Potensi Formulasi Sediaan Sabun Padat Minyak Kelapa dengan Pengisi Kaolin sebagai Media Pembersih Najis Mughallazah

Qur'an explains najis mughallazah be purified using water as much as 7 times and one of which uses the ground. The addition of clay to the soap helps remove impure DNA attached to the surface of the skin. This study was conducted to determine the effect of an increase in the amount of kaolin and reaction temperature on water content and hardness of soap; determine whether the soap formulas meet the quality requirements of SNI and determine whether the soap formula capable of eliminating the derivatives pig DNA using PCR analysis method. The reaction was designed in 4 reaction temperatures (50ºC - 80ºC), the consistency of kaolin (10% - 20%), 35% NaOH concentration, reaction time 10 minutes and the stirring speed of 250 rpm. The results showed that all variations meet SNI standards. The best results were obtained in 15%; 50ºC and 17.5%; 60ºC. First, rinse the soap can eliminate DNA smeared unclean human hands. DNA washing using water and soap shows the remaining conventional PCR DNA electrophoresis. Kaolin solid soap formulation produced may eliminate DNA and meet the standard SNI 06-3532-2016.

openPFGE: An open source and low cost pulsed-field gel electrophoresis equipment

DNA electrophoresis is a fundamental technique in molecular biology that allows the separation of DNA molecules up to ~50 Kbp. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis [PFGE] is a variation of the conventional DNA electrophoresis technique that allows the separation of very large DNA molecules up to ~10 Mbp. PFGE equipment is very expensive and it becomes an access barrier to many laboratories. Also, just a few privative designs of the equipment are available and it becomes difficult for the community to improve or customize their functioning. Here, we provide an open source PFGE equipment capable of the separation of DNA molecules up to, at least, ~2 Mbp and at low cost: USD$850, about 3% of the price of typical commercial equipment.Specifications table

Establishment of a Multiplex – PCR protocol for detection of Y chromosome microdeletion in Azoospermia male patients

Microdeletion on the Y chromosome is one of the causes that makes men infertile, accounting for 2-10 % of all infertility cases, and occurs frequently at 3 regions of the Ychromosome long arm namely AZFa, AZFb and AZFc (azoospermia factor). Currently, the diagnosis of microdeletion on the Y chromosome is almost mandatory in institutes and centers for infertility diseases before selecting treatment or assisting methods. To detect microdeletion in AZF, SRY and ZFY regions, the current approach is a Multiplex – PCR assay offering by European Academy of Andrology/European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (EAA/ EMQN). However, the drawback of this method is the PCR products posess similar size and then the DNA electrophoresis bands were very close on gels causing the difficult in diagnosis. Therefore, in this study, we have redesigned primer pairs matching with genes that were recommended by EAA/EMQN but the PCR products are clearly different in sizes, making the DNA electrophoresis bands take apart further to facilitate the diagnosis. Besides, we have also created recombinant plasmids carrying the marker genes for the control sample in kits.