Blood, Sweat and Tears

Neurognostics question. Nerve, muscle, blood, toil, tears, and sweat: England's pioneering biophysicist, soldier, and statesman.

Blood, sweat and tears: non-invasive vs. non-disruptive DNA sampling for experimental biology

DNA data are becoming increasingly important in experimental biology. For example, it may be necessary to obtain DNA from an organism before using it in a bioassay or an experiment, to identify and distinguish between cryptic species, or when comparing different morphocryptic genotypes. Another example could be the assessment of relatedness between organisms prior to a behavioural study. In suc...

Blood, sweat, and tears: toward a new paradigm for protecting donor privacy.

Blood, sweat, and tears: developing clinically relevant protein biosensors for integrated body fluid analysis.

Biosensors are being developed to provide rapid, quantitative, diagnostic information to clinicians in order to help guide patient treatment, without the need for centralised laboratory assays. The success of glucose monitoring is a key example of where technology innovation has met a clinical need at multiple levels – from the pathology laboratory all the way to the patient's home. However, fe...

Blood, sweat and cheers

Blood, sweat and cheers. By Ian Fraser. (pp 150. £.14.95. Inland f£17.50; Abroad $29.00 USA). London: British Medical Journal, The Memoir Club, 1989. The Memoir Club has already published in this series recollections of various distinguished medical personalities Sir Christopher Booth, Sir Douglas Black, Dr Moran Campbell, Sir James Howie and Lord Taylor. It is happy and appropriate as far as U...