Browsing Biomedical Sciences by Author "Althani, Asma"

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    • Chitosan gold nanoparticles for detection of amplified nucleic acids isolated from sputum 

      Tammam, Salma N.; Khalil, Mahmoud A.F.; Gawad, Eman Abdul; Althani, Asma; Zaghloul, Hosam; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      A platform for nucleic acid detection employing chitosan and chitosan coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) was used as a model target. MTB DNA was extracted from sputum using ...

    • Nanodiagnostics for tuberculosis detection 

      El-Samadony, Hesham; Althani, Asma; Tageldin, Mohamed Awad; Azzazy, Hassan M.E. ( Taylor & Francis , 2017 , Article)
      Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer worldwide. End TB strategy aims at ending the TB epidemic by 2030. Early, accurate, and affordable diagnosis represents a cornerstone to achieve this goal. Innovative ...

    • Qatar genome: Insights on genomics from the Middle East 

      Mbarek, Hamdi; Devadoss Gandhi, Geethanjali; Selvaraj, Senthil; Al-Muftah, Wadha; Badji, Radja; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Despite recent biomedical breakthroughs and large genomic studies growing momentum, the Middle Eastern population, home to over 400 million people, is underrepresented in the human genome variation databases. Here we ...

    • A single tube system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA using gold nanoparticles based FRET assay 

      Amira, Mansour; Tammam, Salma; Althani, Asma; Azzazy, Hassan M.E. ( Elsevier , 2017 , Other)
      The global combat against MTB is limited by challenges in accurate affordable detection. In this study, a rapid, affordable, single tube system for detection of unamplified MTB16s rDNA was developed. Utilizing a AuNP based ...