Beyond the clinical context: the process of losing oneself living with Huntington's disease.

Background: People with Huntington's disease (HD) have increased functional and cognitive dependence. While numerous clinical, genetic, and therapeutic management studies have been carried out, few studies have investigated the disease from the personal experience and the context of people living with HD. To better serve these patients, our purpose is to understand, from the perspective of the patient and their families, how people with HD cope with their daily lives outside the clinical setting.

Development of a genomic DNA reference material for Salmonella enteritidis detection using polymerase chain reaction.

Several rapid methods based on nucleic acids can detect foodborne pathogens, such as Salmonella spp. However, a common reference that enables metrological traceability among measurement results is not available. Reference materials (RM) are thus key to guarantee methodological comparability.