Beasley Waller

Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) has been the standard for nucleic acid quantification as it has a large dynamic range and good sensitivity. Digital PCR is rapidly supplanting qPCR in many applications as it provides excellent quantitative precision. However, both techniques require extensive sample preparation, and highly multiplexed assays that…[Read more]

Patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease treated with amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS) at 2 clinics in the United States were surveyed to assess the frequency and management of ALIS-associated respiratory adverse events. Most respondents experienced these events, but management through physician-guided measures (eg,…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Post-apartheid, understanding and management of intellectual disability remain poor in South Africa, complicated by various contextual and cultural explanations used to describe and conceptualize this condition. METHOD We conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with primary caregivers and parents of children with intellectual disability…[Read more]

OBJECTIVE to identify funding demands in the light of CNPq’s knowledge subareas, as well as data on researchers and research groups, their distribution in the regions and their approximation with health research priorities of the Ministry of Health and the new knowledge tree framework of the area. METHOD a descriptive study developed with data…[Read more]