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

The article analyses the actualities and causes of present-day college students'vocational values.Then it elaborates how to guide college students to have correct vocational values.Teaching college students' vocational values is a comprehensive work over a long period of time.

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

[Objective]To explore the effective treatment method of the articular fracture in distal radius.[Method]Severely comminuted AO type-C3 intra-articular fractures of the distal end of the radius were treated with combined internal and external fixation.The Gartland and Werley system and the Green and O'Brien system were used for comparison of the pre-operative and after operative evaluation.Total articular congruity had been assessed with both clinical rating systems.[Result]At a mean of ninteen months following-up,the mean arc of flexion-extension was 78% of that on the uninjured side and the mean grip strength was 82% of that on the uninjured side.The mean total articular incongruity(the gap plus the step-off)averaged 2 mm,and the radial length was restored to a mean of 11 mm.According to the Gartland and Werley demerit-point system,seventeen of the patients had a good or excellent result.According to the modified Green and O'Brien clinical rating system,eleven had a good or excellent result.Postoperative total articular incongruity had a moderately strong correlation with the outcome as assessed with both clinical rating systems.[Conclusion]Open reduction and combined internal and external fixation of AO type-C3 fractures can restore radiographic parameters to nearly normal values,maintain reduction throughout the period of fracture-healing,and provide satisfactory functional results.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of the method of standard large trauma craniotomy in combination with therapeutic moderate hypothermia.Method Patients with acute severe head injuries (GCS≤8)were assigned into two groups:Group I,30 cases(average GCS≤ 5.38) received standard large trauma craniotomy and moderate hypothermia for 5-7 days;Group Ⅱ,30 cases(average GCS≤5.46)were treated with traditional treatment as control.Mortality,GCS,GOS and intracranial pressure (ICP) were compared between these two groups.Result Both the GCS and GOS were higher in the group Ⅰ than group Ⅱ;while the mortality and ICP were obviously lower in the group Ⅰ than that of the control group.Conclusions Early standard large trauma craniotomy plus adequate decompression followed by postoperative therapeutic moderate hypothermia would be helpful in reducing the mortality moderate and morbidity of patients with severe head injuries,their level of living accommodation were improved as well.

Objective To describe the effect of cannualted rasps in reduc in g the fat embolic risks during preparation for femoral canal in experimental tot al hip arthroplasty. Methods Twelve mongrels were used to perform resection of b ilateral femoral heads, and randomly assigned to one of two groups with six each . In experiment group, impacting cannulated rasp was used in preparing femoral c anal; while, in control group, impacting traditional rasp was used. Both the ras ps were of same shape; however, there was a 4 mm diameter canal inside the cannu lated rasp connecting its two ends. A bone hole was made through the lateral fem oral cortex to the femoral canal at a point 12 cm distal to the greater trochant er in order to measure the intramedullary pressure of femoral canal when the fem oral canal was prepared with either rasp. The pathology of the postmortem pulmon ary tissue was analyzed. Using quantitative morphometry, the size of fat embolus in the lung tissues and the volume proportion of lung tissues occluded by fat w ere measured respectively. The statistical differences between the two groups we re analyzed using t test. Results In control group, the intramedullary pressure during preparation of femoral canal with traditional rasp increased with a peak of (34.5?10.2)kPa, pulmonary fat emboli were found in all mongrels, the volum e proportion of postmortem lung tissue occluded by fat was 0.64%, and pulmonary arterial pressure increased to (2.2?0.4)kPa[the normal value was (0.8?0.3 )kPa]; while in the experiment group, the intramedullary pressure peak increas ed to (22.4?7.7)kPa, significantly lower than that of the control group; the volume proportion of lung tissue occluded by fat was 0.21% which was also signif icantly lower than that of the control group, and pulmonary arterial pressure wa s (1.7?0.4)kPa. The differences between the two groups were significant in al l measured values. Conclusion The present study suggests that conventional prepa ration of canal can cause an increase of intramedullary pressure, which may lead to pulmonary fat embolism and cardiopulmonary impairment. However, the cannulat ed rasp can decrease the volume proportion of lung tissue occluded by fat and al leviate the influence of preparation of canal on cardiopulmonary function.

From the view of medical professionals, this paper explored the standards of residents′ competency cultivation in Zhuhai using Delphi method. The research outcome that consisted of 53 factors and 6 dimensions was obtained after two rounds of expert consultation. There are 6 first-level indexes including professionnalism and body-mind quality, clinical practice skill, the competency of lifelong learning and self-improvement, humanistic medicine practice skill, medical knowledge, and the competency of promoting the medical system to develop. As well, there are 18 second-level indexes and 29 third-level indexes. The standards stated that the clinical prac-tice skill would not be the main part of residents′competency cultivation. Qualified residents should reach the na-tional standard of the clinical practice skill but also the other five indexes.

Objective To analyze the change of the proportions of the hospitalization causes in patients with chronic heart failure(CHF) in a single-central hospital in late 20 years.Methods 1 259 hospitalized cases diagnosed primarily as chronic heart failure were selected from the First Central Hospital of Tianjin during 1983-2002,and divided into two groups with a decade interval.A comparative analysis was performed to explore the proportions of the primary,concomitant and multiple causes of hospitalization for CHF patients between two groups.Results(1) The most common primary causes in general cases was coronary artery disease(CAD,56.6%),rheumatic heart disease(RHD,20.9%) and pulmonary heart disease(PHD,9.2%).During the latter decade,the proportions of CAD and dilated cardiomyopathy(DCM) increased,while RHD,PHD,congenital heart disease(CHD) decreased.(2) The causes of concomitant disease for CHF was essential hypertension(EHT,44.0%),diabetes mellitus(DM,16.4%),chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD,14.3%),cerebral-vascular disease(CVD,11.4%) and anemia(5.2%).All proportions of these concomitant diseases except COPD increased during the latter decade(P

Objective To investigate the status of diabetes and its risk factors in Karamay.Methods A sampling survey was carried out in Baijiantan district of Karamay from March,2003 to Dec.,2003,all subjects aged 20 to 75 and lived 5 years and above were selected with stratified sampling method according to the age structure of the inhabitants in Karamay.Results Diabetes prevalence was positively correlated with age(OR=1.047),male(OR=1.922),obesity(OR=1.641),hypertension(OR=1.624) and hyperlipidemia(OR=2.131)(P

Objective To investigate effects of maintenance hemodialysis with citrate-bicarbonate dialysate on Th17 in peripheral blood of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Methods The CRF patients (n=57) with main-tenance hemodialysis for more than three months as well as free-active infection were selected and divided into two groups randomly, which were treated by citrate-bicarbonate dialysate and ordinary carbonate dialysate for mainte-nance dialysis in 12 month, respectively. The levels of interleulin-17 (IL-17) and percentages of Th17 subgroup in peripheral blood were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and flow cytometer, respectively. ResultsThe levels of IL-17 and percentages of Th17 subgroup in patients treated with citrate-bicarbonate dialysate for more than six months were significantly lower than those treated with ordinary carbonate dialysate. Moreover, incidences of adverse reactions in group of citrate bicarbonate dialysate were lower than those of common carbonate dialysate group. Conclusion The pro-inflammatory effects of maintenance hemodialysis with citrate-bicarbonate dialysate on the patients are lower than those of ordinary carbonate dialysate. Citrate-bicarbonate dialysate causes the reduction of inflammatory state, and is worthy of being popularized in clinic.