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SPRead Your Antibody Capabilities
By Carina Storrs
Using surface plasmon resonance to improve antibody detection and characterization: four case studies
Bubble Vision
By Edyta Zielinska
Turning a liability into an asset, cryo-electron microscopists exploit an artifact to probe protein structure.
Ants Share Pathogens for Immunity
By Sabrina Richards
A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
TB Screen Glows Green
By Sabrina Richards
Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.
C. diff Infection Source Unclear
By Sabrina Richards
Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
Federal Biosecurity Panel Speaks
By Bob Grant
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explains why it recommended redacting the details of studies reporting on a highly transmissible H5N1 strain.
Arsenic-based Life Challenged Again
By Hannah Waters
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
Top Ten Innovations 2011
By The Scientist Staff
Our list of the best and brightest products that 2011 had to offer the life scientist
