Sentences with phrase «focus on blood samples»

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Blood, however, has been the focus of research and care because it is easy to sample and broadly represents what is going on throughout the entire body.

By testing all those samples, I identified microbes inhabiting the animal reservoirs and focused on those that showed up in the hunters» blood, making them candidates for firing up human disease.

The team's next avenue of research will be focused on identifying a «biomarker» that can identify this distinct suppressive cell elsewhere in the body — for example, in blood or other samples — as a potential predictive clinical tool to determine when these cells are present in patients, which currently can not be done.

«In the past, science has focused on identifying the pathogen someone is infected with in the blood or other sample,» said lead author Thomas Burke, Ph.D., director of technology advancement and diagnostics at the DCAGPM.

The team focused on Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, where strep was common, collecting some 45,000 blood samples from more than 9,000 recruits between 1948 and 1954.

Because CD4 + (helper) T cell responses have been shown to be sufficient for protection from WNV challenge (independent of B cells and CD8 + T cells) and crucial for viral clearance from the CNS, the researchers focused on the WNV - specific CD4 + T cell repertoires present in the blood samples.

The Transcriptomics Core Facility supports a systems biology approach in vaccine development focusing on the identification of transcriptomic correlates of vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy for a range of novel and licensed vaccines using PBMC or whole - blood and BAL fluid samples.

Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in genes associated with actionable disorders are Sanger verified on a separate blood sample, focusing on the ACMG secondary findings list (currently 59 genes).

• Skilled in verifying patient information and handling testing and sample collection activities accordingly • Committed to maintain specimen integrity by using dedicated aseptic techniques • Proficient in observing specimen isolation procedures and collaborating with nursing personnel to ensure appropriate collection times • Demonstrated expertise in performing bleeding - times by following exceptionally well - placed laboratory procedures • Focused on maintaining quality results by following dedicated department procedures and testing schedules • Proficient in resolving unusual test orders by liaising with physicians, pathologists and nursing stations • Hands - on experience in using a variety of needles and procedures to draw blood, depending on the quantity of blood required for sampling • Excellent skills in completing specimen data and recording it succinctly into laboratory databases • Adept at disposing of laboratory waste and contaminated sharps in accordance to applicable laws, standards and procedures • Competent at using vacuum tubes, syringes and butterfly venipuncture methods

Classes focusing on clinical skills may cover subjects such as taking blood pressure and pulse rates, basic pharmacology and lab testing skills such as preparing samples.

Performed clinical sample examination using sophisticated analyzers Processed samples in Blood Bank using gel technique Communicated test results effectively with physicians, pathologists and nursing staff as a member of interdisciplinary team focused on providing exemplary quality of care.