(Seattle—July 23, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is awarding over $888,000 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to research how climate change has impacted food and water security in remote ...
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The International Plant Protection Convention has developed a new standard, which stipulates how wood packaging material used in international trade should be treated prior to export. The new International Standards for Phytosanitary ...
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To kill these bacteria , while reducing the ability of human cells , cigarettes , as an alternative to a healthy electronic cigarette in the laboratory studies , and drug resistance , the manufacturer is potentially Despite being touted the ...
Food microbiology laboratories can now confidently test to a recognized standard for Salmonella species with the Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species Assay, which has been granted an NF validation certificate by AFNOR Certification ...
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Norix Furniture, a provider of durable furniture products for more than 30 years, now provides a solution for facilities that are in need of mattresses that stand up to the wear and tear of continuous use that often causes the breakdown of ...
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Norix Furniture, a provider of durable furniture products for more than 30 years, now provides a solution for facilities that are in need of mattresses that stand up to the wear and tear of continuous use that often causes the breakdown of ...
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The issue of food safety has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years but despite huge improvements, some concerns and problems still persist. Fears about our food are moving away from issues about ensuring an adequate supply and ...
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PrimusLabs has selected Roka Bioscience's Atlas System, an automated molecular system for food pathogen detection. The company will install the pathogen detection system at its microbiological laboratories in California, Arizona, and ...
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Scientists who study past pandemics, such as the 14th century Black Death that devastated much of Europe, might soon be turning to an innovative biological detection technology for some extra help. The apparent first use of this ...
Tags: Ancient Human Remains, Microbial Detection, Array Detects Plague
A study looking at pathogen transmission during the translocation of endangered western ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) has provided an insight into assessing the disease risk for populations. The research from Murdoch ...
Organ transplant patients routinely receive drugs that stop their immune systems from attacking newly implanted hearts, livers, kidneys or lungs, which the body sees as foreign. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine ...
A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics were used in medicine. They publish their findings ahead of ...
Discovery by North Carolina researchers described at biophysical society meeting may advance development of vaccines to fight global, mosquito-borne scourge Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, ...
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Noble Biomaterials, the manufacturer of X-STATIC antimicrobial technology, has announced a call for research proposals to generate hard evidence supporting the need for soft surface bacterial management in healthcare settings. The call ...
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As maddening as it is to see litter and other castoff remains of modern civilization in the wild, certain items can be can be a welcome find in a survival situation. One of the most enduring and useful trash items is the beer bottle, which ...
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