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Blood - Science topic
The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (BLOOD VESSELS). Whole blood includes PLASMA and BLOOD CELLS.
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To get the % storage hemolysis sample, I centrifuged the leukoreduced pRBCs in ACD-A/AS-3 under 2,000g for 10 minutes, took the top "plasma" part and freeze it. I did this every week until week 7. Recently, I used the Drabkin's solution to measure the Hb concentration in "plasma" under 540nm using spectrophotometer (standard curve attached). However, the % hemolysis after calculation is really high (attached). It is above 1% hemolysis after day 7 and is about 7% in day 35. This is super high hemolysis compared to the literature. I repeated the experiments twice and the results were same. Does anyone possibly know what might cause this issue?
Some reasons I am thinking of are 1. Impropriate sample collection 2. Impropriate sample handling (I didn't handle the sample under sterile conditions, but no bacteria are found under microscope after 24 hours of incubation) 3. Frequent mixing 4. the hemoglobin protein I used for making standard curve was expired (opened two years ago and has three years of shelf life according to the manufacture).
For my next step, I am going to make new standard curve with the new hemoglobin I purchased. Thank you for all the help and response!


Why is it recommended to use heparinized or disfibrinated blood in osmotic fragility (Parpart or Dacie method)? Why not use EDTA? Which the effect of EDTA as an anticoagulant on the osmotic fragility of erythrocytes ? Can i used EDTA blood for osmotic fragility ? Thanks!
Image attached is at 20X. Cultured media for checking presence of bacteria and yeast and both tests were negative.

And is there any insight if DNA methylation would be impacted?
I've requested the full text for this journal but haven't anything back. So I was just wondering if anyone know where I can download it from as it will really useful for my dissertation
In some paper only two injection were recommended and in other immunization for a month recommend. what will be the best option so far?
Anyone have experience using Stem Cell's Sepmate PBMC isolation tubes with LEUOKOPAKS (as opposed to whole blood)? Are Sepmate tubes compatible with leukopak preparations, or only with whole blood? Thanks.
I am doing total RNA extraction from PAXgene blood RNA tubes (6.9 ml of storage buffer + 2.5ml of collected blood in each tube) using the PAXgene blood RNA kit. I just want to extract the total RNA from a portion of the blood sample (around 4.5ml of the above combination) collected in PAXgene blood collection tubes. is there anyone who extracted total RNA from PAXgene blood RNA tubes? I will be glad if anyone has an answer for it.
Hello,
I am looking for a protocol to differentiate dendritic cells from monocytes.
I would like to isolate monocytes from PBMCs using the EasySep™ Human Monocyte Isolation Kit (StemCell).
I found information that DC can be obtained by culturing monocytes with IL-4 and GM-CSF for several days. Various cytokine concentrations and culture times are reported in the publications. Has anyone differentiated DCs this way and has a good protocol?
Or are you using the ImmunoCult™ (StemCell) dendritic cell culture kit?
I’m trying to isolate lymphocytes from human blood using histopaque. First I added 10ml of histopaque in a 50ml falcon tube then I layer 10ml blood on top of it. The tube was centrifuged at 6000rpm for 45 minutes. I am not able to get buffy coat, im attaching the pictures of the media and blood in a falcon after 45 minutes of centrifugation. Kindly help.


Hello, everyone. Mi name is Jorge, and I'm student in Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico. The last weeks, I have cultured primary leukocytes in DMED with 1% of penicillin-streptomycin, and 20ug/ml of Concanavalin A; but my cells don't increase in number in 24 hours, 48 hours, or 36 hours.
I obtained the cells with Ficoll-hypaque PLUS from healthy patients, and I used P60 dishes.
I hope can you help me! :)
Blood can be the most common type of clinical samples when it comes to bacteriological tests, diagnosis, culturing..etc from a clinical point of view, why is that?
Thank you.
Hi, I am going to start labwork for a research in a week. This requires drawing blood from patients, and then aliquotting plasma & serum into 500microlitre eppendorfs after seperation and then storing at -80 degrees celsius. (I will be using BD vacutainer plasma and serum separator tubes) However due to unavoidable circumstances (lab closing indefinitely) I will have to postpone the aliquotting part. My questions are;
a) is there any method to keep plasma and serum in those PST and SST tubes itself (refrigerated or frozen) for sometime?
b) Or is it okay to take plasma and serum into separate EDTA tubes and store frozen at -20 degrees celcius (or a higher temperature), so that i can thaw them again to aliquot later?
