Point-of-care Assay Development
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Rapid Point-of-Care Assay of Enoxaparin Anticoagulant Efficacy in Whole Blood
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2012
Demonstration of a rapid quantitative assay of the inhibition of blood coagulation by the low-molecular-weight-heparin, enoxaparin. The contribution of enoxaparin is assessed by removing its influence through digestion with heparinase. A fuller description of the assay is detailed in our published paper.1 The assay still requires clinical confirmation.
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Assay Development for High Content Quantification of Sod1 Mutant Protein Aggregate Formation in Living Cells
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2017
We describe a method to quantify the aggregation of misfolded proteins. Our protocol details lentiviral induced stable cell line generation, automated confocal imaging, and image analysis of protein aggregates. As an illustrative application, we studied the effect of small molecules in promoting SOD1 aggregation in a time- and dose-dependent manner.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Physicians The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution itself.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-II
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Here are a few more healthcare professionals. Physical Therapist A physical therapist (PT) aims to restore function or prevent additional impairment in a patient following an injury or disease. Massage, heat, cold, water, sonar waves, exercises, and electrical stimulation are some treatments used by PTs to treat...
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Continuing Care
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2023
Continuing care describes the variety of health, personal, and social services provided over a prolonged period. The need for continuing care is increasing because people are living longer. Many people do not have families or others to care for them. Continuing care is mainly for patients who are disabled, functionally dependent, or suffering from a terminal disease. It is available within institutional settings or in homes. Examples include nursing centers or facilities, assisted living,...
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Successful designs treat these elements as one connected workflow rather than independent parts. Recognition must capture or identify the intended target, sample preparation must make that target accessible, signal generation must convert the interaction into a measurable response, and the portable readout must interpret it within the available time and equipment limits. This integration determines whether the assay produces actionable results.
Analytical sensitivity, specificity, stability, and usability are central performance characteristics. Sensitivity affects detection of the intended target, whereas specificity helps distinguish it from other material in the sample. Stability supports reliable operation over practical conditions, and usability determines whether the workflow can be performed with limited equipment, small sample volumes, and short processing times.
Small sample volumes limit the amount of target available for detection, while short processing times constrain preparation, recognition, signal development, and result interpretation. Developers therefore balance rapid operation against the need for adequate analytical sensitivity and specificity. These constraints are especially important when results must guide screening, treatment decisions, or monitoring without relying on a centralized laboratory.
The main difference is where and under what practical constraints testing occurs. A point-of-care format brings the workflow near the patient or sample source and emphasizes portable equipment, limited materials, small volumes, and rapid turnaround. Centralized workflows are not the focus of this approach; instead, decentralization can support timely decisions and studies in settings where laboratory access is limited.
Development begins by selecting the biological target and recognition approach, then linking sample preparation to signal generation and a portable readout. The integrated workflow is optimized for small sample volumes, limited equipment, and short processing times. Developers then assess sensitivity, specificity, stability, and usability to determine whether the resulting test can provide reliable, actionable information in its intended setting.
Point-of-care assay development can address nucleic acids, proteins, metabolites, or whole cells. The target class shapes the recognition strategy, sample preparation needs, signal generation, and readout design. This range allows the same general development framework to support different biological questions, from detecting molecular material to identifying cellular components in clinical, environmental, or research samples.
They are particularly valuable when rapid, localized information can change an immediate decision or support decentralized sampling. Applications include disease screening, treatment decisions, outbreak monitoring, and research studies conducted outside centralized laboratory settings. Their usefulness depends on matching the assay's target and performance characteristics to the biological question, sample type, and operational conditions of the application.
These assays can provide actionable detection results from clinical, environmental, and research samples, including information about nucleic acids, proteins, metabolites, or whole cells. Rapid turnaround may support timely disease screening, treatment decisions, and outbreak monitoring. In decentralized studies, portable testing can also extend measurements closer to the patient or sample source while preserving attention to analytical performance and usability.