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Neurology Research Turning the Tide of Opioid Abuse
Drug overdoses now kill Americans at a faster rate than car accidents, with opioid abuse largely to blame. Almost 100 Americans die each day from overdoses of heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, […]
University Microbiology Research Fights Unseen Battles
From Chagas disease to antibiotic resistant bacteria, Priorclave’s customers are doing important research in modern disease. Battling Antibiotic Resistance at the DNA Level The Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology […]
“Faculty Phenotyping” for New Levels of Flexibility in Interdisciplinary Lab Design
“Interdisciplinary” is the buzz word of 21st-century scientific research. But it’s not as simple as putting a chemist, a biologist, and an engineer in the same room to work. Each […]
The Most Brutal Threat to American Food Production
The news can talk a blue streak about GMOs and honey bee colony collapse, but the major 21st Century threat to agricultural production and food security is a problem as […]
Taking on Zoonotic Disease
As global populations (and population density) climb, industrialized animal farming becomes all the more vital—and all the more risky, making both animals and people more vulnerable to infection. Scientists […]
Rare Disease in Dogs Helps Us Better Understand Ourselves
Sometimes your pet is sick and you don’t know why. They can’t tell you. They might show you in vague ways, such as eating less, sleeping more, scratching too much, […]
Has Your School Built a LEED-Certified Lab Yet?
Many university labs are faced with the debate to build new or renovate. Buildings that predate the 1990s can be an uphill battle for lab renovations, given low ceilings, small […]
Don’t Flush Your Lab’s Budget — Recycle Water to Save Money
Labs that use animals in their research do A LOT of cage washing — and that’s not just water down the drain, but money too. Ditto with single pass water […]
A Gram of Prevention for Laboratories
Accidents happen! But when they happen in a lab, the damage can be disastrous. An emergency response guide with step-by-step procedures for handling common issues is de rigueur these days. […]
Coming Clean: Universities Reduce Carbon
Universities are racing to reduce carbon. Solutions can be costly, but leading institutions are doubling down on their reputations for progressive solutions and showing us what can be done — […]
Conservation for the People, By the People, In the Lab
People want to know: what’s in it for me? It’s almost painfully obvious, but a new study finds that conservation efforts without consideration for the impact on people results in […]
The FDA Goes to Bat for Public Health
Major American food manufacturer ConAgra was slapped with the US\’s largest criminal food safety fine on December 13, 2016. ConAgra has been ordered to pay an $8 million fine and […]