Really appreciate any advices..
I am looking for the best method to protect RNA in nucleated blood for downstream transcriptomics work.
Why isn't the Blood Urea test referred to as the Serum Urea test like the Serum Electrolytes or Serum Creatine, et cetera tests? Why the term Blood is used?
Does anyone know of any companies that supply whole blood for the purpose of cell isolation that have Ethics in place AND screen the blood? Am having real problems finding a combination of the two....Thanks in advance.
A strong Association has been described between Blood group O and Peptic ulcer, Blood group AB and Carcinoma cervix, Blood group A and Gastric Carcinoma , Blood group B and Pemphigus and Seborrhoric Dermatitis.
I have tried it by means of membrane feeding method (see the link), but could not get results.
Hi, dear γδ T cell researchers!
I'm looking for how to isolate Vdelta1 and Vdelta2 cells from peripheral blood and bone marrow, without stimulation, just isolate these two subtypes separately and then cultivate them and evaluate cytokine production.
I thought of isolating the total #gdTcell population first (using Anti-panTCRγδ magnetic beads) and then try to separate these two subtypes (Vd1 and Vd2) for culture in vitro, but I don't know how to proceed. I need to evaluate these subtypes without them being stimulated/activated.
I appreciate it if anyone can help me! ;)
I collect whole blood or blood-mixed thoracic fluid (when heart blood is totally clotted) during animal postmortems and centrifuges to obtain the serum (Hemolyzed). I am planning to use these hemolyzed serum samples to detect Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies using ELISA/MAT. Is it a reliable method to detect antibody levels? Would love to know the experience if anyone has done something similar
I am currently centrifuging whole blood from a lavender top tube to separate out the plasma, buffy coat, and RBC layers. Then I use a pipette to suction off the plasma before removing the buffy coat and putting it in an Eppendorf tube. There is always lots of RBC in the sample. To get the RNA, I use the Monarch Total RNA Miniprep kit, but the 260/280 ratio is around 1.3-1.6 with 260/230 around 0.8.
Is there a better way to isolate the buffy coat and get more purified RNA?
Dear all,
I need to culture whole blood in a 37°C incubator for 24h prior to RBC lysis and analysis.
If blood is sampled in Na-Heparin tubes, i think that it is required to add additional Na Heparin to the cell culture vessel to prevent clotting during the 24h culture.
Have someone already done that ? I read somewhere that 3 IU/mL Na Heparin is enough. Do you agree ?
Thank you.
Best regards.
I am looking at clotting times but only have defibrinated horse blood available for use. I have a few 100mls. I am wondering if this blood is able to clot again. Would adding back fibrinogen cause the blood to clot? It is thrombin that converts the fibrinogen to fibrin so would this be needed too?
Would freezing the blood in Trizol enough?
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Please find attached the full medical file of our patient and all biological reseaults included.
We are seeking to explain how can she produce such levels of immunoglobulins with no B cells expression.
NB ! : * The patient ddidn't recieve any immunoglobulins injection.
* We made another dosage for immunoglobulins levels after 01 moth of the first one and we had the same resault ( high levels ).
Best regards
Msc, Abdelwahab
I'm looking to assemble a goniometer for an experiment involving adhesion/roll of blood on different materials. Effectively I need to put together a stage, where the angle can be adjusted/set and measured precisely while the material is firmly secured. As well as this I will need to be able to take photographs of the roll, so the setup should allow for lights/camera.
There are several online but they are £££. Any experience creating a similar setup appreciated! Links to components would be great.
I used to notice in our food culture in Iraq that a person who suffers from anemia or loses blood is advised to eat celery with the spleen, and I did not know the reason until after my academic studies of plant pigments (chlorophyll) and the Similarity large between them and hemoclobin, as well as that the spleen is the cemetery of iron.
How can some customs and traditions be correct even though at the time of their spread there was no great scientific progress as is the case at the present time?

The sensor must be small, simple and disposable and possible to apply on a 1 mm thin catheter. It must work continuously up to one week in blood environment and be bio-compatible.
Hi all,
I have frozen (-20C) samples of whole blood from mice from a recent experiment. I need to find a way to thaw them so as to extract sera for an ELISA, while minimizing hemolysis and hopefully preserving serum proteins.
