RAPID AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE ABNORMAL PRION PROTEIN ON STEEL SURFACES BY PROTEIN MISFOLDING CYCLIC AMPLIFICATION: APPLICATION TO PRION DECONTAMINATION STUDIES.

The prevalence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the population remains uncertain, although it has been estimated that 1 in 2000 people in the United Kingdom are positive for abnormal prion protein (PrPTSE) by a recent survey of archived appendix tissues.The prominent lymphotropism of vCJD prions raises the possibility that some surgic

Air-borne secondary inoculum of Bipolaris sorokiniana caused severe foliar diseases and yield losses in all 12 spring barley cultivars tested in greenhouses or in the field.For secondary infection to occur a high relative humidity was necessary.Yield losses due to foliar diseases reached a maximum of 43.4 % in greenhouse experiments and 27.8 % in t

Phenolic acids are a large class of compounds Castor Oil occur naturally in a variety of plants and exhibit a wide range of biological activities, but toxic effects have also been observed.This study was designed to assess genotoxic effect of two selected phenolic acids, gallic and ellagic, in somatic and germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster using

A dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a low-cost solar cell with attractive features.DSCC contains of photoelectrode, dye, electrolyte, and counter electrode with photoelectrochemical system.The aim of this research is to determine the percent efficiency produced by DSSC from the Mahkota Dewa extract.This was carried out in various stages, namely s

Abstract Pairing semiconductors with electrochemical processing offers an untapped opportunity to create novel nanostructures for practical devices.Here we report the results of one such pairing: the in-situ formation of highly-doped, interface-matched, sharp nanocrystalline homojunctions (NHJs) with single step electrodeposition of two copper-indi