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DNA Metabarcoding for Heavy Metals at the Ashio Copper Mine
Zak Mason
17 Dec 2021
When the average person says the words "heavy metal", they're probably referring to the genre of music with massive pyrotechnics, loud drums, and vocals that sound like a bag of…
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Automation: The Right Platform for High-Throughput DNA Extraction
Automation: The Right Platform for High-Throughput DNA Extraction
Mohamed Mahrouse
28 Oct 2021
Are you fed up with the amount of samples you need to process manually? Need a solution to improve both your workflow efficiency and scalability? Look no further. Our magnetic bead…
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origami bacteriophages on a laboratory shelf
The Most Spooktacular Virus of All: The Bacteriophage!
Zak Mason
22 Oct 2021
If you have a passing familiarity with biological sciences then you have probably come across the term phage or bacteriophage before. But what exactly do they do? The name itself gives…
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plants in test tubes
Viroids: An Agriculturist's Worst Nightmare
The Norgen Team
27 Sep 2021
Have you ever seen an apple with blotchy skin or an avocado with strange yellow markings? These abnormalities could be the result of the plant suffering from a viroid infection. Viroids are small,…
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 6 min read
urine and blood samples with breast cancer pink ribbon
Early Cancer Detection Using Cell-Free DNA Biomarkers
The Norgen Team
18 Aug 2021
According to the World Health Organization, cancer was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2020 1. With countless individuals dying from breast, lung, colorectal and other forms of cancers daily…
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What is PCR Testing?
What is PCR Testing?
Zak Mason
17 Jun 2021
In the past, diagnoses were limited to what could be observed by an attending physician with their own senses. As one might expect, this resulted in wildly varying levels of patient care and…
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 6 min read
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The Gut Microbiome and its Effects on Human Health
Bassel Arnaout
04 Jun 2021
The human body is capable of wondrous phenomena. Our white blood cells help heal cuts and wounds, our salivary enzymes help break down foods, and our gut microbiome helps us digest nutrients. But did…
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Colorectal Cancer: The Good, the Bad, and the Revolutionary
Colorectal Cancer: The Good, the Bad, and the Revolutionary
Iva Laska
22 Mar 2021
If experts say that colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most preventable and often curable diseases, then why does it still consume 10.2% of all cancer cases globally? In 2020, 26,900 Canadians…
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How to Reduce False Negative SARS-CoV-2 Results with Silicon Carbide
How to Reduce False Negative SARS-CoV-2 Results with Silicon Carbide
The Norgen Team
04 Mar 2021
Is it possible that your COVID-19 workflow is not as accurate as you may think? At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and laboratories scrambled to develop SARS-CoV-2 test kits in mass…
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