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Leveraging Pseudoviruses in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The incredible efforts of scientists and public health agencies worldwide in response to SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in the emergency use authorization and rapid deployment of antibody-based countermeasures, including therapies and vaccines. Their effectiveness is typically measured in a neutralization assay, however, biosafety restrictions make working with SARS-CoV-2 challenging. We take a look at how pseudovirus may offer an alternative tool.

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Free Your ICP-MS Workflow From Common Time Traps

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Discover how you can escape the unproductive and often unnecessary activities that may be impacting your lab. For more information please visit our 7850 ICP-MS Product page - www.agilent.com/chem/7850icpms

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The Evolving Problem of Microplastics in a PPE Era

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Microplastics are now ubiquitous in our lives and environment. To compound the problem, the advent of COVID-19 has seen uptake of single-use plastics in the form of personal protective equipment (PPE) skyrocket. We spoke to Kathleen A. Young about how the microplastics issue has evolved in light of COVID-19, particularly around PPE waste and what gains are being made in the areas of testing and analysis standards.

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Microplastic Analysis and the Future Detection Landscape

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The full impact that microplastics have on health and the environment is still not well understood, however, mounting evidence regarding their negative effects has made microplastics a topic of interest for scientists, governments and regulatory bodies. We spoke to Kathleen A. Young about microplastics detection techniques and technologies, the importance of standards and how regulations may come to fruition in the years to come.

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Starving Brain Tumor Cells To Treat Medulloblastoma

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Preclinical research using human tissue samples, human cell lines and mice has revealed that inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), a naturally occurring compound, inhibits medulloblastoma and can be combined with chemotherapy to kill tumor cells.

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Denmark To Suspend Rollout of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
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The Danish Health Authority has decided to continue its vaccination programme against COVID-19 without the vaccine from AstraZeneca.

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The FDA Calls for Pausing the Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have recommended pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, Janssen has declared that it will "proactively delay" the rollout of the vaccine in Europe.

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Joyful Screams Processed by the Brain Faster than Screams of Fear or Anger
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The human scream signals more than fear of imminent danger or entanglement in social conflicts. Screaming can also express joy or excitement. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that non-alarming screams are even perceived and processed by the brain more efficiently than their alarming counterparts.

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Beast Machines and Hallucination Networks: Anil Seth Discusses Consciousness at BNA 2021

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The basis of our consciousness has perplexed experienced researchers, esteemed thinkers and the rest of humanity for several thousand years. At the British Neuroscience Association’s 2021 Festival of Neuroscience, University of Sussex Professor Anil Seth used his plenary lecture to dive deeper into new perspectives in our scientific approach to consciousness.

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Stay Up-to-Date With COVID-19 Drug Development
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Researchers are working tirelessly to design new drugs and repurpose existing drugs against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Could Biobanks Be the Currency for an Innovation Economy?
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Until now, biobanks have primarily operated as standalone innovation centers, evolving their own methods of best practice to protect and regulate human material storage and use. Now, biobanks are at a turning point.

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Teach Me in 10 Hub Page
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At Technology Networks we understand the importance of time. That's why we've launched Teach Me in 10 a video series that challenges scientists to present and summarize their research area, a scientific concept, or technology in ten minutes or less.

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