What does PCM stand for?

Positive Control Material (nuclear weapons)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

A strong signal was obtained with positive control material in western immunoblots and dot blots that used either antisera to recombinant viral proteins or rat immune sera; no signal was obtained with bird homogenates or uninfected rat brain homogenate.

Novel Borna virus in Psittacine birds with proventricular dilatation ...

Positive control material may be easy to find if the antibody specificity is present in normal tissues; alternately, it may be difficult to find when the antigen is expressed only in certain tumors.

A Practical Approach for Evaluating New Antibodies in the Clinical ...

Laboratories have willingly shared protocols and positive control material with other institutions, enabling qualified diagnostics within weeks alter the primary description of the new virus.

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