The samples are ~300uL whole mouse blood and stored in 1.5mL Eppendorf tubes without EDTA or heparin or anything.
I thawed one tube on ice and it was VERY clear that massive hemolysis had taken place (see picture of the supernatant collected after centrifugation; 10Krpm, 10min, 4°C).
I will be sitting corner with my dunce cap if anybody needs me.

Hello everyone,
By searching the half-life of vasopressin, it appears that there are huge fluctuations between studies... Some demonstrate that, in blood, the half-life is about 2-3 min whereas other found more than 20min...
Does anyone know the "accepted" time of vasopressin half-life in blood?
Also, does anyone know the half-life within the brain?
Thank you for your help,
Sincerely,
I am working with erythrocytes of mice, to know the effect of Benzo alpha Pyrene on erythrocytes in vitro. Can i perform Trypan Blue exclusion assay to determine the cell viabilities?
Has anyone a protocol to successfully measure frozen whole blood with flow cytometry?
The material planned to be used is blood frozen with 10% DMSO and stored at -80°C. The aim is to thaw the blood and stain for leukocyte surface marker expression.
Before staining a lysis step is included which successfully reduces clump formation. When measuring first samples the event rate was high (reaching the limits of an BD LSRII so samples needed to be diluted strongly). The problem is that material might be sticky to block the machine.
Along the same line I ask if there are special protocols to analyse granulocytes, which are also known to be sticky.
One idea could be the use of DNAses. Has anyone experience?
Thanks a lot for your help
Hi,
I have some Blood sample collected in EDTA tube.
I think they were stored at 4'C more than 24 hours.
I centrifuge them at 3000rpm, 15min.
Plasma phase is not yellowish but red. I can see they are separated.
My purpose of separation is DNA extraction from PBMC(or Buffy coat) for NGS normal DNA against Tumor DNA.
I usually remove plasma, after that, I resuspend Buffy coat(PBMC?) with RBCs for maximum quantity.
Do you guys think using these samples is OK?
Some researchers have claimed that Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can enter cells and make the environment more "alkaline" by soaking up protons. Many publications discuss only 2 nitrogen atoms that can accept a proton, however the molecule possesses 3, and therefore I would be interested to learn about the transport of HCQ, which is in the diacid form in the commercial Sulfate compound, is potentially in a triacid form in the stomach and is known to be predominantly in the diacid form in Blood at pH 7.4.
There is research demonstrating that the acid form is hydrophobic, compared to the neutral compound, which accounts for its much lower activity against Plasmodium, in which the neutral compound is lipophylic.
How many molecules of HCQ per cell have been found in clinical settings, and would this have any real impact on internal pH compared to natural buffers?

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In a collaborative research program human blood will be collected by a physician in a private clinic. He has no equipment for processing the blood and isolate plasma and serum for a circulating miRs study. I need a protocol that allows him to store the blood for a short period of time.
Within 24h blood it will be shipped to a research facility and processed.
What is the best way to preserve miRNAs integrity and avoid hemolysis if the blood is collected in red and pink-top blood tube? Will the use of paxgene tubes help?
As an anesthesiologist and also perioperative management, is more concerned with the level of blood sugar at the time or during perioperative time. If that time level is ok, then, will it have an effect in management by knowing the last three months status (even if it was poorly controlled)?
Blood type, best time, lighting condition, number of mosquitoes...
Does statin increase blood sugar level? If yes, then by how much?
Hello!
I would like to understand in what cases blood or some other biological liquid passes through implant or graft with some porous microstructure according the Darcy law (thanks to the pressure differences).
I have an idea to produce a research about blood permeability through various implants microstructure, but unfortunately it is harder than I thought to found some justification in literature that blood actually could pass through such microstructure due the Darcy law. Thus, I would be grateful for your help in this question - maybe you have some papers about it or some other helpful stuff.
Sincerely, Catherine
I am trying to figure out the best protocol for lysing neutrophils after a gradient isolation procedure from whole blood. If anyone could pass along a protocol that has worked well I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
I am aware this is a rather odd question but I couldn’t find any answers to this in the literature. One study has used sperm cells as a drug delivery tool (see below) but I was wondering if it might have broader implications. Would sperm injected into the bloodstream survive for long? What about if it was taken orally? Would appreciate any thoughts!
