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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65821| Title: | Luminex xMAP® : enhanced lab efficiency |
| Authors: | Duca, Edward Camilleri, Cassi |
| Keywords: | Laboratories -- Malta Laboratories -- Safety measures -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Duca, E., & Camilleri, C. (2018). Luminex xMAP®: enhanced lab efficiency. THINK Magazine, 24, 5. |
| Abstract: | Stereotypical depictions of researchers involve crazy hair, oversized goggles, shabby lab coats, and loads of test tubes. While the first three may be exaggerated, the sheer volume of tubes and wells needed in a lab cannot be overstated, especially when the lab is dedicated to anything biological. One tissue sample can be used for a gamut of tests, all of them attempting to identify something different in it, be they antibodies, DNA, or RNA (biomarkers). Often, many samples are required due to all the tests needed to highlight the variations in those biomarkers. But the size of samples is now decreasing thanks to machines like the Luminex System running xMAP technology. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65821 |
| ISSN: | 2306-0735 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenEBI Think Magazine, Issue 24 Think Magazine, Issue 24 |
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| Luminex xMAP.pdf | 127.1 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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