Performance of the QPLEX™ Alz plus assay, a novel multiplex kit for screening cerebral amyloid deposition Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease characterized by the hallmark finding of cerebral amyloid deposition. Many researchers have tried to predict the existence of cerebral amyloid deposition by using easily accessible blood plasma samples, but the effectiveness of such strategies… Continue reading
Month: May 2021
An Alternative Tool to the Commercialized Kits Used for Severe Acute Respiratory
Evaluation of ” Caterina assay“: An Alternative Tool to the Commercialized Kits Used for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Identification Here we describe the first molecular test developed in the early stage of the pandemic to diagnose the first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Sardinian patients in February-March 2020, when diagnostic… Continue reading
Determining the Need for Repeat Testing of Blood Ethanol Concentration
Determining the Need for Repeat Testing of Blood Ethanol Concentration: Evaluation of the Synchron Blood Ethyl Alcohol Assay Kit. In clinical laboratories, a common practice used to verify tests prior to reporting is repeat testing. Our objective was to evaluate the differences between the results of blood ethanol concentration (BEC) test repetitions and report on the… Continue reading
Evaluation of the multiplex real-time PCR assays RealStar malaria
Developmental validation of the Huaxia™ Platinum PCR amplification package: A 6-dye multiplex direct amplification assay designed for Chinese language reference samples. The Huaxia™ Platinum Package for brief tandem repeat (STR) amplification was designed to satisfy the wants of the quickly rising Chinese language forensic database. This PCR multiplex permits simultaneous amplification of the next autosomal loci: D3S1358, vWA,… Continue reading