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Colorimetric Detection of Bacteria Using Litmus Test
Published on: September 17, 2016
[The medical chemistry department]
J M Boeynaems1, B Gulbis, F Cotton
1jmboeyna@ulb.ac.be
Abstract:
The laboratory of clinical chemistry performs more than 300 different tests in biochemistry, hormone and tumor markers analysis, therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology. For the most basic tests it has followed the trend of clinical chemistry towards automation and since 2001 the heart of the laboratory is a modular automated system (MODULAR) including a preanalytical platform, unique in Belgium. For more sophisticated tests, the most recent techniques have been implemented, in particular capillary electrophoresis and ICP-MS ("inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry). Since 1994, the laboratory has become a reference center in the field of erythrocyte hereditary diseases, combining screening, diagnosis and research. The other research themes are the physiopathology of first trimester pregnancy and the P2Y receptors of extracellular nucleotides.
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