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Fate of Nanoparticles in Neural Environments
Last Updated Date: 10/12/2012 Our goal is to develop an advanced in vitro system for nano-neurotoxicology that employs neural progenitor cells and tissue-engineering hydrogels. … more
Improved Benchtop Connectivity to Complex Microfluidic Devices
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 Despite their promise to enable high-throughput science and discovery, microfluidic devices have not yet been broadly adopted. An important … more
Cell-based Assay for Mechanistically-based Prediction of Cytoxicity
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 The most commonly used cell-based assays for measuring cytotoxicity often show poor reproducibility, require 24 h to complete, and rely on a … more
SRMs for Organic Contaminants in Human Serum, Milk, and Urine
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 NIST and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are collaborating to develop seven new SRMs to meet the expanding needs for the … more
Development of SRM 955c Lead in Caprine Blood
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Environmental and occupational exposure to toxic metals is assessed through whole blood analysis. Due to advances in measurement technology, … more
Development of SRM 2669 for Accurate Assessment of Arsenic Exposure
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has … more
Development of SRMs for Accurate Assessment of Exposure to Toxic Elements and Anions
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 As part of a multi-year interagency agreement between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Centers for Disease Control … more
Renewal of NIST Benchmark SRMs for Accurate Determinations of Trace Elements in Serum and Liver Tissues
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data on elemental composition of human body fluids and tissues as part of major … more
Measurements and Standards for Contaminants in Biological (Human) Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 For the past 25 years NIST has developed a number of biological fluid and tissue Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) primarily for clinically … more
SRMs for Contaminants in Air Particulate Matter
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 In 1997 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new standards for air particulate matter (PM) as part of the national ambient air … more
Standard Reference Materials for Hexavalent Chromium in Contaminated Soil
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Significant environmental remediation efforts are being conducted to address the hazards posed by the long-term terrestrial disposal of hexavalent … more
Simultaneous Determination of Mercury and Tin Species in Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Methods applicable to the extraction and quantification of mercury and tin species in biological, environmental, and clinical reference materials … more
Certification of Three Soil SRMs for Inorganic Environmental Measurements
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Analysis of soils for metals and other elements is essential in assessing environmental compliance and the impacts of potentially toxic elements … more
Bitter Orange Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Three bitter orange-containing Standard Reference Materials have been developed as part of the Analytical Chemistry Division's program to … more
Multivitamin/Multielement Dietary Supplement SRM
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The Analytical Chemistry Division has produced SRM 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets for use as a control by laboratories making vitamin or … more |
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