Sentences with phrase «by swabbing»

PPINK health centers offer rapid HIV testing, which can be done by swabbing the inside of the mouth.

Rapid HIV testing can be done by swabbing the inside of your mouth.

They donate genetic material by swabbing the inside of a dog's cheek or drawing blood and occasionally do test breedings to help determine mode of inheritance for some diseases.

Wax and dirt should be removed by swabbing the ear with mineral oil.

Stretch your thight boot by swabbing the inside with rubbing alcohol and wearing the boots with socks for 30 minutes.

It can be tested for by swabbing the affected area, and sending to pathology.

By swabbing your cheek and examining the DNA collected, doctors can find the best medication for an individual, based on their unique set of enzymes and receptors.

When the children were four and half, our team took a DNA sample from each child by swabbing the inside of his or her cheek.

When the children were about 4 1/2 years old, their DNA was sampled by swabbing the inside of their cheeks.

Traditionally, scientists identified human skin bacteria by swabbing volunteers and culturing the samples, but those results skewed toward microbes that grow well in the lab.

Vaginal seeding has new moms who have just undergone a C - section coating their newborn in their own vaginal fluids (which have been collected or absorbed by a swab or gauze).

For example, a rapid HIV test is done by a swab of your mouth and you will have your results within 20 minutes!

Not exact matches

At a second north - end site later that day, in a home that miraculously survived despite backing onto a section of the fire - razed city, another crew member hired by Feldstein swabbed windows that overlook the wasteland — a bone - white ash pit with roads divvying up the nothingness.

It's a cheek swab, and there are even places that will send you a kit and you can do it by mail if your doc doesn't know from such things.

After finishing the survey, participants in the study can opt for an additional study and consider submitting DNA collected by a cheek swab to be tested for variants at the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene.

Yeast can not survive in the pH environment that is created by the vinegar, which is why making a paste of baking soda in water and swabbing the baby's mouth at least four times a day may also be beneficial.

The swab is conducted by applying a Q - tip to the frog's skin to collect secreted hormones that are tested for stress levels.

You can use an alcohol swab daily around the cord stump to help dry it out more quickly, but Swanson says that's not necessary as long as you keep the area dry by giving sponge baths and rolling the top of the diaper down.

The swabs — which show tell - tale blue blotches — are 95 per cent accurate and are used by police, the prison service and customs officers.

The tabloid said it used the same cocaine swabs as those used by the police after being tipped off by a whistleblower.

The decision by Albany County Judge Stephen W. Herrick paves the way for State Police investigators to take saliva swabs from Troy City Clerk William A. McInerney and Councilman Michael LoPorto.

On a whim, Osborne and Akerboom swabbed the bones from a prehistoric whale found by Alford.

In a project called SWAB (Surface, Water, and Air Biocharacterization), NASA microbiologists keep tabs on the station's microscopic residents by sampling the water crew members drink, the air they breathe, and the surfaces they touch.

As part of Liberia's Ebola surveillance, swabs from the young man were collected by a safe burial team.

That's not much of an improvement over current methods, in which security personnel swab suspicious objects one by one, then place the swabs in a machine to check for dangerous molecules.

(The swab approach is by no means bugproof.

The antistatic robes worn by technicians funnel personal particles down toward the floor, which is swabbed regularly.

Materials • Rubbing alcohol (70 percent isopropyl alcohol) • Measuring spoons • Small bowl • Three long strands of human hair (about 20 centimeters long) • Cotton swabs • Measuring tape or ruler • Thin, flat piece of plastic that can easily be cut (about 8.0 cm long and 8.0 cm wide), such as from the lid of a disposable deli container • Scissors (strong enough to cut the plastic piece) • Dime • Tape • Two small nails • Glue • Scrap piece of wood or flat Styrofoam (about 25 cm long and 10 cm wide) • Hammer • Pencil or pen • Hair dryer • Plastic box that can be sealed and is large enough to fit the wood or Styrofoam piece inside of it • Wet sponge or small towel (either paper or cloth) Preparation • Make a solution of 25 percent rubbing alcohol and 75 percent water by mixing one tablespoon of water with one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol in a small bowl.

