Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a novel in vitro nucleic acid amplification method conducted under isothermal conditions with the advantages of high specificity, sensitivity, rapidity and easy detection. Since it was established in 2000, it has been widely applied in various fields of analytical science including the diagnosis of a variety of pathogens, identification of embryo sex, detection of genetically modified organisms and cancer gene identification. Additionally, significant progress has been made in the optimization of the LAMP method, such as accelerated reactions, simplified sample processing, the realization of multiplex amplification, and the enhanced specificity of reaction and detection methods. LAMP technology also shows much potential to be adopted as part of point-of-care testing platforms by the micromation, automation and integration with other technologies such as Lab-on-a-Chip and digital nucleic acid amplification. This review summarizes the latest advances in the LAMP technique and its applications in developing point-of-care testing platforms.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures ; trends ; Humans ; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques ; methods ; Point-of-Care Systems ; trends ; Virus Diseases ; diagnosis ; virology ; Viruses ; genetics ; isolation & purification

Aged ; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary ; adverse effects ; methods ; Female ; Hematoma ; etiology ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction ; therapy ; Peritoneal Diseases ; etiology ; Radial Artery

The paper first analyzes the intrinsic need for cultural integration in hospital regrouping and sums up its content, including the integration of values, management ideas, institutional cultures and institutional frameworks. It then introduces some methods of cultural integration in hospital regrouping, such as running in on the basis of respecting human nature, resolving conflicts on the basis of being mutually tolerant, and merging completely on the basis of optimizing means of integration. The paper points out that success or failure of cultural integration in hospital regrouping depends on the thinking of the leaders. For this reason, it is imperative to enhance integration awareness and improve integration capability.

Bacillus megaterium strains are commonly used in microbial fertilizer(MF) . MF products are often contaminated by other B. cereus group members,which have similar phenotype such as Bacillus cereus,B. thuringiensis,B. mycoide. For quality control and safety of MF,a rapid and accurate method is needed to distinguish the strains of Bacillus megaterium from B. cereus group. Based on specific nucleotide sequences of the spoOA genes,2 pairs of species-specific primers were designed and a multiplex-PCR(mPCR) was developed for this purpose. When the optimized mPCR was used to detect the DNAs of 24 reference strains from three genera of Bacillus,Paenibacillus,and Brevibacillus,all B. megaterium strains showed singlefragment of 443 bp and Bacillus cereus group showed a fragment of 411 bp. However,no any amplified product was from the other bacteria. The sensitivity of mPCR was 105 CFU/mL. The mPCR results of 10 isolates of B. megaterium/B. cereus group and 8 products of MF coincided with the biochemical assay. Taken together,our newly developed mPCR assay was species-specific and effective in application. It can be used to detect and identify the strains of B. megaterium and B. cereus group from microbial fertilizer products.

Aged ; Coal Mining ; Electrocardiography ; Heart Rate ; physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pneumoconiosis ; physiopathology

Aged ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; Coal Mining ; Electrocardiography ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pneumoconiosis ; complications ; physiopathology

An introduction to the background of theSettlement by disease scoringpolicy in Yinchuan,concept and principles of the policy,and the medical insurance payment practice according to this policy.The authors compared the year-end settlement of medical insurance of a tertiary hospital in Yinchuan before the policy came into practice,expense growth per visit for inpatients of medical insurance,ratio of reimbursement,and ratio of complete out-of-pocket payment.These data were analyzed regarding the merits of such a policy and problems incurred,along with recommendations.

