Journal: Malaria Journal

Article Title: Malaria and the ‘last’ parasite: how can technology help?

doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2408-0

Figure Lengend Snippet: Specifications of recently-entered market* technologies for malaria diagnosis. table based on information contained in Ref [ 38 ]

Article Snippet: Truelab , Molbio, 2013 , A quantitative micro PCR platform containing all equipment and reagents needed for point-of-care applications , Using the proprietary magnetic nanoparticles to capture DNA , n/a , < 60 min , Whole blood , n/a , , , n/a , A customised micro printer is available , n/a.

Techniques: Biomarker Discovery, Control, Microscopy, Battery, Lateral Flow Assay, Software, Diagnostic Assay, DNA Amplification, Fluorescence, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Article Title: Platforms for Single-Cell Collection and Analysis

doi: 10.3390/ijms19030807

Figure Lengend Snippet: Overview of commercially available instruments for single-cell collection and analysis.

Article Snippet: Extra , Intensive support, 10x Community , Sample chilling, cell and beads stirrer, controllable parameters , Early access program—intensive user support , Product from industry leaders, expertize, scalable (kits for different starting number of cells) , Detect mutation co-occurrence, Characterize rare subclones down to 1% , Automated cell counting, archiving, subsampling, promised upgrade to simultaneous protein-detection , Cell selection combined with high throughput , Automatic workflow, staining, library prep, cell stimulation , Established WGA/WTA protocols using Repli-G kit of Qiagen and the AMPLI-1 kit of Silicon Biosystems , CellRaft System for Inverted Microscopes, QIAscout (Qiagen) , Established WGA/WTA protocols using own kits , Customizable, common labware, various harvest modules.

Techniques: Single-cell Analysis, Cell Analysis, Control, Selection, Mutagenesis, Cell Counting, High Throughput Screening Assay, Staining, Cell Stimulation