Amber Dance

Amber Dance is an award-winning freelance science writer based in Southern California. She is the ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) reporter for the Alzheimer Research Forum. She contributes to The Scientist and Nature journals, and has written about topics ranging from record-breaking rocks to bizarre new ant species.

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Innovations in in situ hybridization Impact the Clinic
March 30, 2017
In situ hybridization (ISH) uses short nucleotide probes and dyes to label specific genetic sequences in fixed cells or tissues. ... read more
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Freeze It Right: Recipes and Products for Cryopreservation Media
March 14, 2017
Scientists often freeze cells to save them for later experimental or clinical use. The basic procedure is fairly straightforward: ... read more
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Getting a Better Handle on RNA-Protein Interactions
December 08, 2016
The first step in making a protein is transcription of the code from DNA, but that’s just the beginning of a complex, tightly ... read more
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The Continuing Evolution of PCR
November 17, 2016
The latest generation of machines and methodologies shows how far PCR has come since 1983, when Kary Mullis first dreamed up the ... read more
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Point-of-Care Testing: Thinking Outside the Lab
October 25, 2016
A patient arrives in the emergency room complaining of chest pain. Is it a heart attack—or simply indigestion? A bedside test for ... read more
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Automated Cell Counting: Selecting the Appropriate System
August 04, 2016
There are two main types of counters used by researchers: those based on microscope images and those based on the passage of cells... read more
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Options Abound for Kinase Assays
November 05, 2013
Kinases are major players in biology, sprinkling phosphate groups throughout the cell to regulate such activities as growth, ... read more
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Bioinformatics Tools for Gene Expression: Crunching the Numbers
October 24, 2013
Gene-expression studies yield multitudes of data, and turning those data into biological insights requires software. A variety of ... read more
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RNA Purification: Making the Most of Difficult Samples
August 22, 2013
Expression analysis has become commonplace. First, though, you need to harvest the RNA. Here are tips for making the most of some ... read more
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Three Keys to Better Immunohistochemistry
July 16, 2013
Immunohistochemistry, a technique common in pathology labs, involves labeling tissue slices with antibodies. But it isn't easy. ... read more
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Isolate Specific Cell Populations with Magnetic Separation Systems
May 30, 2013
Magnetic beads can divide and capture a cell type of interest within a half-hour. Aided by antibodies to bind the desired cells ... read more

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