Diagnosing Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease where cells similar to the endometrium of the uterus grow elsewhere in the body. We developed several genetic parts that could be used to build a molecular diagnostic for this disease, eliminating exploratory surgery as the primary diagnostic tool. This experiment reflects the data from testing and characterizing these genetic parts. Conclusion: See "New Genetic Tools toward Building a Molecular Diagnostic for Endometriosis" in PLoS ONE. Rainbow Calibration Particles (Spherotech RCP-30-5A) were used to calibrate data between different experimental runs. Used single color florescence controlled under the constitutive promoter hEF1-alpha to standardize data analysis.