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Japan — New transcutaneous sampling of glucose : In CLIN. CHIM. ACTA (240/1 (11–19) 1995) S. Kayashima, T. Arai, M. Noritake, N. Nagata, M. Kikuchi, N. Ito, Y. Matsumoto, A. Kaneyoshi, J. Kimura & T. Kuriyama of the National Defense Medical College report on ‘New transcutaneous sampling of glucose for patients with type II diabetes using an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor’

✍ Scribed by Valerie M. Owen


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
98 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0956-5663

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✦ Synopsis


Aberdeen report on 'Use of luminescence-marked bacteria to assess copper bioavailability in malt whisky distillery effluent ' Samples were taken from upstream, influent, effluent, and downstream locations of a whisky distillery in north east Scotland, and the concentration of inorganic pollutants determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The principal contaminant was found to be Cu, and three bioluminescence based microbial bioassays were carried out to assess the bioavailability of Cu. One assay involved standard use of a naturally luminescent marine bacterium and two involved use of genetically modified (luminescence-marked) terrestrial bacteria. Use of the luminescence-marked biosensors was found to be the most sensitive and reproducible, offering assessment of toxicity over a wide pH range.