Applied Biosystems

About: Applied Biosystems is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Mass spectrometry & Capillary electrophoresis. The organization has 1521 authors who have published 1579 publications receiving 285423 citations.

On-capillary gap junction for fluorescence detection in capillary electrophoresis

Abstract: A junction reactor (50) that aligns a pair of capillaries (513, 514) substantially collinearly, end-to-end that allows a small gap (512) to be produced between these two ends. An applied voltage difference between the other ends of these two capillaries producces in the gap (512) electric fields lines that extend across the gap (512). Empirical evidence shows that the gap (512) introduces only a small reduction in resolution of an electrophoretic or electrochromatographic separation. The gap (512) enables sample liquid to be coupled between capillaries (513, 514) of different internal diameters and enables on-capillary reactions such as attaching a fluorescent tag to a sample components.

Frequencies of hprt(-) mutations and bcl-2 translocations in circulating human lymphocytes are correlated with United Kingdom sunlight records.

Abstract: Between 1983 and 1995 we have monitored human populations for evidence of exposure to environmental mutagens, taking blood samples to measure hprt - mutant frequency in T cells and more recently bcl-2 t(14:18) translocation frequency in B cells. We have now analysed data from 785 assays on 448 blood samples from 308 normal subjects and find that there is a highly significant statistical correlation between hprt - mutant frequency and the sunlight record for the 3 weeks prior to taking the blood sample. We discuss the weaknesses in retrospective studies of this nature and the possibility of spurious epidemiological correlations that may result. More controlled experiments can be envisaged that would give a firmer basis to the statistical associations observed, hprt - mutations in T cells show little evidence of a UV fingerprint, so that the correlation may be due to immunomodulation rather than mutation. We also find a correlation between the sunlight record and bcl-2 translocation. This translocation is found at a low frequency in the B cells of many normal subjects and is the commonest translocation observed in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Our results strengthen the case for a link between sunlight and this increasingly common cancer.

Sample Distribution Devices and Methods

Abstract: A device and methods for sample distribution through a channel in which an expandable valve provides a mechanism to regulate flow through the channel. The valve may be configured to exert a force on a membrane layer so as to substantially block a portion of the channel to retain the sample in a desired location and prevent flow past the valve mechanism between the channel and a chamber.