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The British reprocessing plant at Sellafield, long the undeserved whipping-boy of the anti-nuclear movement, is now the source of an unexpected consequence for children's health that will have international repercussions.
Protein crystallography is an exacting trade, and the results may contain errors that are difficult to identify. It is the crystallographer's responsibility to make sure that incorrect protein structures do not reach the literature.
Britain's uranium reprocessing plant is making waves again, not now because of its releases of radioactivity to the environment, but because a relationship between parental exposure and childhood leukaemia has been demonstrated.
Silver stains offer high sensitivity for the detection of proteins and DNA separated on gels and membranes. These stains depend on the reduction of ionic to metallic silver.
Products for electrophoresis described this week include a 1- and 2-D gel analysis system, a temperature gradient gel electrophoresis system and an all-in-one crosslinker/transilluminator.
