Bioscience & Health Standard Reference Materials Programs & Projects

Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more

Huntington disease is a neurodegenerative disease of midlife onset that produces choreic movements and cognitive decline, often accompanied by … more

NIST has produced several PCR-based DNA Profiling Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for the forensic community. The primary uses of these … more

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is commonly carried by the general population (50% to 80%). After the initial infection the virus generally remains latent in … more

NIST has organized the "Genome in a Bottle Consortium" to develop the reference materials, reference data, and reference methods needed … more

An important determinant of cellular response to drugs and toxins is the chemical and physical nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM) to which … more

Our goal is to develop advanced measurement tools and standards for measuring polymer scaffold properties and their impact on biological … more

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is responsible for an evaluated, tandem mass spectral library as an extension of the … more

The Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program , coordinated by the Chemical Sciences Division, supports measurement technology for … more

For the past 25 years NIST has developed a number of biological fluid and tissue Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) primarily for clinically … more

Our goal is to provide measurement methods and reference materials to facilitate the rational design of polymeric dental materials, thus enabling … more