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Tuberculin

tuberculin

(Science: protein) A protein extracted from the tuberculosis bacteriumMycobacterium tuberculosis. It is used in tests to determine if aperson has been exposed to the bacteria and is in danger of coming down with the disease.


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The Fiber Disease

... Alexander-Jackson (a microbiologist); Irene Diller (a cytologist); and Florence Seibert, a chemist, tuberculosis expert, and inventor of the tuberculin skin test. Their individual and collaborative studies are essential reading to understand the proposed microbiology of cancer."... ---------------------------------------------- ...

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by Skytroll
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Wet Preparation

... the numbing of a sore throat. All three of these preparations require a very small amount of the substance to have an effect on the organisms. A Tuberculin sryinge and needle work well, as does a micro pippette. :) As for chasing them around, most higher end scopes have a mechanical stage or ...

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by Ken Ramos
Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:24 pm
 
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