Sentences with phrase «sickle cell samples»
Malaria and sickle cell samples were obtained from patients confirmed to have each disease.
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As early as the first trimester, doctors can take a sample of placental tissue (chorionic villus sampling, or CVS) to detect whether a baby has the genes that would lead to sickle cell anemia or sickle cell trait.
The tenth week is usually the time that a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is performed, which will check for genetic abnormalities like sickle cell anemia, Down Syndrome, cystic fibrosis and Tay - Sachs disease.
With a miniscule blood sample, the HemeChip, a micro-electrophoretic device, examines and identifies hemoglobins, including hemoglobinopathies sickle cell anemia (HbSS), sickle trait (HbAS) and SC disease (HbSC).
Soon after birth, a baby's blood is sampled and tested for a number of rare inherited conditions, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia.
Toward this end we have built a mobile phone - mounted light microscope and demonstrated its potential for clinical use by imaging P. falciparum - infected and sickle red blood cells in brightfield and M. tuberculosis - infected sputum samples in fluorescence with LED excitation.
In this high - tech lab, students can perform tests like gel electrophoresis, analyzing hemoglobin samples to determine whether a patient has sickle cell disease.
It has been used in samples of children with cancer, diabetes, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and sickle cell disease.