Lab+Life Scientist Apr/May 2020

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Articles from Lab+Life Scientist Apr/May 2020

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AIR FILTRATION FOR LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTS

There are many aspects to consider when maintaining effective air quality and freedom from contamination in laboratory environments

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GENETIC ‘FINGERPRINTS’ BEHIND CANCER DRIVERS IDENTIFIED

Researchers have conducted what is claimed to be the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date

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SECOND PATIENT CURED OF HIV, STUDY CLAIMS

No active viral infection has been detected in the 30 months since the patient stopped antiretroviral therapy (ART

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RAPID DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN FOOD

A new test is capable of detecting Salmonella bacteria in animal products in less than eight hours

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BACTERIA ENGINEERED TO PROTECT BEES FROM COLONY COLLAPSE

The bacteria live in the guts of honey bees and act as biological factories, pumping out medicines protecting the bees against both Varroa mites and deformed wing virus

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BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LIFE ON EARTH ARRIVED LATER THAN WE THOUGHT

A large proportion of the elements that are essential to the formation

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AI PREDICTS WHICH OVARIAN CANCER TREATMENT IS BEST FOR EACH PATIENT

Machine learning software forecasts the survival rates and response to various treatments for each individual patient

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ENSURING TRACEABILITY IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND LABORATORIES

Traceability is now a common part of accreditation systems and business expectations

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PREDICTING AND SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Two recent studies offer potential strategies for predicting the disease’s progression as well as bringing it to a halt

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SCIENTISTS CREATE ATOM-THICK AMORPHOUS FILM

The discovery of monolayer amorphous carbon could settle a decades-old debate of exactly how atoms are arranged in amorphous solids

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