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biuret test
biuret test A biochemical test to detect proteins in solution, named after the substance biuret (H2NCONHCONH2), which is formed when urea is heated. Sodium hydroxide is mixed with the test solution and drops of 1% copper(II) sulphate solution are then added slowly. A positive result is indicated by... Read more |
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Immunoassay
Immunoassay tests Definition Immunoassays are chemical tests used to detect or quantify a specific substance, the analyte, in a blood or body fluid sample, using an immunological reaction. Immunoassays are highly sensitive and specific. Their high specificity results from... Read more |
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Celiac Disease
Celiac disease Definition Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system in which the inside lining of the small intestine (mucosa) is damaged after eating wheat, rye, oats, or barley, resulting in interference with the absorption of nutrients from... Read more |
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Severe Combined Immune Deficiency
Severe Combined Immune Deficiency The development of the immune system is a very complicated process. Stem cells in the bone marrow continually give rise to the white blood cells responsible for producing antibodies (B-lymphocytes), recognizing and destroying foreign cells (T-lymphocytes) and... Read more |
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hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity heightened response in a body tissue to an antigen or foreign substance. The body normally responds to an antigen by producing specific antibodies against it. The antibodies impart immunity for any later exposure to that antigen. When exposure takes place under certain... Read more |
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immunity
immunity ability of an organism to resist disease by identifying and destroying foreign substances or organisms. Although all animals have some immune capabilities, little is known about nonmammalian immunity. Mammals are protected by a variety of preventive mechanisms, some of them nonspecific... Read more |
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Tuberculin test
MANTOUX TEST The Mantoux test is a skin test used to identify individuals who have previously been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis infection and disease in humans. The test is performed by injecting 0.1 ml of a solution that contains an extract... Read more |
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Chiron Corp. Herpes Drug Tests Halted; Stock Drops 17 Percent.(Originated...
...engineered product after it found that...creating a strong immune response, but it did not...herpes clinical tests to determine what...downgraded the Chiron stock Monday from trading...additional testing after questions were ... |
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Immune Response Corp. - take two. (therapeutic AIDS vaccine)
...cameras, and stock analysts...Berlin when results were unveiled...as did Immune Response Corp...triggers an immune response...study was a test that measures...showed that after 1 ... |
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Wall Street News Alert: Hot Stocks to Watch!
...Alert: Hot Stocks to Watch...Yesterday after the stock markets closed...Biofrontera will result in a new...severe skin immune response. It also...development of test/drug combinations...diagnostic ... |
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Wall Street News Alert: Mid-Day Stock Focus List!
...Mid-Day Stock Focus List...Alert's "stocks to watch...Yesterday after the stock...Biofrontera will result in a new...severe skin immune response. It also...development of test/drug ... |
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Genitope's Stock Tumbles As MyVax's Phase III Continues.
...about the results." Nevertheless...caused the stock (NASDAQ:GTOP) to drop $3.41...ability to see results this time...harder to see results at the first...positive result. That...centers to test whether ... |
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Wall Street News Alert: Breaking Alert for Traders! July 14, 2005.
...Alert's "stocks to watch...Yesterday after the stock markets closed...Biofrontera will result in a new...severe skin immune response. It also...development of test/drug combinations...diagnostic ... |
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Beckman Coulter gets it together
...high-tech stocks took a beating...fact, its stock price has...companies to blood tests for laboratories...efforts. As a result, it has been...margins and a drop in interest...We have an immune-response ... |