[The kit of reagents for polymerase chain reaction diagnostic of infections caused by B. pertussis, B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica].

The effective treatment of whooping cough directly depends of early diagnostics. The polymerase chain reaction diagnostic is the most perspective diagnostic technique. The kit of reagents is developed to diagnose whooping cough, parapertussis and bronchosepticosis with polymerase chain reaction.

[Model genetic system for analysis of attachment of HeT-A elements to terminal deletions in Drosophila melanogaster].

Telomeres of Drosophila consist of multiple copies of LINE-like transposable elements. These elements are assigned to two classes, HeT-A and TART. They are attached to terminal deletions at their 3' end, thus compensating for the absence of telomerase in Drosophila cells.

[Comparative analysis of semiotic shifts, established by LCS of blood plasma from random samples of studied subjects from the zone of the Chernobyl accident, "Ural Radiation Trace", and collaborators from St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences].

Using the developed "semiotic" classifier of laser correlation spectra of blood plasma the authors have carried out the verification of organism states of patients from the zone of Chernobyl accident, "Ural radiation trace" and collaborators from Sanct-Petersbourg Institute of Nuclear Physics. An analysis of results obtained using accidental selections which differed as to the character of radiation injury evidences for high informativeness of "semiotic" classifier of laser correlation spectra of blood plasma.

[The level of serum thymic activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus].

Thymic serum activity (TSA) has been studied in 52 healthy subjects, 48 rheumatoid arthritis patients and 17 sufferers with systemic lupus erythematosus aged from 18 to 70. TSA was compared in patients under and over 40 years. In those under 40 TSA appeared significantly inhibited, while in older subjects it did not differ from age-matched control.