Pyrosequencing based Real time PCR has been developed for rapid and reliable detection and pathotyping of NDV virus. The results obtained from pyrosequencing are high quality, rapid and cost-efficient ...

A technique that combines the speed of pyrosequencing with the sensitivity of fluorescent detection may lead to faster sequencing with smaller quantities of DNA. The method described by Sims et al.

Multiple fields of microbiology rely on techniques of microbial identification, such as in food microbiology for detecting contaminants, and in microbial ecology to characterize biodiversity. Image ...

The epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted monoclonal antibody cetuximab (Erbitux) was recently introduced for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Treatment response is dependent on ...

A new mathematical and statistical method allows the virus population in a diseased organism to be determined quickly and economically. Using this method, medicines and vaccines against diseases ...

A dog's indiscriminate taste is not always a positive trait. In fact, it often leads to gastrointestinal infections and consequent ailments such as diarrhea and vomiting that come from eating spoiled ...

The utility of PET scanning in colorectal cancer liver metastases being considered for surgery. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pal Nyren’s Eureka moment came in 1986 when he was cycling home from Cambridge university. “It is often when ...

Full genomes of several organisms have been sequenced in the past fifteen years, including the human genome in 2004. These studies were completed using Sanger DNA sequencing, which has a limited ...