp. The aim of this study was molecular diagnosis of pathogen Leptospires by PCR based on ligB gene. Materials and Methods: Five pathogenic Leptospi...

Preservation of Cryptosporidium oocysts in faecal specimens containing 75% ethanol is suitable for subsequent morphometric and molecular analysis. No significant morphologic alteration occurred after storage at ambient temperatures, ranging from 22 to 38 degrees C, for more than 2 years. After washing, sugar floatation and DNA extraction, a nested polymerase chain reaction targeting the small s...

Abstract: The non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ‘atypical mycobacteria’ belonging to species other than those classified in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. NTM have been reported cause cross-reactive immune responses that interfere with diagnosis of both livestock and wildlife considered as potential pathogens for animals humans. present study was conducted detection non- tuberculo...