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LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Bacteriophage enumeration (plaque assay)
Principle of Phage Plaque Assay When a suspension of an infective phage (e.g. T4 phage) is spread over the lawn of susceptible bacterial cells (e.g…
LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Isolation and purification of bacteriophages
This is achieved by plating a phage suspension using the double agar method , and a susceptible host strain (any bacteria), to obtain plaques and f…
OUTBREAK
Russia: First case of H5N8 bird flu in humans has been reported
Bird flu is now known to be transmissible to human Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to human…
NEWS
Snake cells grown in the lab for venom production that could be used as medicine
Snake glands have for the first time been grown in the lab as tiny balls of cells called organoids that become filled with venom. It might mean …
ONE HEALTH
How close is human and animals health related?
The Pirbright Institute, are working to deliver a vaccine that can prevent the disease which only affects pigs, and we hope it will spur greater pu…
IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY
Fact and truth about covid vaccine
CLAIM Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine claims are surging across the world, even as we get closer to having a COVID-19 vaccine ready. This has als…
PLANTS
Sponges that wipe out cancer
A sponge found in Manado Bay, Indonesia, makes a molecule called manzamine A, which stops the growth of cervical cancer cells, according to a recen…
ONE HEALTH
Keeping a dog could lower your life expectancy by approximately aquater!!!!
Unless need arises, you may not have to keep a dog as a pet. "Our analysis found having a dog is actually protective against dying of an…
PHYSIOLOGY
Organogenesis in detail
The process of organogenesis is the formation of organs during embryonic development. This is a coordinated event involving the migration and diffe…
NEWS
is saliva good as blood in disease diagnosis (testing)? why people prefer to use blood sample over saliva sample?
Blood has long been considered the ‘go to’ medium for a range of diagnostic tests, with saliva testing downplayed because of issues with sensitivit…
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