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Life Science and Medicine

Flow Cytometry

What is Flow Cytometry? Flow cytometry is a technique employed to analyze cells in a solution allowing researchers to obtain very specific information regarding the chemical and physical characteristics of cells, such as their size, count, cycle, etc. The solution...

FDA Cancer Screening Test Warning

Biological Purity | Potency Assays

Biological purity and potency assays are procedures used by laboratories studying medicine, pharmacology, or other biological process, to assess or measure the presence of a substance, referred to as an analyte, whether it be a drug, a cell, or another organism....

Proteomic Profile Techniques

Proteomics is a part of molecular biology that studies proteins. A proteome is a set of proteins that are either produced or modified by an organism and proteomics helps us understand things like the structure and function of the protein in an organism. The first...

Liposome Research and Testing

Looking for liposome research? According to the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) Guidance Document entitled "Liposome Drug Products", a liposome is a microvesicle composed of a bilayer of lipid amphipathic molecules enclosing an aqueous compartment.  It...

Biomechanics

Biomechanics is a large branch of science covering a wide spectrum of testing from how cells work, to how the human body moves, with a focus on learning more about how mechanical physics and engineering affect movement and body tissues. A common use or application...

What is Ames Testing?

The Ames test is an assay used throughout the world using bacteria to detect chemical substances that are known to cause DNA damage resulting in gene mutations. Testing is performed on substances from chemicals to new drugs. If the test results a positive, the...

What is a HSV Virus?

HSV, or the Herpes Simplex Virus, is a viral infection causing cold sores or blisters usually on the mouth or genitals.  Infections are categorized by the area of the body infected. HSV-1, also known as oral herpes causes blisters on the face usually around the...

Fungus Testing and Analysis

Are you looking for Fungus Testing and Analysis? Today, Contract Laboratory received a request for fungus testing and analysis from a disinfectant manufacturer needing a Microbiology Laboratory needed for microbial efficacy testing of anti-microbial solution...

Testing for Bisphenol A (BPA)

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins found in various consumer products, including food containers, water bottles, and thermal paper receipts. Due to its potential health risks, such as...

What is CRISPR?

CRISPR is said to be "an easy, cheap, and very precise way to edit the DNA of living cells". It's said to be a "game-changer" in genetic engineering. CRISPR is an acronym that stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat. CRISPR technology...

Glycolysis Research Study Testing

Today, Contract Laboratory received a Test Request from a Pharmaceutical Company needing a preclinical contract research organization for  glycolysis research study testing as part of a clinical trial. Glycolysis is the first step in cellular respiration, a process...

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