The best assays were validated on biological samples from mice.
On the right, prosecutors and police seek broader authority to take biological samples from individual suspects for DNA analysis.
But last month, Gov. George E. Pataki proposed legislation requiring biological samples from anyone convicted of any state crime, including misdemeanors.
Inside were vials of deactivated biological samples from 78 patients suspected to have Ebola.
CIRCLE researchers have refined laboratory techniques that more sensitively detect and quantify chemical exposures in biological samples from newborns and their mothers.
The Biobank aims to facilitate research toward effective treatments by sharing precious biological samples from people affected by neuromuscular disorders with the international research community.
Because governments are already collecting biological samples from some people -- criminal convicts in some jurisdictions, mere suspects in others -- there is an urgent need to legislate strong safeguards whether or not existing programs are expanded to create a universal database.
We've seen presentations on collecting biological samples from the Arctic Circle, converting street food carts in Singapore into mobile public laboratories, experimental aquaculture in Indonesia, playing Pacman with bacteria and printing DNA with a modified inkjet printer.
One major problem remained — how to keep biological samples from drying out under the microscope, since freezing them introduced ice crystals, which disrupted the electron beam and ruined the images.
Simon Hudson, a technical director at LGC, which tests biological samples from coroners for pathology labs, said carfentanyl or fentanyl had been found in up to 46 cases since March.
The researchers plan to share biological samples from across the Pacific to study tuna population dynamics, which could help to better predict how projected changes in the environment will affect their movement.