The new method, first developed for automated food safety testing and then adapted by Cornell scientists for a wider range of sample types, can detect the bacteria from environmental and clinical samples, including swabs, feces, milk and blood.

NEW ORLEANS — Swabbing for traces of snake DNA around bite marks on people can reveal the guilty serpent, a use of forensics that could change how people in regions beset by snakebites identify the culprits, a study in Nepal finds.

The $ 1,000 genome — brought to you by CliffsNotes Heads up, Christmas shoppers: Icelandic company deCODE Genetics has launched a new service that, for a mere $ 985, will take your FedExed cheek swab and scan the enclosed DNA for a sprinkling of genetic variations linked with 20 or so diseases, as well as ancestry and physical traits such as eye color (in case you don't have a mirror handy).

In a paper published in The Lancet in February, RIVM virologist Marion Koopmans and her colleagues reported that they could detect the H7N7 virus — using the polymerase chain reaction or by culturing the virus — in eye swabs from 89 patients.

The commission took a stab at these complicated questions, issuing new analysis and recommendations for how to manage these increasingly complex issues in medicine, research and with direct - to - consumer tests that allow a patient to send in a cheek swab and get health information (like the personalized genome services kit offered by 23andMe, that was recently blocked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration).

Sharpe and her colleagues swabbed 10 anal - gland secretions left by wild dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) in north - eastern South Africa.

The test works by placing a swab or a small amount of urine into the test cartridge, placing the cartridge into the shoe - box sized diagnostic machine, designed by innovation firm Atlas Genetics Ltd, and waiting just 30 minutes for the result.

It is «remarkable» that the amphora «should release endogenous DNA by simply swabbing the surface,» Oliver Craig of the University of York in the United Kingdom said via e-mail.

Like any decision — particularly those related to pregnancy and children — choosing whether to swab a baby born by C - section comes with a murky risk assessment.

The swab was tested with a kit for H1N1 distributed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and was positive for swine flu.

By probit analysis, the 95 % limit of detection for TMAdV was 781, 377, or 35 viral genome equivalents / mL for serum, stool, or oral swab samples, respectively (data not shown).

deCODE BreastCancer ™ is a DNA - based reference laboratory test performed using a simple blood sample or cheek swab, ordered by physicians on behalf of their patients.

Posterior probability distributions for the difference in DNA abundance between air swab negative controls and placenta (blue), saliva (red), vaginal swabs (orange), and other negative controls (green) as estimated by quantitative PCR analysis of 16S rRNA gene abundance for PSP (top) and MO BIO extractions (bottom).

Offered by genomic testing company Sema4, the test involves gathering a DNA sample via a simple cheek swab that is then mailed back to the company for sequencing.

Even if poop could confer some perks, swabbing it on is not recommended by experts.

After patting skin dry with a towel, apply a quarter - sized amount of product by pressing it onto your face, not swabbing it on with a cotton pad.

The fix: Clear away any residue from last night by using a precision tip cotton swab doused in an oil - based remover.

When Bumble launched, however, it broke new ground by having women This new dating app is exchanging swipes for swabs.

They're all pawns in a minor time loop with major implications, beset by a scissors - wielding prowler whose gauze - swabbed face makes him look like an escapee from Clive Barker's id.

If you think it's amusing to see Amy Schumer swabbing her vagina in a bathroom which, given the opening and closing of the door could be viewed by men, ditto.

Children can add ripe apples by dabbing cotton swabs in red paint.

It is highly probable that the new test will be used «in parallel» with the existing COMMD1 test, i.e. the 2 tests will be carried out separately using the DNA extracted from a single cheek swab submitted by the dog's owner.