AIM:ToexplorewhetherMCP-1-JAK2/STAT3signaltransductioninthespinaldorsalhornin-volves the formation and development of rat type 2 diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP).METHODS: The male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with a high-fat and fructose diet for 8 weeks,and then received a single intraperitoneal streptozocin in-jection to prepare the type 2 DNP model.The type 2 DNP rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (n=16):DNP group, MCP-1 neutralizing (DM) group, DNP+AG490 (DA) group and solvent control (SC) group.A catheter of PE-10 was placed into the subarachnoid space of the rats in groups DM , DA and SC.After 3 d, the rats in DM,DA and SC groups were injected with MCP-1 inhibitor 10μL at 0.1 mg/L, AG490 10μL at 1 mmol/L and DMSO 10μL at 3.5%once a day for 14 days, respectively.Another 16 normal rats were selected as control (C) group and were fed with common forage. The mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT) and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) were measured at 1, 3, 7 and 14 d after subarachnoid injection .The lumbar segments 4-6 of the spinal cord were removed at the same time for determination of the expressions of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 by Western blot .RESULTS:Compared with C group , MWT was significantly de-creased, TWL was shortened and the expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 in the spinal dorsal horn was up-regulated at 1, 3, 7 and 14 d in DNP and SC groups (P<0.05).Compared with DNP group, MWT was significantly increased, TWL was prolonged and the expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 in spinal dorsal horn was down-regulated at 1, 3, 7 and 14 d in DM and DA groups (P<0.05).No significant difference in the MWT, TWL and expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 between DNP group and SC group was observed (P>0.05).CONCLUSION:The MCP-1-JAK2/STAT3 signal transduction in the spinal dorsal horn involves the formation and development of DNP in rats .

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy,operative essentials and indications of hybrid spinal fusion surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Methods From August 2008 to December 2011,thirty-eight patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy underwent hybrid spinal fusion surgery in our hospital.There were 27 males and 11 females,aged from 33 to 70 years (average,51 years).A total of 86 segments were treated (fusion 48 vs.non-fusion 38).Twenty-eight patients underwent a two-level surgery,and ten patients received a three-level surgery.The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score and Visual analogue scale (VAS) were used to evaluate pre-and post-operative neurological function and pain,respectively.The pre-and post-operative range of motion of the cervical spine was measured according to Xrays.Moreover,the surgical complications were recorded and analyzed.Results Thirty-seven patients were followed up for 15 to 55 months (average,29.1 months).The improvement of neurological function was obtained in 36 patients.The JOA score was improved from preoperative 10.5±1.57 to 14.3±1.97 at final follow-up,with an improvement rate of 58.46％,and the results were excellent in 16 cases,fair in 20 cases and poor in 1 case.The VAS was improved from preoperative 7.3±1.04 to 3.2±1.41 at final follow-up.The Cobb angle changed from preoperative 25°±3.21°to 20°±2.56°at final follow-up.After operation,the neurological function was not restored in 1 case; hoarseness and bucking occurred in 2 cases; sore throat occurred in 22 cases; anterior displacement of prosthesis (PCM) occurred in 3 cases.Other patients had no complications,such as displacement,loosening and heterotopic ossification.Conclusion In hybrid spinal fusion surgery,the lesions segments are decompressed fully,the severely degenerative segments are fused,and the motion of the non-fusion segments is reserved.As a result,not only the stability of the cervical spine is achieved,but also an obvious improvement of symptoms and a satisfactory short-term efficacy can be obtained.Therefore,this method is an alternative procedure for cervical spondylosis myelopathy.

Objective:To study the anti-inflammatory effect of immune milk. Method:Twenty four strains of pathogenic bacteria (including 12 strains of pathogenic E.coli, 8 strains of Salmonella, 3 strains of Shigella and 1 strain of Yersinia enterocolitica) originated from human intestinal tract were selected as antigens, and dairy cows were immunized. Results:Vaccination could not increase the concentration of IgG in the immune milk, but significantly highten the specificity of milk antibodies. The antibody titers against 24 pathogenic bacteria in immune milk was 128, 64 folds of control regular milk. Conclusion:Feeding of immune milk could inhibit edema of rat footpad induced by carrageenin and formaldehyde and the formation of acestoma of mice caused by cotton embedded hypophloedally. Meanwhile, the PGE2 level in inflammatory footpad of rat fed with immune milk was remarkably lower than that of rat fed with regular milk. These results indicate that immune milk has anti-inflammatory property.