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Tracerco includes award-winning radiation monitors with PEDs to meet all radiation monitoring needs

Leading industrial technology specialist Tracerco, part of the Johnson Matthey group, has added to its range of award winning radiation monitors with a family of Personal Electronic Dosimeters (PEDs), providing a solution for every radiation monitoring need.

29 Jan 2015

Large numbers of boys suffer from cognitive disabilities linked to lead than girls

A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Health provides evidence the female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls, explaining why boys, in greater numbers than girls, are shown to suffer from the cognitive disabilities linked to lead.

24 Jan 2015

Bathing critically ill patients with chlorhexidine wipes does not prevent ICU infections

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have found that bathing critically ill patients with disposable chlorhexidine cloths did not decrease the incidence of health care-associated infections when compared to less expensive nonantimicrobial cloths, according to a study appearing online in JAMA this week.

22 Jan 2015

Porvair Sciences releases 2015 catalogue of tissue culture plastics and epigenetic consumables

Porvair Sciences has released a new 2015 catalogue that describes its popular range of high quality tissue culture treated plastics and consumable products for Epigenetics.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 Dec 2014

Higher human exposure to metal cadmium can lead to shorter telomeres

A new study led by a researcher at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University looks at the metal cadmium and finds that higher human exposure can lead to significantly shorter telomeres, bits of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that are associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other diseases of old age.

11 Dec 2014

New case study assesses immediate, ongoing response to the 9/11 disaster

Fourteen years after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), a case study in the current issue of Annals of Global Health identifies several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, on the health of the WTC-exposed population.

11 Dec 2014

$Children who sustain open bone fractures can heal safely without surgery$

Children who sustain open bone fractures can heal safely without surgery

Many children who sustain so-called open bone fractures in the forearm or lower leg can, and do, heal safely without surgery, according to the results of a small study led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

11 Dec 2014

New way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases, environmental pollutants

MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone.

9 Dec 2014

Drugs we release into the environment significantly affect plant growth, study reveals

The drugs we release into the environment are likely to have a significant impact on plant growth, a new study has revealed.

6 Dec 2014

Dry powdered measles vaccine triggers no adverse side effects in early human testing

A measles vaccine made of fine dry powder and delivered with a puff of air triggered no adverse side effects in early human testing and it is likely effective, according to a paper to be published November 28 in the journal Vaccine.

26 Nov 2014

Automated biospecimen thawing: an interview with Dr Rolf Ehrhardt, CEO of BioCision

Surprisingly, even with decades of cryopreservation research, little progress has been made in the way frozen biospecimens are thawed. It’s still very common for researchers and clinicians to thaw cells and other frozen biological samples in a variety of manual ways ...

25 Nov 2014

University of Chicago obtains GFFS certification from Gluten Intolerance Group

The University of Chicago has received certification from the Gluten Intolerance Group's Gluten-Free Food Service (GFFS) Accreditation Program for its medical center and campus food service operations. The designation makes UChicago one of three medical centers in the United States to carry the accreditation, and the only academic institution to do so for both its hospital and campus facilities.

25 Nov 2014

NJIT, Drexel and Rowan join forces to tackle water problems in the region

Water experts at NJIT, Drexel University and Rowan University are joining forces to tackle the increasingly complex challenges affecting water resources in the region, from shrinking supplies, to industrial contamination, to climate change.

13 Nov 2014

Denmark researchers calculate the real burden of foodborne infections

Campylobacter is the foodborne bacteria that contributes most to the burden of disease in Denmark. This is the finding of a study from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, which for the first time in Denmark ranks three foodborne bacteria according to the burden of disease they impose on society as a whole.

13 Nov 2014

Study reveals the origin of world's AIDS pandemic

A study published in Science magazine reveals for the first time where, when and how the world's AIDS pandemic originated. Thanks to a statistical analysis of all the genetic data available on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), an international research team has just confirmed that the scourge broke out in 1920 in Kinshasa, the capital of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

13 Nov 2014

BioCision announces ThawSTAR™ automated sample thawing system

BioCision, LLC, a leader in advanced products to improve biospecimen handling and standardization, today announced the availability of ThawSTAR™ automated sample thawing system, a breakthrough technology that addresses the “last mile” in the cryopreservation process. Utilizing the patent-pending STAR™ adaptive sensing technology for rapid and standardized thawing and recovery of cells and other biospecimens, ThawSTAR system tailors the thaw cycle to the specific characteristics of each frozen sample.

12 Nov 2014

Research shows that copper could help to prevent Ebola spread

Research from the University of Southampton has indicated that copper could help to prevent the spread of Ebola.

30 Oct 2014

Biology influences political ideology, find Virginia Tech scientists

Maggot infestations, rotting carcasses, unidentifiable gunk in the kitchen sink – how much your brain responds to disgusting images could predict whether you are liberal or conservative.

30 Oct 2014

Johns Hopkins to lead, design interactive Web-based Ebola training program

Johns Hopkins Medicine has been tasked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a group and to design an interactive Web-based learning program that guides health care workers, nurses and physicians through government-approved protocols to aid clinicians as they provide care to patients who may be at risk of contracting the Ebola virus.

27 Oct 2014

Medicinal plant market goes untested for health hazards, shows study

Medicinal plant market goes untested for health hazards, according to a recent study published in journal Fungal Biology

24 Oct 2014

Contamination News and Research

Tracerco includes award-winning radiation monitors with PEDs to meet all radiation monitoring needs

Large numbers of boys suffer from cognitive disabilities linked to lead than girls

Bathing critically ill patients with chlorhexidine wipes does not prevent ICU infections

Porvair Sciences releases 2015 catalogue of tissue culture plastics and epigenetic consumables

Higher human exposure to metal cadmium can lead to shorter telomeres

New case study assesses immediate, ongoing response to the 9/11 disaster

Children who sustain open bone fractures can heal safely without surgery

New way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases, environmental pollutants

Drugs we release into the environment significantly affect plant growth, study reveals

Dry powdered measles vaccine triggers no adverse side effects in early human testing

Automated biospecimen thawing: an interview with Dr Rolf Ehrhardt, CEO of BioCision

University of Chicago obtains GFFS certification from Gluten Intolerance Group

NJIT, Drexel and Rowan join forces to tackle water problems in the region

Denmark researchers calculate the real burden of foodborne infections

Study reveals the origin of world's AIDS pandemic

BioCision announces ThawSTAR™ automated sample thawing system

Research shows that copper could help to prevent Ebola spread

Biology influences political ideology, find Virginia Tech scientists

Johns Hopkins to lead, design interactive Web-based Ebola training program

Medicinal plant market goes untested for health hazards, shows study

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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