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A method to determine microbial susceptibility to antibiotics in which a plastic strip impregnated with the antibiotic of interest is placed on an agar plate that has been inoculated with bacteria. The antibiotic diffuses from the strip producing a concentration gradient of drug on the agar. The point at which the elliptical shaped area of growth inhibition meets the strip is the minimum inhibitory concentration of the drug of interest.
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A type of gel electrophoresis in which charged molecules travel through a pH gradient. The molecules will come to stop at the point where the net charge on the molecule is equal to that of the surrounding gel.
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will be used to complete manufacturing and commercial scale up of Q-POC , QuantuMDx’s rapid, PCR point of care diagnostic system...
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Technique of electron microscopy in which the specimen is coated with heavy metal and then scanned by an electron beam. The resolution is not as great as with transmission electron microscopy, but preparation is easier (often by fixation followed by critical point drying), the depth of focus is relatively enormous, the surface of a specimen can be seen (though not the interior unless the specimen is cracked open) and the image is aesthetically pleasing.
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Trinity Biotech develops, manufactures, and markets diagnostic systems, including reagents and instrumentation, for point-of-care and clinical laboratories, and has recently entered the wearable biosensor industry.
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A laboratory procedure in which proteins are first separated across a gel, usually polyacrylamide, according to their isoelectric point, and then separated in a perpendicular direction on the basis of their molecular weight.
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Glossary Term
The goodness of fit statistic for the terminal elimination phase, adjusted for the number of time points used in the estimation of Lambda z.
Performance Metrics
Article
Research record from J Microbiol Methods, 2026-10-17. PMID 42892439.
Glossary Term
A starting point to which things may be compared.
Performance Metrics
Tests
Point-of-care measurement of oxygenation, ventilation, acid-base status, and electrolytes in critically ill patients.
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An acute-phase protein that rises rapidly during inflammation; used to detect and monitor infection and inflammatory disease.
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Blood proteins released when heart muscle is injured; the primary laboratory marker in the evaluation of possible acute myocardial infarction.
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