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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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MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy’s longterm plan for dealing with material contaminated with plutonium and heavier elem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Cannabis Sciences
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Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2015Plants & Animals
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If you want your children to reap the benefits of a more responsive immune system, teach them about altruistic giving.Written By: Will HectorJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 22, 2015Health & Medicine
Vision is by far one of the most important senses that we use every day. While many of us don't have 20/20 vision, a sim ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 13, 2013Chemistry & Physics
One of the most difficult aspects about nanotechnology advancements is integrating laboratory achievements into real-wor ...MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy’s longterm plan for dealing with material contaminated with plutonium and heavier elem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Cannabis Sciences
Almost one-third of epilepsy patients suffer from a treatment-resistant form. Their condition is associated with severe ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 09, 2015Videos
Lab mice are critical to science. They are used as a way to test out new drugs and to carry out other scientific tests i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2015Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Fire safety is serious business especially in schools. While many families have designed escape plans and meeting places ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronauts setting up a colony on the moon, or Mars, or some other planetary body will have a lot of tasks to perform. A ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
When song birds detect a threat they make an alarm call called a seet call. It’s named that because that’s b ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 05, 2015Immunology
If you want your children to reap the benefits of a more responsive immune system, teach them about altruistic giving.Written By: Will HectorJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 22, 2015Health & Medicine
Vision is by far one of the most important senses that we use every day. While many of us don't have 20/20 vision, a sim ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
BERKELEY -
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 13, 2013Chemistry & Physics
One of the most difficult aspects about nanotechnology advancements is integrating laboratory achievements into real-wor ...
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