TY - JOUR T1 - A Novel Low-Cost Sampler for Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Agents in Tissue AU - Hong, Ni-Ning AU - Tao, Li AU - Deng-Xiang, Zhang AU - Long-Zhong, Ran AU - Xiu-Gang, Yan JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 24 SP - 4563 EP - 4566 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.4563.4566 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4563.4566 KW - Sampler KW -tissue KW -PCR KW -molecular diagnosis KW -cross-contamination AB - Preparing biological tissue samples is an extremely tedious and time-consuming laboratory task, albeit one critical for rapid diagnoses of infectious diseases. Here, researchers reported a novel, low-cost sampling technique for rapid and accurate removal of minute tissue portions from various animal organs. Each sampled tissue portion could be easily dispersed and homogenized in storage solution in 2.0 mL microcentrifuge tube and was sufficient for the molecular diagnosis of the presence or absence of infectious disease using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique. This new sampling technique is beneficial as it provides both uniformity for high-throughput sampling and minimization of cross-contamination. ER -