Tuskegee University

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Temesgen Samuel

Vijaya K Rangari

Boniface Tiimob

Teshome Yehualaeshet

Vitus Apalangya

Shaik Jeelani

Woubit Salah Abebe

Tsegaye Habtemariam

Woubit Salah Abdela

Khalda Fadlalla

Khaled Aldhami

Sayma Afroj

Gopal Reddy

Tesfaye Serbessa

Disclosed are novel genetic arrays for use in the molecular detection of multipleserovars, common food-borne and water-borne pathogens. The arrays may be used to simultaneously detect multiple food safetyserovars. The multiplex-detection methods have improved sensitivity and specificity for the detection of multiple high-impact food-borne pathogens simultaneously. Real-time PCR assaying techniques using such serovars include microarrays.

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A water filtration system is provided that comprises a combination of two components: silver nanoparticles immobilized on a porous carbon solid matrix and calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles immobilized on the porous carbon solid matrix are prepared in a one-step wet ball milling process that does not use an environmentally hazardous reducing agent or an organic stabilizer. The calcium carbonate in the calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles is preferably isolated from egg shells. The two filter components can be present in any ratio but an approximate 50:50 ratio is preferred. Also provided is an in situ method of preparing silver nanoparticles on active charcoal. Powdered activated charcoal and silver nitrate are mixed together in a mixture of ethanol and water to form a charcoal-silver nitrate solution which is then subjected to ball milling in the presence of polypropylene glycol to produce silver nanoparticles on active charcoal.

Filtration system and methods of using such system for improved water filtration

Methods for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and killing cancer cells are disclosed. Such methods comprise treating cancer cells with an indole compound having the structure of formula (I): wherein R is defined herein.

Anticancer treatment methods involving analogs and derivatives of 3-(2-substituted-ethyl) indole compounds

The invention relates to a method of determining whether a live microbe, such as bacteria, is present in a test sample.

Modification of sample preparation to differentiate live and dead bacteria by polymerase chain reaction assay

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Tuskegee, AL, United States of America

Temesgen Samuel