Hello everyone,
We have been having some trouble trying to extract DNA from human blood samples stored in a -80C freezer. The samples have been stored for over a year. We have tried using the Qiagen DNAEasy Blood and Tissue Kit and the Qiagen QIAamp Blood Mini Kit. We have looked at our sample both with Nanodrop (usually between 2-7 ng/uL) and Qubit. Quantities are extremely low every time, sometimes not even reading on the Qubit. Quality is also not good (260/280 about 1.5 and 260/230 is less than 1). Does anyone have any tips about this, including trying a new protocol or tweaking the current protocols?
Thankyou!
I need some help with this issue.
Anyone have arranged protocol?
I understand that the first step is the separation of plasma from WBC+RBC and after extraction DNA and qPCR, but it's still unclear for me how I can detect only the mt-DNA without comparing to nuclear DNA...
Hey there,
I'm using commercially available Drabkin's reagent to measure the hemoglobin content of blood photometrically. The reagent I bought contains sodium bicarbonate, potassium ferricyanide and potassium cyanide. In my understanding, all different forms of hemoglobin (except sulfhemoglobin) are converted to methhemoglobin by potassium ferricyanide in a first step which reacts then with potassium cyanide to cyanomethemoglobin which shows a significant absorbance at 540 nm.
But sometimes I see a second peak around 575 nm (indicated by the red arrow in the graphic), sometimes very weak but sometimes also very strong and I wonder what it could be. Could this be some remainings due to uncomplete reaction or could it maybe be due to poor quality of the sample?
Thank you for your advice!

Other than the blood culture test is it suitable to do test for blood agar test for identification of blood infection?
What about the test for Procalcitonin or C-reactive protein test. Will this test confirm the infection in blood.?
Most blood media use sheep blood as standard enrichment agent. I understand that rabbit blood, heart infusions can be used in its stead in some cases so why is it the standard blood for enrichment?
I'm trying to do a DNA/RNA immunoprecipitation (DRIP) using the S9.6 antibody and am getting no DNA pull down. I isolate DNA from cultured cells using the Qiagen DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit and then proceed with the DRIP as outlined by either -
1. Experimental design # 13 in http://genome.cshlp.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/27/6/1063.long
or
Trying both protocols, I have failed to pull down any DNA. Do you think the Qiagen DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit could be destroying my R-loops? Does anyone have a protocol that works well?
Thanks!
I'm working with 200uL whole blood samples and want to add sodium fluoride / potassium oxalate to inhibit glycolysis and coagulation.
I've been looking through some literature trying to find what proportion of NaF/KOx to add per mL of whole blood, but can't find a specific value. I know premade vacutainer tubes have a specific amount of NaF/KOx for glucose measurements, but I can't find how much is generally used.
So: what proportion of NaF/KOx should I add to a whole blood sample?
Hi
where can i order serum samples of cancer patients who undergone single course of chemo for research purposes?
Is there any tissue banks that provide such samples?
Hi Community,
I would like to perform experiments with healthy PBMC. The thing about PBMC is, apparently, that they don't really proliferate if you don't add some growth factors. And buying one vial of PBMC is easily 100-200 USD, which you don't wanna spend on a single experiment.
I need cells at a final concentration of 1e5 cells/mL. If I buy 10 million cells, I could in principle aliquot like 20 vials, each containing 5e5 cells or so.
So my question is: Can I thaw cells that I buy from a supplier, transfer them in medium, and then aliquot them into individual vials (in DMSO and FBS or so) and freeze again -- or will this result in a (negligible/massive) loss of cells?
Are there other ways to do this? What happens if I add growth factors? Could I in principle proliferate PBMC over several passage numbers by adding growth factors? I am especially interested in the T-cells, which I think should not adhere to the culture flask.
Thanks for your help!
Georg
Does anyone know first-hand or know of a recorded observation as to what hemocyanin (the oxygen-binding molecule in the blood of most arthropods and mollusks) smells/tastes like? I know that hemocyanin is copper-based, but in some respects does not resemble copper visually (blue of green) due to the surrounding molecule. I know that vertebrate blood is often described as having a coppery taste despite being iron-based, so I was wondering what hemocyanin would taste like. Does it taste anything like the taste of crab, squid, or other hemocyanin-using organisms?
