Abstract: A device configured to receive and insulate a blood bag. The device includes a first side wall and a second side wall coupled to the first side wall and forms a cavity configured to receive the blood bag. The device is in contact with the blood bag over a majority of the surface area of the blood bag. The device also includes a plurality of individual pockets filled with air having a pocket density (e.g., the number of pockets per square centimeter) in a range of about 0.005-50 pockets per square centimeter. The device also includes a defined area absent the pockets with the defined area configured to cover at least a portion of a label on the blood bag such that the label remains human readable.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting, treating, characterizing, and diagnosing cytomegalovirus in mammals using a nested-PCR methodology using specific predesigned primers are described.

Abstract: An encoded recordable medium includes a programmable read only memory adapted to receive a predetermined code, a storage memory, and a connector for electrically connecting the programmable read only memory and the storage memory to a computer. The computer employs the facilities the internet to establish a connection between a content provider and the encoded recordable medium. The content provider first queries the programmable read only memory of the encoded recordable medium to determine if the required code is present. If so, music and other content items are downloaded from the content provider over the internet through the computer and are stored in the storage memory of the encoded recordable medium.