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A Novel Acetone Sensor for Body Fluids [PDF]
Biosensors, 2023 Ketones are well-known biomarkers of fat oxidation produced in the liver as a result of lipolysis. These biomarkers include acetoacetic acid and β-hydroxybutyric acid in the blood/urine and acetone in our breath and skin.
Oscar Osorio Perez +9 more
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Splash of body fluids among healthcare support staff in Ghana: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
SAGE Open MedicineBackground: Exposure to splash of body fluids is one of the common ways of transmitting blood-borne infections from patients to healthcare practitioners.
Philip Apraku Tawiah +3 more
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Evaluation of use of RPMI medium to preserve cell morphology for pleural/peritoneal fluid cytology
Journal of Cytology, 2022 Introduction: Cytologic evaluation is the best way to detect the presence of malignancy in body cavity fluids. Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) medium or RPMI 1640 is used in cell culture, tissue culture, and also to improve the cellularity and ...
Usha Rani +5 more
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MultiSec: Multi-Task Deep Learning Improves Secreted Protein Discovery in Human Body Fluids
Mathematics, 2022 Prediction of secreted proteins in human body fluids is essential since secreted proteins hold promise as disease biomarkers. Various approaches have been proposed to predict whether a protein is secreted into a specific fluid by its sequence.
Kai He, Yan Wang, Xuping Xie, Dan Shao
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BioMed Research International, 2013 Human body fluids are considered as attractive sources for clinical markers. As for disease diagnosis and prognosis, advantages of body fluid testing include low invasiveness, low cost, and rapid sample collection and processing. Besides, altered protein expression profiles in body fluids reflect the change of physiological states and cellular networks
Shih-Bin Su +2 more
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Forensic Body Fluid Identification by Analysis of Multiple RNA Markers Using NanoString Technology [PDF]
Genomics & Informatics, 2013 RNA analysis has become a reliable method of body fluid identification for forensic use. Previously, we developed a combination of four multiplex quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) probes to discriminate four different body fluids (blood, semen, saliva, and ...
Jong-Lyul Park +6 more
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Assessment of the specificity and stability of Micro-RNAs as a forensic gene marker
Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2023 Background: Forensic investigations depend on bodily fluid analysis to identify the perpetrators. Identifying perpetrators requires knowledge about suspects' body fluids.
Yasir Haider Al-Mawlah +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Reporter gene assays are widely used to study cellular signaling and transcriptional activity. Few studies describe the use of reporter genes for studying cellular responses on complex body fluids, such as urine and blood.
M. Neefjes +5 more
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Evaluating Pre-Analytical Variables for Saliva Cell-Free DNA Liquid Biopsy
Diagnostics, 2023 Liquid biopsy utilizing cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has become an emergent field of study for cancer screening and monitoring. While blood-based liquid biopsy has been investigated extensively, there are advantages to using other body fluids.
Blake Salfer +5 more
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Overview of Biofluids and Flow Sensing Techniques Applied in Clinical Practice
Sensors, 2022 This review summarizes the current knowledge on biofluids and the main flow sensing techniques applied in healthcare today. Since the very beginning of the history of medicine, one of the most important assets for evaluating various human diseases has ...
Carlos Yáñez +2 more
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