Bacterial endophthalmitis is a serious but uncommon intraocular infection which frequently results in vision loss. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy are associated with better visual outcome. Conventional microbiological methods are currently used for microbiological characterization of eyes with suspected endophthalmitis. However, the sensitivity of bacterial detection from aqueous and v...

The molecular weight of ethyl acetate was determined in this experiment using a formula derived from the ideal gas law and experimental measurements of mass, volume, temperature and pressure of the sample. The molecular weight was determined to be 50 g/mol +/10% (RSD). This value compares unfavorably to the literature value of 88 g/mol [1]. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The experiment was performed us...

The emerging discipline of pharmacogenomics applies genomic technologies to predict individuals' responses to therapeutic drugs based on the genetic sequences of drug targets and enzymes involved in drug metabolism. The first diagnostic test for genotyping two important drug metabolizing enzymes (CYP450 2D6 and 2C19) has been FDA approved. This assay involves PCR amplification and identificatio...

A description of a novel laboratory management software is provided. ScienceLabDatabase (SLD) offers a useful platform to organize a molecular biology research laboratory. The program manages stocks of biological samples, including plasmids, antibodies and cell lines, laboratory protocols and addresses, and it includes an easy ordering and funds managing system. Preformed data sheet templates h...

We report on the first results of experiments to measure the recombination rate of hydrogen on surfaces of astrophysical interest. Our measurements give lower values for the recombination efficiency (sticking probability S x probability of recombination upon H-H encounter γ) than model-based estimates. We propose that our results can be reconciled with average estimates of the recombination rat...

BACKGROUND Between 1986 and 2008 Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from 41 pets/zoo animals (guinea pigs (n = 17), cats (n = 12), horses (n = 4), dogs (n = 3), dolphins (n = 2), rat (n = 2), gorilla (n = 1)) treated in medical veterinary laboratories and zoos, and 44 laboratory animals (mastomys (multimammate mice; n = 32), mice (n = 6), rats (n = 4), guinea pigs (n = 2)) during routine hea...

The Second Year of Life project of the Global Health Security Agenda aims to improve immunization systems and strengthen measles and rubella surveillance, including building laboratory capacity. A new laboratory assessment tool was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the national laboratory in Ghana to improve molecular surveillance for measles and rubella. Res...

Rapid molecular methods have enhanced the capabilities of laboratories to identify and characterize microbial pathogens in greater detail. Nucleic acid amplification strategies and advances in amplicon detection have been key aspects in the progress of molecular microbiology. Sophisticated new amplification-detection combinations are resulting in many applications in laboratory testing for infe...

Cell Biology Department of Biology Institute, Laboratory of Applied Immunology, University of Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Interaction between Host-Pathogenic Fungi, Biology Institute, University of Goiás, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, B...