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Optimizing your ELISA Assays | BMG LABTECH

BMG Labtech

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) are an essential technique in today’s laboratory with many applications in the life sciences. Many proven applications The use of ELISAs has flourished in the life sciences. From food safety to the manufacture of new drugs, ELISAs provide valuable checkpoints and assist in decision making.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

Broad Institute

More bottles on the medicine shelf would help, but Bhattacharyya, who’s now also a research scientist, realized that science might lead to better tools for diagnosing and treating such challenging cases. FROM STARS TO CELLS Bhattacharyya’s interest in science began not in the lab, but in the sky.

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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform

Broad Institute

“Bill Studier’s development of T7 phage RNA polymerase for use in preparing RNA templates for multiple uses in research labs worldwide has been a truly revolutionary technical advance for the entire field of molecular biology,” said Joan Steitz, the Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

Technological advances in genomics and data sciences have the potential to transform how we think about detecting and treating deadly and pervasive diseases like Ebola,” Sabeti said. Since 2007, they’d been studying Lassa fever, an often deadly illness caused by infection with the Lassa virus, which is endemic in West Africa.

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s “Eruption” is Riveting, but with a Shaky Genetic Foundation

PLOS: DNA Science

Not Just a Volcanic Eruption – Sinister Science, Too Spoiler alert! My knowledge of the field is only what I learned in high school earth science and watching Heather barf on the volcano, but I assume his comments are accurate. TMV is a common pathogen used in early molecular biology research. BUT WAIT!!!

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Repurposing FDA-approved drugs may help combat COVID-19

The Pharma Data

. “The SARS-CoV-2 vaccines target the spike protein, but this protein is under strong selection pressure and, as we have seen with Omicron, can undergo significant mutations,” said Joyce Jose, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Penn State. 25) in the journal Communications Biology. .

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Scaling Phage Therapy

Codon

doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-048 The Virus that Cures It’s been over 25 years since the science magazine Discover first ran an extraordinary article about how a long-forgotten medical treatment, used in the former Soviet country of Georgia, could save us from the growing threat of untreatable, drug-resistant infections.

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