contamination
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"We are not being pedantic, we are being extremely fair" when it comes to turning people around due to cross contamination, Taylor explains to BBC Radio Norfolk.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Agriculture companies generally require an outsider to wear washed clothes they provide before working with livestock to avoid any contamination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
"It led to a wild goose chase of trying to figure out where this contamination could possibly have come from, because we just knew this number was far too high to be correct," Clough said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Opponents remain concerned, however, that the approach is invasive, and that there is a risk of accidental contamination and a potential false positive.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Then, in 1985, a university press published a book by Michael Gold, a reporter from Science 85 magazine, about Walter Nelson-Rees’s campaign to stop HeLa contamination.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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