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Lab Safety
Lab Safety: includes safety training and enforcement of laboratory safety policies, safety review of experimental designs, the use of personal protective equipment, and the use of the buddy system for particularly risky operations, etc.. Many laboratories contain significant risks, and the prevention of laboratory accidents requires great care and constant vigilance. Examples of risk factors include high voltages, high and low pressures and temperatures, corrosive and toxic chemicals, and biohazards including infective organisms and their toxins.
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NOV 16, 2020Cancer
Modern medicine relies on careful study and isolation of compounds or proteins, but many studies point to natural herbal ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Statistics show that just 1 in 5,000 drug candidates ever makes it from the lab to the pharmacy. In a process that can t ...Sponsored By: Charles RiverAUG 31, 2020Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat bipolar disorder and hearing loss may also treat COVID-19 tha ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A common and often dangerous side-effect of antiplatelet medications is an increase in bleeding. As such, researchers at ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 01, 2020Health & Medicine
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to the Alzheimer's Organization. When t ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUN 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Neuro-pharmaceutical company, MindMed, has announced that it will begin a double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinic ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Following the emergency use authorization given to Remdesivir on May 1, Gilead Sciences has announced that it will condu ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
DMT is a powerful psychedelic drug known to produce visions involving 'other beings' like elves, aliens, and dei ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Massachusetts, has released information on its vaccine against COVID-19 from i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers have developed an open-source and customizable microscope that can be 3D-printed for only $18.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Forensic scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are relying on color to see the sprea ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 17, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products are increasingly used to treat chronic pain from arthritis. As its non psychoactive ingredient, cannab ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2020Cannabis Sciences
In times of high anxiety, uncertainty and home quarantine, stocking up on cannabis in legal states seems almost as popul ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The bacterium Escherichia coli comes in many forms, and researchers have used a harmless strain of it to redesign how th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2020Immunology
Years of work and over $100 million in study costs have been abandoned after an HIV-vaccine tested in South Africa faile ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 06, 2020Health & Medicine
BPA—bisphenol A—is an industrial chemical used in a wide range of everyday consumer products. From food and ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
NOV 16, 2020
Cancer
Modern medicine relies on careful study and isolation of compounds or proteins, but many studies point to natural herbal
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Statistics show that just 1 in 5,000 drug candidates ever makes it from the lab to the pharmacy. In a process that can t
...
Sponsored By:
Charles River
AUG 31, 2020
Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat bipolar disorder and hearing loss may also treat COVID-19 tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A common and often dangerous side-effect of antiplatelet medications is an increase in bleeding. As such, researchers at
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 01, 2020
Health & Medicine
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to the Alzheimer's Organization. When t
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUN 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Neuro-pharmaceutical company, MindMed, has announced that it will begin a double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinic
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Following the emergency use authorization given to Remdesivir on May 1, Gilead Sciences has announced that it will condu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
DMT is a powerful psychedelic drug known to produce visions involving 'other beings' like elves, aliens, and dei
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Massachusetts, has released information on its vaccine against COVID-19 from i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers have developed an open-source and customizable microscope that can be 3D-printed for only $18.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Forensic scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are relying on color to see the sprea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 17, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products are increasingly used to treat chronic pain from arthritis. As its non psychoactive ingredient, cannab
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
In times of high anxiety, uncertainty and home quarantine, stocking up on cannabis in legal states seems almost as popul
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The bacterium Escherichia coli comes in many forms, and researchers have used a harmless strain of it to redesign how th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2020
Immunology
Years of work and over $100 million in study costs have been abandoned after an HIV-vaccine tested in South Africa faile
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 06, 2020
Health & Medicine
BPA—bisphenol A—is an industrial chemical used in a wide range of everyday consumer products. From food and
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet