Since the advent of commercial machines, numerous labs around the globe have used MALDI-TOF and validated its accuracy for identifying various microorganisms. Robin Patel, M.D., Chair of the Division ...

Perhaps no tool has been as instrumental to the proteomics revolution as the mass spectrometer. With the ability to deconvolute highly complex mixtures over a wide range of abundance levels, these ...

MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight) mass spectroscopy is a form of molecular analysis that can be used in forensic investigation to identify remains and estimate the ...

Until recently, clinical diagnostic laboratories predominantly relied on conventional phenotypic ways of diagnosing infections, and sometimes on gene sequencing techniques. The latest advancements in ...

A continuous region of coding sequence can be PCR amplified using a 5′ primer possessing a polymerase binding site and a translation initiation site in-frame with the 5′ end of the test sequence. The ...

Rapid identification of fungal and other microbes will be possible at AIIMS Bhopal hospital. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization TOF machine has been installed at the hospital, according to a ...

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) is a powerful analytical mass spectrometry technique that has generated numerous diagnostic and clinical applications, especially ...