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Features July 2006


Bee

Insect detectives

The powerful sense of smell that insects possess is being put to use in applications from detecting rotten tomatoes to controlling one of the deadliest of diseases in Africa. John ...


Biotage

Working towards a one-stop shop

Acquiring companies across Europe, the US and Japan has given Biotage an enviable range of products and services, coupled with a challenging cultural mix, reports Bea Perks.


Early FDA laboratory

100 years of the FDA

The 1906 pure food and drug act was set up to protect US citizens from unregulated and potentially harmful products. Implementing the regulation has presented the US Food and Drug ...


Biosensor

Biosensors make it big

The biosensor market is expanding rapidly but many new and innovative biosensors will probably never make it to market, reports Jon Evans.


E-AB sensor for cocaine in blood serum

Chemical origami

Sensors with molecular probes that fold around their targets, in combination with electrochemical detection, are being heralded as the ultimate user-friendly 'just add sample' devi...