DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF A MINIATURE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION DEVICE USING DISPOSABLE MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS

This thesis evaluates the use of inexpensive, disposable, microfluidic chips to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that has undergone three forms of sample preparation: one containing purified genomic DNA, another containing the supernatant of a crude preparation using simple...

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Main Author: House, Dustin L
Other Authors: Dr. D. Greg Walker
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11212008-150036/