Hi all,
I am extracting DNA from blood, and due to waiting for buffer solutions to arrive, the blood samples appear to have dried in their plates. Some were clotted, so have had EDTA added to them also. There is 20ul in each sample. They have been in a 4 degree fridge for the last week, and the necessary buffers should arrive any day. I would just like to know if anyone has had something similar, or if there's anything I need to do next? I will be using the DNEasy 96 QIAGEN kit - the blood samples are currently in the well-plates.
Many thanks
I am about to collect exosomes from human blood. Is it best to use serum or plasma? should I expect differences in exosomes content?
Could anyone help me find the best composition for cell lysis solution for manual DNA extraction using blood as the source? I want to prepare the solution in house. Does anyone have experience preparing it?
I am doing an experiment using human erythrocytes and it was collected from consenting volunteers. Does it need the human ethics committee approval?
Please give me suggestions.
I want to isolate Monocytes from Thrombus, I don't know if it's possible, or if it's suitable to disintegrate the thrombus by aspirating up/down with a pipette then to isolate by Ficoll just like the classical protocol.
Any suggestion is needed :)
Thank you!
Researches claimed that this blood is more efficient for medical use than blood collected from donors. Patients with rare blood types will benefit the most.

I was wondering if the dialysis system has some sort of sensor to detect the right fluid inserted.
- If a person carries a blood group A resists disease, more than the person that carries a blood group B carries.
- A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of blood based on the presence and absence of antibodies and also based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system. Some of these antigens are also present on the surface of other types of cells of various tissues. Several of these red blood cell surface antigens can stem from one allele (or an alternative version of a gene) and collectively form a blood group system. Blood types are inherited and represent contributions from both parents. A total of 35 human blood group systems are now recognized by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT). The two most important ones are ABO and the RhD antigen; they determine someone's blood type (A, B, AB and O, with +, − or Null denoting RhD status).
It is for detection of PI3, HSV and possible New Castle.
I know you can use Chicken, human (O), Rabbit and guniea pig.
Is it possible to use horse or sheep?
Thanks!
There are many methods for a drug to be used, such as oral methods (pills), anal methods, injections, etc. But when a new drug invented, how do scientists choose the best way to insert it into the body? how they decide to convert the drug to pills or injections or any other types?
Hi everyone. We want to do an IHC in peripheral blood smear but it's our first time, and we have some doubts.
How do we have to fix the samples? Which is the best fixation agent, acetone, methanol or pfa? for how many time? Can we add the primary antibody directly after the fixation?
We need some tips.
We tested a potential anti-cancer treatment in balb/c mice injected with 4T1 cells (25 animals). We collected blood initially, at D7, D14, D21 and D28; We also collected supernatant of spleen cells placed for 24 hr in the incubator at the time of euthanasia. Very little is known about the mechanism of this treatment.
We looked at the expression of 25 cytokines using 25-plex assay; I now need to analyze the data with very little knowledge in immunology, and a lot of variation between samples.
Do you know of a good tool that can integrate data considering multiple cytokines to identify mechanism/ pathway? Or do you have any recommendations/advice?
Thank you!
Do G6PD deficiency harmfull for all cells? Why we only talk about rbc when it comes to G6PD deficiency?
We have some frozen blood in -20 freezer. They are there for about 1-2 months. Now I need to isolate WBCs. Does anyone know of an experiment I can use? I need them for DNA extraction.
I would like to perform force spectroscopy on RBC using AFM. For this purpose I need 50ul of blood which would be diluted further in RPMI or PBS at pH7.4. In literature I see that disodium or dipotassium EDTA is used as anticoagulant. But we have only plane EDTA (EDS, Sigma) in powder form and 0.5M EDTA (Promega) in liquid form in our lab without sodium or potassium. Please let me know if they make any difference to the sample in terms of durability and morphology.
I am working in remote areas away from laboratory services. It takes hours to get the samples to the laboratory. Most blood parameters start to change as soon as the blood samples are taken from the animals. Is there a means that can used to preserve samples and retain the true values of the blood parameters? Thank you
I am looking for opinions on whether I should go for a Hemacytometer or KOVA slides for eosinophile counts?
I am looking at crocodile blood and need it to be both fairly quick and fairly accurate.
Also, if anyone has a link to their preferred piece of equpiment, that wold be great
Nelson Somogyii method is generally used for the assessment of glucose level in blood. Can it be used for estimation of glucose in tissues also? Does the protocol vary for the estimation in blood and in tissues?
