Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that ...

As part of this function, macrophages adopt activation states, also referred to as polarization, during different phases of an infection, cycling between a resting state (M0) in the absence of ...

Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China Department of Chemistry, Xinjiang ...

However, immunoassay interference, such as macro-PTH, can result in falsely elevated readings, leading to diagnostic inaccuracy. Here, we report the case of a 27-year-old woman with persistently ...

To conduct the research, the team used a fluorometer -- a device that measures fluorescence or light that is emitted after absorbing radiation such as UV light -- to measure variation in the ...

Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Urinary System Diseases, Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China Jiangxi ...