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Hitting the spot

July 17, 2007
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In the post genomic era new techniques seemed to appear overnight and many disappeared just as quickly. Here we discover how microarray spotting robots have survived – just.
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Man or mouse

July 10, 2007
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When it comes to understanding and modeling human disease, clinical chemistry of the mouse has proved crucial. Here Tertius Hough tells us how this humble rodent can unlock the functional...
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Medical technology – a question of convergence

July 3, 2007
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As the initial group of students complete their projects at the UK's first medical device doctoral training centre we take a look at some of the top devices coming out...
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An explosive solution

July 1, 2007
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By their very nature explosives are difficult to analyse in a laboratory setting. But as Christopher Borton and Loren Olson explain – there is a fast and accurate way of...
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The major pitfalls of microarray analysis

June 20, 2007
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In the second of a two part series we give you the low down on the final five most common problems that can arise when interpreting DNA microarray results
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Locum lifelines

June 15, 2007
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The use of locum workers within UK laboratories has become commonplace over recent years and as a result they are now a vital resource. Barry Hill talks to a spokesperson...
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Time for change

June 13, 2007
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The spiraling cost of developing drugs is due, in part, to time spent assessing compounds that subsequently fail. High-content screening is an established technology that has the potential to deliver...
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Creating the right atmosphere

June 11, 2007
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Technical developments have brought anaerobic culture systems within reach of all clinical microbiology laboratories, yet they vary in their capacities to isolate and identify anaerobes. Here Steve Robertson considers the...
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Blood, sweat and tears – GC/MS in forensic toxicology

June 7, 2007
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When it comes to forensic toxicology, it's all about separating and identifying poisons from a wide range of biological samples – and it is a laboratory favourite that has proved...
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Keeping it clean with chlorine

June 5, 2007
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Widely used since the 1950's, with the advantage that bacteria, fungi and viruses do not build up a natural resistance to it - the disinfecting properties of chlorine dioxide could...
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Designing facilities for NMR spectroscopy

June 1, 2007
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More and more organisations are seeing the benefit of installing NMR facilities, a move that can present many design challenges for the buildings that house them
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Particle image analysis – shaping up to the future

May 29, 2007
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From diamond abrasives to the perfect glass of whisky – there is a lot riding on particle image analysis. Here, Graham Rideal keeps us in the picture with this rapidly...
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