INFORMATION FACTORS OF MEDIA INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF STATE POLICY IN THE FIELD OF LEGAL REGULATION OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES.

Unlabelled: The aim of the article is to study the role of information and communication technologies, in particular mass media and social media, in shaping the legal regulation of biomedical activities.

Materials And Methods: The empirical basis of the study is formed by the literary sources of Ukrainian and international scholars, Ukrainian and foreign legislation, as well as materials from media websites and social networks. The article uses general theoretical and special methods of scientific cognition: theoretical analysis, systemic and structural, analysis and synthesis, sociological and statistical, logical and semantic, comparative and legal, method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete, forecasting and generalization.

Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of rat MMP-12.

Macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-12) is implicated in the pathology of many diseases such as emphysema, aortic lesions and cancer. Recently, MMP-12 was cloned and purified from mouse and human macrophages. We report here the expression of the full-length and catalytic domain of rat MMP-12 in Escherichia coli and characterization of the purified enzyme.

Rapid identification of microorganisms by nucleic acid hybridization after labeling the test sample.

A novel method for rapidly identifying microorganisms has been developed. This method employs a monoadduct-forming furocoumarin derivative, which can photochemically label nucleic acids. The labeled nucleic acid can, in turn, be hybridized simultaneously to a panel of immobilized probe DNAs arrayed as dots on a solid support such as nitrocellulose.

Detection of biotinylated nucleic acid hybrids by antibody-coated gold colloid.

A simple and sensitive nonradioactive method for detecting biotinylated nucleic acid hybrids on nitrocellulose paper is described. The method employs anti-biotin antibody-coated gold colloid and silver enhancement. Comparative results indicate sensitivity similar to that of a commonly used enzymatic colorimetric detection method.