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Creating a Safe Lab Environment: Ergonomic Solutions

LaNiesha Littleton, OTR/L, MBA (C), Tom Bentivegna

Here are several effective ways to reduce the risk of workplace injuries in your clinical laboratory

Kewaunee’s acquisition of NuAire brings together two names in laboratory furnishings.

NuAire Joins Kewaunee, Creating a Larger Presence in the Lab Furniture and Biocontainment Markets

NuAire, Kewaunee Scientific

Acquisition will focus on expertise and innovation for diagnostics and healthcare customers

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Report Calls for Regulation to Protect Children from the Dangers of Chemicals and Plastics

Boston College

Few legal or policy constraints apply to the global chemical inventories of an estimated 350,000 products, according to the Consortium for Children’s Environmental Health

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Improving Indoor Air Quality in Clinical Laboratories: Best Practices for Safety and Compliance

Michael Schubert, PhD

A guide to indoor air quality in the clinical lab—understanding the hazards, monitoring risk, and taking action to prevent issues

An illustration of the chemical fingerprinting process at work on a common pesticide. Each peak in the graph indicates a different combination of carbon isotopes bonded to fluorine, as measured by the NMR instrument. The pattern gives the molecule its fingerprint.

Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked via Carbon Fingerprinting

University of Texas at Austin

The new method could help authorities trace forever chemicals to their source after they end up in aquifers, waterways, or soil

A female clinician holds a pink ribbon in front of the lens symbolizing breast cancer awareness.

Selective PARP Inhibitor Improves Survival in Breast Cancer Trial

American Association for Cancer Research

Saruparib has higher selectivity for PARP1, improving safety and tolerability compared to existing first-gen PARP inhibitors

A gloved hand holds a syringe and a vial labeled Typhoid Fever Vaccine.

Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Candidate Gets WHO Prequalification

International Vaccine Institute

Per the WHO, an estimated 11–20 million typhoid fever cases occur worldwide every year, resulting in 120,000–160,000 deaths

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ACMG Recommends Deeper Research on PGT-P Safety, Efficacy

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

The College highlights the need for further studies to establish the clinical utility of polygenic risk scores in genetic testing

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WHO to Develop A Guideline for Trans and Gender-Diverse People’s Health

World Health Organization

New guideline will provide interventions to increase access and equitable utilization of quality health services

3D illustration showing mRNA molecules on a tablet device surrounded by vectors of a syringe, vials, magnifying lens, and human DNA helix.

Realizing the Promise of mRNA Tech to Revolutionize Global Health

Drew Burch, MBA

Biopharmaceutical perspective on how the past, present, and future of mRNA technology will impact health care

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