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Retinal Pigment Epithelium on nanofiber scaffold

New Public-Private Partnership to Develop Standards for Regenerative Medicine

October 26, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with the Standards Coordinating Body for Gene, Cell and Regenerative Medicines and Cell-based

This electron micrograph shows an oral squamous cancer cell being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells.

NIST Releases New 'Family' of Standardized Genomes

September 16, 2016

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—With the addition of four new reference materials (RMs) to a growing collection of “measuring sticks” for gene sequencing, the National

Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green.

NIST and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Help Ensure Accurate Clinical Measurements of HER2 Breast Cancer Gene

August 17, 2016

A new measurement standard developed by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) has been used successfully by the Frederick National Laboratory

A Call for Developing—and Using—Consensus Standards to Ensure the Quality of Cell Lines

June 14, 2016

Mainstays of biomedical research, permanent lines of cloned cells are used to study the biology of health and disease and to test prospective medical therapies

Photo of deer tick

New Experimental Test Detects Signs of Lyme Disease Near Time of Infection

February 11, 2016

When it comes to early diagnosis of Lyme disease, the insidious tick-borne illness that afflicts about 300,000 Americans annually, finding the proverbial needle

columns of colored lines

'Measuring Stick' Standard for Gene Sequencing Now Available from NIST

May 21, 2015

The world's first reference material to help ensure laboratories accurately "map" DNA for genetic testing, medical diagnoses and future customized drug

RNA Polymerase

Reliable RNA Analysis Now Easier with NIST 'Dashboard' Tool

December 2, 2014

A new, innovative "dashboard" from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) won't help you drive your car, but it will help enable reproducible

Elijah Petersen with Mass Spectrometer

Latest NIST Mass Spectral Library: Expanded Coverage, Features

July 29, 2014

The world's most widely used and trusted resource for identifying mass spectra, the "fingerprints" of molecules, has undergone a major expansion, according to

Enhanced NIST Instrument Enables High-speed Chemical Imaging of Tissues

July 22, 2014

A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with the Cleveland Clinic, has demonstrated a dramatically improved

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody molecule with glycan attached. Inset shows glycan structure.

New NIST Web Tool Makes Working with Glycan Sugars a Lot Sweeter

July 11, 2014

When researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) need a special tool to do their work more effectively, they often prove that

Purified DNA fluorescing orange under ultraviolet light.

How Well Did You Sequence that Genome?

February 25, 2014

In December 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first high-throughput DNA sequencer (also known commonly as a "gene sequencer"), an

Scanning electron micrograph of Gardnerella vaginalis bacteria

NIST Cell Membrane Model Studied as Future Diagnostic Tool

January 29, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in Lithuania have used a NIST-developed laboratory model of a simplified cell

NIST Researchers Develop a Novel Approach for the Measurement of a Crucial DNA Repair Enzyme in Human Cells

January 7, 2014

NIST researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, recently reported a novel approach for identifying and quantifying

Want to better understand the accuracy of your human genome sequencing?

September 18, 2013

As new high-throughput "Next Generation" DNA sequencing methods are moving into clinical applications, understanding accuracy of variants is critical. Numerous

Time lapse fluorescence images of a cell culture (clockwise from top left, start - 14 hours - 28 hours - 42 hours) reveal how the expression of a particular gene in the culture varies not only from cell to cell, but with time.

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

October 31, 2012

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells

NIST researchers have combined a glass slide, plastic sheets and double-sided tape to create an inexpensive and simple-to-build microfluidic device for exposing an array of cells to different concentrations of a chemical.

New NIST 'Cell Assay on a Chip': Solid Results from Simple Means

February 7, 2012

The great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci once said that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST

New NIST SRM Helps Improve Diagnosis of Huntington's Disease

April 12, 2011

A new Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help clinical genetics labs accurately diagnose