Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medium for detection of the target microbes in a liquified environmental or biological sample in less than 24 hours. SOLUTION: The target microbe-specific medium operable to allow viability and reproduction of the target microbe are obtained by comprising an effective amount of vitamin, amino acid, minor elements and salt ingredients. And the invention relates to use of sodium pyruvate to assist recovery of metabolically injured bacteria, use of thermal equilibrium period, use of a small amount of sodium chloride, offers a proper amount of other metabolite and a compound generating a specific detectable signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
A lytic reagent composition and methods for differentiation and enumeration of leukocytes are disclosed. The lytic reagent is useful for rapid and automated sample preparation methods in an automated hematology analyzer, and also for manual and slow sample preparation methods required for immunophenotyping cells in a conventional fluorescence flow cytometer. The reagent system includes a nonionic surfactant in a hypotonic solution, an inorganic buffer to maintain the pH in a range of from about 6 to about 10, and optionally a leukocyte stabilizer. The reagent system is used to lyse red blood cells and stabilize the leukocytes so that antibody binding sites on the leukocytes remain unaffected by the process and the blood samples may be labeled with antibodies either before or after the lysis of the red blood cells.
Abstract:
Methods, devices, kits and compositions for detecting the presence or absence of whipworm in a fecal sample are disclosed herein. The methods, devices, kits and compositions of the present invention may be used to confirm the presence or absence of whipworm in a fecal sample from a mammal that may also be infected with one or more of hookworm, roundworm, and heartworm. Confirmation of the presence or absence of whipworm in the mammal may be made, for example, for the purpose of selecting an optimal course of treating the mammal and/or for the purpose of determining whether the mammal has been rid of the infection after treatment has been initiated.
Abstract:
A pipette tip includes a main body having an upper end, a lower end and a sidewall extending between the two ends. A bore extends axially through the main body between the upper and lower ends. The lower end has a bottom surface in which is formed a central opening that communicates with the axial bore to allow the passage of fluid therethrough. The bottom surface is formed with at least one groove that may be concentrically disposed or spirally disposed about the central opening. The at least one groove acts to inhibit fluid passing through the central opening from at least partially flowing along the outer surface of the sidewall from the central opening toward the upper end of the main body of the pipette tip.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a gel for controlled- or sustained- release of an aptamer and to methods for treating or preventing a condition in an animal by administering to an animal in need thereof the pharmaceutical compositions.
Abstract:
A complex including magnetic particle bound to a metal colloid. The complex may be part of a reagent for use in a method for determining analytes. The reagent may include a binding partner specific for an analyte. The reagent may further include a first label that is distinguishable from a second label that is used to detect the analyte. The reagent is used in kits and methods for detecting analytes in samples. The methods include immunoassay methods, including method where the first label is used to calibrate the assay.