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Molecular biologist in Salt Lake City. Nostalgic for the days when PCR was new and cool. Still trying to understand In Vitro Diagnostics. Hiker, new grandfather.

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

02.03.2025 16:55 — 👍 54280    🔁 37184    💬 2037    📌 3086

This might be a dumb question but: they are adding 1.7mM EDTA. The binding constants of EDTA for some of these trace elements are very high. Won't EDTA completely chelate these? (Mg is at 12 mM but its binding constant is much lower). Nonetheless, a great idea overall.

25.02.2025 06:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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mark poritz ‪Chief Scientific Officer, Faro Molecular‬ - ‪‪Cited by 3,550‬‬ - ‪molecular diagnostics‬ - ‪infectious disease‬ - ‪nested PCR‬

Erik, please add me. I am a molecular biologist working on In Vitro Diagnostics for infectious disease
scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

orcid.org/0000-0002-50...

06.01.2025 06:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

17.11.2024 16:25 — 👍 18901    🔁 8164    💬 641    📌 562

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