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31 March 2021 The liver is one of the organs most susceptible to drug toxicity and drug induced liver injury (DILI). DILI is a major cause of drug attrition, with more than 750 FDA approved drugs known to have a degree of DILI risk. There are a number of strategies to de-risk DILI in drug discovery and, in recent years, focus has turned to human in vitro 3D liver models to better predict DILI in early and pre-clinical development. These models culture primary human liver cells, often in co...

AUSTIN, Texas — The head of an independent team assigned to unravel the root cause behind systemic violence and sexual assaults plaguing Fort Hood told Congress this week that the

GEORGE TOWN: The mobile phone of a 21-year-old girl from Nibong Tebal who fell from the balcony of a flat in Relau here will be sent to the Bukit Aman forensics department. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the contents of the phone will be analysed to trace the last call made by the victim. “We received a distress call at around 7.20am on Monday (March 15) saying that there was a girl who fell from flats in Paya Terubong. “According to the uncle of the deceased, he and his wi...

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The science behind today's petition to pardon Kathleen Folbigg has been peer reviewed. Here's what it says.

26 February 2021 Twenty-seven GC-amenable pesticides and their isomers regulated in the cannabis industry in North America stand out as challenging to analyze using liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (TQ LC/MS) with electrospray ionization (ESI). In this application note, Agilent Technologies outlines a complete workflow that achieves required limits of detection (LOD), limits of quantitation (LOQ), accuracy, and precision defined by the California Bureau of Cannabis Cont...

For 35 years Dee Dee Hawk was solving unusual mysteries like whether a captured grizzly bear was guilty of attacking a human. Sometimes using only scraps of evidence, she helped

16 February 2021 Elemental analysis with traditional EDS (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) runs on a dedicated hardware and software system. This requires constant switching between two separate operating platforms, usually navigating through complex workflows to get to the answer. In this application note, discover how the Thermo Scientific™ ColorSEM™ Technology can overcome this, delivering new levels of speed, convenience, and insight during SEM EDS analysis. Download it below to le...

(2) Eurofins Scientific, a global scientific testing Group has brought together its UK laboratories across multiple disciplines to work together to facilitate increased direct to consumer COVID-19 testing, significantly increasing the UKs current testing capacity. The combined resources of Eurofins Forensics, Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics and Eurofins Food Water Testing will facilitate up to 350,000 tests per week, made available to the general public via home test kits. The move wi...

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