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Celiac disease (CD) is a multifactorial autoimmune inflammatory disease of the small intestine that is triggered in genetically susceptible persons by the ingestion of gluten, found in wheat, rye, and barley, and other related plant proteins (... Read More

Spectrophotometers measure the amount of light of a specific wavelength that is absorbed by a sample. A spectrophotometer is used chiefly to measure the concentration of analytes in solutions, but is also used to characterize liquid and solid ... Read More

Ultracentrifuges are a type of centrifuge designed to rotate samples at “ultrahigh” speeds (much higher than conventional centrifuges), with a rotational speed of up to 150,000 rpm, creating a centrifugal force up to more than 1 million × g. All ... Read More

Diabetes is a chronic disease resulting from lack of insulin (type 1 diabetes mellitus [DM]), or the combination of insulin resistance, insufficient insulin, and abnormal glucagon secretion (type 2 DM). Of the patients with DM, only 5% to 10% have ... Read More

Diaphragm vacuum pumps with flow paths constructed of fluoropolymers like PTFE (e.g., Teflon®, DuPont, Wilmington, DE) offer tremendous advantages for laboratories. Compared with the use of traditional oil-sealed rotary vane pumps for moving ... Read More

Stereomicroscopes give a 3D view of a sample and generally operate at low magnification. Read More

This article describes a study in which the growth conditions of Helicobacter pylori, a human pathogen and class I carcinogen, were analyzed. The results of the study show that the Infinite 200 PRO multimode reader from Tecan is capable of automated ... Read More