Mobile Instrumentation for the Detection and Sampling of Aerosol Particles
Hazardous airborne particles pose a risk for health and safety in a variety of environments and thus detection of these small particles is essential. Current particle magnification systems are bulky...
View ArticleMagnetic Resonance Magnification Imaging
With conventional MRI, it is inherently time-consuming to generate high dimensional images with high spatial resolution. This invention, inspired by optical magnification, uses a fundamentally...
View ArticleDetection and Discrimination of Classical and Atypical L-Type BSE Strains by...
Statutory surveillance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) indicates that cattle are susceptible to both classical (C-BSE) and atypical forms of BSE. Atypical forms of BSE appear to be sporadic...
View ArticleSilica Exposure Safety: Mini-baghouse Systems and Methods for Controlling...
CDC/NIOSH scientists have developed an effective point-source control for silica-containing dusts that can be generated from machinery on sites where hydraulic fracturing is occurring. The CDC/NIOSH...
View ArticleMonoclonal Antibodies for Detection of Stachybotrys chartarum (a Fungus)
CDC NIOSH researchers have developed a simple and rapid detection technique for Stachybotrys chartarum (a type of mold that commonly grows on wet building materials) by producing monoclonal antibodies...
View ArticleWhole Animal Feeding Flat (WAFFL): A High-throughput Platform for the...
Drosophila is well-suited organism to be use in high-throughput studies due to their short, defined life cycle and genetic tools. However, current high-throughput fly methodologies are not ideal. They...
View ArticleDirect Reading Detection Kits for Surface Contamination by Anti-Neoplastic...
Anti-neoplastic drugs, also known as anti-cancer drugs or chemotherapy, are used in the treatment of many types of cancer. However, these drugs are harmful to healthy cells as well as the cancerous...
View ArticleNear Real-time, Low-cost, Hand-held Sensors for Measuring Elemental...
Airborne particles can have great impact on air quality, weather, and human health. In particular, long-term inhalation of toxic particulate matter in workplaces could pose a significant health risk....
View ArticleRespirator Protection Devices and Methods to Detect and Remove Toxic Gases...
A respirator protects the wearer from inhaling dangerous substances, such as chemicals and infectious particles.Inventor First Name: LeeGerryNicoleMichaelInventor Last Name: GreenawaldBossFrySailorE...
View ArticleOne-step random amplification method to detect extremely low input nucleic...
Clinical and biological specimens often contain microbial nucleic acid in extremely low quantities, presenting a significant challenge for the detection of viral and bacterial pathogens. This also...
View ArticleHandwipe Disclosing Method for Detecting the Presence of Lead
Lead (Pb) exposure can cause serious health concerns including abdominal pain, headaches, loss of appetite, memory loss, weakness, and other symptoms. Lead residues on human skin, especially on the...
View ArticlePhotoinduced Electron Transfer Fluorescent Primer for Nucleic Acid Amplification
CDC scientists have developed a rapid and cost-efficient method for generating fluorescently labeled primers for PCR and real-time PCR. At present, fluorescent primers are useful for detecting and...
View ArticleMonitoring Public Water Supply for a Variety of Pathogens
The simultaneous concentration and recovery of microbes in drinking water is important for responding to potential water-related events such as pathogen contamination or bioterrorism and could be a...
View ArticleFluorescent Primer(s) Creation for Nucleic Acid Detection and Amplification
CDC researchers have developed technology that consists of a simple and inexpensive technique for creating fluorescent labeled primers for nucleic acid amplification. Fluorescent chemical-labeled...
View ArticleUniversal Influenza Virus Probes for Enrichment of Influenza Viral Sequences
This technology is a set of influenza virus enrichment probes developed to increase the sensitivity of sequence-based, universal detection of all influenza viruses. This universal influenza enrichment...
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