Abstract:
A whole-blood-based substitute composition that is useful in coagulation assays as a standard, reference, control, calibrator, linearity verifier, or training material is prepared by combining a red blood cell lysate that is free of plasma, leukocytes, and platelets with a platelet-free plasma of human origin and an antimicrobial agent.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cellular whole-blood D-dimer composition for use with diagnostic test procedures for D-dimer, and a method of its preparation. The composition comprises human erythrocytes and processed plasma to which D-dimer, and stabilizers, and optionally antimicrobial agents, are added and can be used as a standard and control for D-dimer testing.
Abstract:
A computer-readable medium encoded with computer instructions for providing relevant content on a web page for a user is provided. According to embodiments of the invention, the instructions are for determining a relevance metric for at least two articles. Each article of the at least two articles is selected from content of the user. Each article is associated with a time. The instructions further include instructions for selecting a set of relevant articles based on the relevance metric and ordering the set of relevant articles according to the associated time of each article of the set. The instructions also include instructions for providing the ordered set of relevant articles to the user.
Abstract:
A whole-blood-based substitute composition that is useful in coagulation assays as a standard, reference, control, calibrator, linearity verifier, or training material is prepared by combining a red blood cell lysate that is free of plasma, leukocytes, and platelets with a platelet-free plasma of human origin and an antimicrobial agent.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cellular whole-blood D-dimer composition for use with diagnostic test procedures for D-dimer, and a method of its preparation. The composition comprises human erythrocytes and processed plasma to which D-dimer, and stabilizers, and optionally antimicrobial agents, are added and can be used as a standard and control for D-dimer testing.
Abstract:
Stabilized compositions of natriuretic peptides comprise the peptide and an effective stabilizing amount of (i) an alkyl or aryl sulfonyl fluoride protease inhibitor, or (ii) benzamidine: