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A surface treatment is applied to the surface of a material in effort to enhance functions. Surface treatments are often applied to metal to prevent rust, wear and tear, or even for decoration. Surface treatments can be classified as removal or additive processes.
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AUG 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause ...JUL 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a ...JUL 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a world of new-age smart medicine and implantables, doctors at Tufts University have achieved a first that surpasses ...JUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California ...JUL 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg described a new type of cell located in the intestine. These so-called senti ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 12, 2016Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 27, 2016Immunology
T cells are the body’s natural fleet of cancer-attacking lymphocytes, but in recent years scientists have found a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For couples who have trouble conceiving naturally, assisted reproductive techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF) ma ...JUN 08, 2016Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2016Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 27, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells adapt cunning ways to evade death. In a new instance, researchers have found yet another hiding place: the ...MAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 12, 2016Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Immunology
Findings Could Guide Development of Treatments for Lassa Fever For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research In ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 29, 2016Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre ...APR 19, 2016Cancer
Efficacy issues have always plagued cancer treatments. It’s estimated that as little as 0.001 and 0.01 percent of ...APR 11, 2016Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved ...APR 01, 2016Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 19, 2016Health & Medicine
I write about depression and mood disorders pretty frequently on LabRoots and that is because it is an issue I am truly ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
AUG 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause
...
JUL 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a
...
JUL 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a world of new-age smart medicine and implantables, doctors at Tufts University have achieved a first that surpasses
...
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California
...
JUL 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg described a new type of cell located in the intestine. These so-called senti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 12, 2016
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 27, 2016
Immunology
T cells are the body’s natural fleet of cancer-attacking lymphocytes, but in recent years scientists have found a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For couples who have trouble conceiving naturally, assisted reproductive techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF) ma
...
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2016
Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 27, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells adapt cunning ways to evade death. In a new instance, researchers have found yet another hiding place: the
...
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 12, 2016
Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Immunology
Findings Could Guide Development of Treatments for Lassa Fever For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research In
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre
...
APR 19, 2016
Cancer
Efficacy issues have always plagued cancer treatments. It’s estimated that as little as 0.001 and 0.01 percent of
...
APR 11, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved
...
APR 01, 2016
Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
I write about depression and mood disorders pretty frequently on LabRoots and that is because it is an issue I am truly
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich