Articles

Death of a Salesman – How Proteinase K Unlocked the Secret in a Criminal Case

The traveling salesman, 45 and otherwise healthy, had been hospitalized several times already....

Left Out in the Lab: What Reagents Survive Ambient Temperatures?

Leaving your things lying around is something parents have lectured about forever, but the...

Types of ELISA: Processes and Considerations

When it comes to immunological analysis, you can’t forget enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays,...

Unconventional Uses of Microbes: How Bacteria Becomes Art

You don’t usually hear the word “beautiful” when discussin...

Buffers Through Time: How Buffers Progress Alongside Research

Buffers are a class of solution-stabilizing molecules which existed long before contemporary lab t...

“Pipette, cry, repeat” - Advice on material/technical errors in Polymerase Chain Reaction

When you’ve conducted the same reaction a dozen times and the prob...

The Microbiome of the Litter Box, Cats and Human Health

Our increasing awareness of the human microbiome has promoted research on bacteria, fungi, pat...

Sharing with your pets: zoonotic disease and anti-microbial medicines

We normally wouldn’t consider our own pets as risks to our health. When parasites become involved,...

Ancient Family Reunion: PCR Reunites Humans to Ancestors

America’s inhabitation by humans is a discussion among archaeologists with new, compelling and con...