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In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Laurel Oldach about the use of horseshoe crab blood in pharmaceutical endotoxin testing, the challenges of ...

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IF PAULA MENDES achieves her goals, her nanotechnology innovations will soon allow doctors to diagnose cancer with greater ...