Background: The quantitative assays are important tests in the management of patients with HIV-1/AIDS. The important step in developing the assay is the availability of the standard HIV-1 RNA. For this purpose, we optimized in vitro HIV-1 RNA transcription to produce the standard HIV-1 RNA. Methods: The HIV-1 DNA was amplified from pNL43 by PCR using a primer pair that was specific for conse…
Maternal age is the main known risk factor of Down syndrome. Recently some researchershave suggested that there may be certain environmental factors that increase the risk of thecondition. This study aimed to estimate the association of Down syndrome and maternal age ilecontrolling for maternal education, family income and environmental factors. This study was analytic-…
Mekanisme diferensiasi embryonic stem cell (ESC) masih terus dipelajari EESC memungkinkan produksi berbagai jenis cell secara in vitro untuk pengobatan penyakit degeneratif. Salah satu cara untuk mengembangkan potensi tersebut adalah dengan pengontrolan pengarahan differensiasi ESC untuk menghasilkan populasi jenis sel yang spesifik. Berbagai penelitian menunjukkan berbagai metode untuk memurni…
Maternal health is a key for the next generation. Maternal death is an indicator for maternal health status. Some maternal health services indicator such as Antenatal Care (ANC) and delivery assistant, while pregnancy/delivery complications and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMRatio) are the key indicators that reflect maternal health condition. The objections of this article are discussing the achi…