The confirmed presence of substandard or falsified anticancer medicines in sub-Saharan Africa will complicate cancer care.
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Here’s how we design a fairer pathology system, fit for the 21st century, with no out-of-pocket costs or the public.
From cancer immunotherapy and antibiotics to GMO crops and pandemic surveillance, gain of function is a cornerstone of basic research.
Lab testing provides doctors with essential information to help them diagnose and treat disease. Here’s what happens behind the scenes after you roll up your sleeve for a blood draw.
Apart from being a jewel of Canada’s culinary heritage, maple syrup has a complex chemical constitution.
A centralized reporting system for laboratory incidents involving dangerous pathogens in biological research does not exist in the US or internationally.
The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.
Many university teaching labs are empty as students have been moved off campus during the pandemic. There are other ways to put theory into practice, at home and online.
Considerable effort has gone into improving laboratory services in many African countries. But the quality of tests is questionable.
They may be single-celled organisms, but as our distant cousins amoeba can tell us a lot about ourselves.
Developing new technologies requires time-consuming, expensive and even dangerous experiments. But now we can carry out many experiments entirely on computers using modelling.
Scientists build on knowledge gained and published by others. How can we know which findings to trust?
In the science world, laboratories are essential but safety precautions should be taken to prevent any incidents like the Ebola outbreak or biochemical attacks.
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Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Histopathology and Tissue Shared Resource, Georgetown University
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Research associate, Cardiff University
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Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University, and Director of the Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Clinical Laboratories, Johns Hopkins University
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Timothy Gould is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate professor in Applied Mathematics, Griffith University
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Distinguished Professor of Physics, La Trobe University
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Biosafety Director and Responsible Official, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer, Physics, La Trobe University
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Associate Vice President of Compliance and Research Administration, University of Nevada, Reno
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University
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Interim Director and Professor of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
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Doctoral Researcher, Sustainable Food Processing, ETH Zurich
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Professeur en chimie organique, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University, University of Pittsburgh