I am trying to find a reasonably quick answer for this so that I can better understand some experimental data that I got. The broad idea is that platelets can get activated throughout the normal flow of coagulation cascade events, and down the line, the more pro coagulant the 'condition', the higher the levels of TATs (Thrombin-antithrombin complexes) (detected by ELISA in plasma for instance) will be. But in my case, I am interested to know what happens if platelet activation is induced by an external factor? does it necessarily have to translate into a similar elevation in TATs?
Please if you have a clear explanation, kindly share.
Ferrozine (disodium 3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-bis(4-phenyl sulphonate)-1,2,4-triazine) is a water-soluble Fe(II) chelator. When chelated to iron, the complex absorbs light at 562 nm (molar absorption coefficient = 27,900). Copper can also be bound by ferrozine, however copper binds more strongly to another chelating agent, neocuproine.
Iron can be released from protein through oxidation with acid-permanganate (1 hours at 60oC). Excess permanganate and released iron can then be reduced with ascorbate (RT for 30 min). Released iron must be kept at a pH of 4.5 – 5.0 for it to remain soluble. Acid-permanganate is an equal mixture of 1.2 M HCl and 0.285 M KMnO4
Given that the Mr of haemoglobin is 68000 and that for serum albumin is 66000, calculate the number of molecules of iron per molecule of protein. Use the known textbook value for the amount of iron in haemoglobin to calculate the purity of your sample.
Hint: a sensible strategy might be to start by constructing a calibration curve for the reaction of ferrozine with iron. Assays will need to use a control protein (non-Fe containing) for reference.
Another hint: A ratio of 1:5:10 would be appropriate for reagent B: acid-permanganate: sample.
Materials provided:
Haemoglobin (1.5 mg/ml)
Bovine serum albumin (5 mg/ml)
Ferrous ammonium sulphate (anhydrous?)
1.2 M HCl
4.5 % (w/v) (0.285 M) KMnO4
Reagent B containing: 6.5 mM Ferrozine
13.1 mM neocuproine
2 M ascorbic acid
5 M ammonium acetate.
- A person who has a lot of bleeding needs to have blood.
- Can one person's blood be used directly and immediately as a source of blood supply? and if so, what requirements should be considered?
"Better" means "more stable." After the induction, we hope the hematocrit between different mice (in similar ages) will be as similar as possible.
We have tried phlebotomy from retro-orbital venous plexus( 0.5mL/B6 8wks old mice), but the Hct level between different mice after phlebotomy seem not very consistent.
I have read some paper and found many researchers using phlebotomy to induce anemia, but can't decide which one is better to meet my purpose.
Does anyone know which is the more stable way to induce anemia? Phlebotomy or phenylhydrazine(PHZ)?
I am looking at using a synthetic blood for research and it needs to dry at a similar rate and have a similar tackiness to actual blood. Does anyone know of a recipe for this?
Does anyone know of a method that can reliably deplete all hemoglobin-bound and free oxygen content of the blood ex vivo? I need to create a sample of oxygen free blood in a sampling tube or syringe. It does not need to be "life compatible", since it will not come into contact with a living system again, however it is necessary that all oxygen content is removed.
I feel that chroidal layer thickness could be one parameter for ganglion cell vibiliy as it is the main source blood supply. In the same way ganglion cell layer count/thickness would also reflect the total effectivity or viability of ganglion cell layer.
If there is a feasibilitry of these two factors what areas of retina would be most suitable to take the measurements ?
I am hoping to get a description of RBC micronutrient as I'm not clear what the term means.
We are currently trying to standardise the assessment of haemodialysis extracorporeal blood circuits and filters when evaluating the correct dose of LMWH (fragmin) for haemodialysis patients. I am looking for a standardised assessment tool to score the level of clot formation in the above mentioned circuit and filter when haemodialysis is complete.
Does anyone know of an existing assessment tool?
Many thanks,
Johnny Hooper
Dialysis Unit
Horsens Hospital
Denmark
Hi everyone, I want to investigate the expression of two genes (GPR120 and PPAR-γ) that are expressed in PBMCs. Now I want to know that column method-mediated RNA extraction from peripheral (venous) blood is appropriate method for my work or not? Which method is better? Is the Ficoll method more suitable for my work?
