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Article: Mercury contamination screening method in biological samples introduced.
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- December 26, 2004
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2004 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and Xenobe Research Institute have developed an improved screening method that can detect mercury contamination in biological samples, including fish.
At the heart of the new method is a chemical "ligand" the scientists synthesized that binds to mercury and other toxic heavy metals.
The ligand is inexpensive, easy to synthesize, and causes mercury and other toxic heavy metals to precipitate instantaneously into an easily detectable solid, says Scripps Research's Kim D. Janda, PhD The method could be developed into a kit that could be used both by consumers and ...