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Biology

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Virus by Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
Steven A. David-Jimenez 1, Paola A. Caicedo 1, Maria F. Villegas-Torres 1,2, Natalia Campillo-Pedroza 1,3
1Facultad de Ingeniería, Diseño y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Icesi, 2Centro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas (CIMIC), Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, 3BioDx: Diagnóstico y Soluciones Biotecnológicas S.A.S, Universidad Icesi

Here we provide a complete protocol to standardize and implement the method for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus in human samples by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP). This method, done within 60 min, could be adapted to any laboratory or point-of-care at a low cost and using inexpensive equipment.

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Medicine

Preservation of Porcine Biomodels for the Study of Comparative Human Anatomy
Liliana Valladares-Torres 1, Flavio Edgar Cerón-Betancourth 1, Jose Guillermo Betancourt-Villalobos 2, Angelica Benavidez-Jaramillo 1,3, Sergio Andrés Montenegro-Herrera 1
1Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Icesi, 2Departamento de Salud Pública y Medicina Comunitaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Icesi, 3Translational Research Laboratory in Critical Care Medicine (TransLab-CCM), Universidad Icesi

This article presents a protocol for preserving porcine biomodels. The proposed method involves utilizing a modified Chilean solution with a reduced formalin concentration. The preservation process consists of administering the solution through both repletion and immersion of the specimen, followed by deformolization and tissue softening using glycerin.

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