Is it possible to not answer by venous blood method because I did not answer from this method?
Is it necessary to isolate the PBMCs by Ficoll for these two genes (GPR120 and PPAR-γ)?
Please guide me.
Thank you.
I would like to know whether it is possible to establish blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOECs) from frozen buffy coats. Most protocols describe only fresh blood preparations.
Aside from Iron in blood, what are the magnetic materials in human body?
Need a topic to study on RNA from human blood where i can utilise QIAamp RNA Blood MINI KIT?
This may sound a bit strange but I am looking for a good study topic where i can utilize Qiagen Qiaamp RNA Blood Mini Kit for some good use.
Hello Everyone
The thing is i am working in a district government hospital as a Microbiologist. Here along with routine sample analysis we are also developing a molecular microbiology lab where we are developing protocol for identification of human pathogens and detecting drug resistance. We have a QIAGEN QIAcube, Rotor Gene Q, QIAxpert, Serum HPLC and PCR at our disposal.
Now during our initial setup we had asked QIAGEN to provide all the necessary kit which would be required by our lab. That's where they provided us with 4 Boxes, 50 reaction each of Qiagen Qiaamp RNA Blood Mini Kit. We are not sure where to put good use of it. We are still not studying human blood RNA. We do study viral RNA but for that we use QIAamp Viral RNA mini kit.
Now since we have this RNA Blood kit, we are planning to use it for some useful purpose which would help further development of our laboratory. We have an attached pathology lab where we can get blood sample for any disorder.
So i need help from you on suggesting me based on your experience
a) a topic which i can look upon or
b) a target RNA in human blood for disorder/Cancer or
c) Any Viral RNA which can be recovered by Qiagen Qiaamp RNA Blood Mini Kit from blood or
d) Any other suggestion
by which i can utilize RNA Blood Mini Kit
Limitation: I am looking for a single or may be just 2 RNA target to study. We have Reverse transcriptase kit and Q-PCR at our disposal. We can also purchase primer for a any target CDNA. Designing a single probe for Q-PCR is possible but i don't have budget for multiprobe study. If the target gene could be studied by SYBR green kit than that would be great.
Thank you
Limitation: I am looking for a single or may be just 2 RNA target to study. We have Reverse transcriptase kit and Q-PCR at our disposal. We can also purchase primer for a any target CDNA. Design probe for Q-PCR is possible but i don't have budget for multiprobe study. If the target gene could be studied by SYBR green kit than that would be great.
Hello, I collect blood in gel & clot activator tube for serum separation and I want to extract DNA from clot but unable to separate blood clot from gel as the blood clot lies at the bottom of the tube and is covered with the gel. Please suggest me the method for the separation.
Thanks in advance for all the assistance in this regard!!
i collect through cardiac puncture but blood get hemolysied and plasma hemoglobin level increase to 14g/dl
Is it 10hour or 12hrs time period for finding exact blood sugar level and evaluating lipid profile.
Do you do researches on the diagnose of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (VCJD (prion disease) in human?
I mean if you can diagnose this disease or if you know any Institution or colleague of yours who deals with the diangnose of this disease, which you can recommend?
We have sampled blood as well as CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) from the patient. No brain tissue was biopsy, as patient is alive.
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Can anyone please recommend an immunohistochemical stain for human blood? I have porcine blood vessels containing thrombi made from human blood and I need to differentiate the human thrombi from static, coagulated porcine blood.
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Immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) levels can be obtained from the blood as well as serum. I wonder how stable is IRT in -20 and -80 storage, for how long serum can be stored at this temperatures, how freezing-thawing cycles can influence IRT levels.
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I'm trying to develop a proposal to investigate the genome of a wild bird species. Since these birds are very fragile and active, very hard to catch. So I'm considering some non invasive DNA collection methods. My intention is to sequence their whole genome and I'm wondering that DNA extracted from naturally shed feathers are going to fulfill that or not. If somebody know this will be OK or any other methods to sequence whole genome apart from DNA from blood (in birds), please keep me posted.
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Thilina
1. Is there a need to monitor blood levels of clozapine and it's metabolite when the doses are low and no serious adverse effects are occurring?
2. If there are consensus guidelines on TDM for clozapine I cannot find them. Please point me in the right direction.
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Am working on ways of reducing the toxicity of Amphotericin B without affecting the bioavailability.