News Archive

New Quality Controls from Randox Enable Reliable Patient Results 09 Jul 2010: Randox Laboratories announces expansion to the Acusera with the introduction of several new quality controls. The new range of Liquid controls eliminates the need for reconstitution minimising the risk of human error saving laboratories both time and money. The new lyophilised range of controls ensures a longer shelf life and stability resulting in more convenient storage at 2-8oC and easier transportation. Randox Laboratories Ltd

High Resolution Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Array from Oxford Gene Technology 08 Jul 2010: Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) introduces the high resolution CytoSure™ DMD array. This new array offers increased confidence in detecting deletions and duplications within the DMD gene. Oxford Gene Technology Ltd

New Crossflow Filtration System for Ultra, Micro and Diafiltration Applications 06 Jul 2010: The new SARTOFLOW® Alpha plus SU from Sartorius combines high crossflow filtration performance and single-use technology. The easy-to-use system is optimized for ultrafiltration, microfiltration and diafiltration applications used in many downstream processes like purification of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies or recombinant proteins. Sartorius Group

SABiosciences Launches New PCR Kits Disease Gene Expression Research 01 Jul 2010: The new RT2 Profiler PCR arrays from SABiosciences are ideal for gene expression profiling in nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicology, differentiation and embryonic stem cells markers as well as analysis of epigenetic modulators and enzymes. Now covering more than 100 pathways, the PCR arrays enable scientists to accurately analyze the gene expression in research areas such as cancer, stem cells, biomarker discovery and immunology. SABiosciences

New CCD Image Sensors for Improved Etaloning Near IR 01 Jul 2010: Back-thinned CCDs have exhibited problems of etalation in the near IR, which is problematic in applications such as Raman spectroscopy. The new improved S11071 series from Hamamatsu Photonics addresses this problem and has been specifically designed to reduce this etaloning effect, making it suitable for a wider range of applications, including medical. Hamamatsu Photonics

IDBS Selected to Help Accelerate Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease 30 Jun 2010: Barts and The London NHS Trust has selected IDBS as its translational research informatics platform for data analysis and visualization to support cardiovascular biomedical research. Barts will use IDBS' InforSense Suite to better understand the causes of cardiovascular disease and develop better treatment therapies. IDBS

Achieve High-Throughput Tissue Processing in Pathology Labs 25 Jun 2010: The STP 420ES™ tissue processor from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is ideal for high-volume pathology laboratories. The updated instrument features more robust hardware and ease-of-use, enabling the high-throughput processing of large volumes of tissue to meet the demands of today’s laboratories. Thermo Scientific (Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific)

New Range of Kits for Assessing Oxidative Stress for Disease Research 23 Jun 2010: Oxidative stress and associated damage to cellular lipids, proteins and DNA can occur when cellular mechanisms fail to deal with the increasing loads of ROS (generation of reactive oxygen species). To detect and quantify this oxidative stress AMSBIO has expanded a range of assay kits. The new kits are highly sensitive, delivered ready-to-use and give reproducible results. AMSBIO

Pittcon to Participate in International Year of Chemistry (IYC) 22 Jun 2010: Extra activities to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) at Pittcon 2011 have been announced. The extra programs include Science Week, which will serve the city of Atlanta and surrounding clinical-diagnostics, and on a more global level, and the Technical Program, which will include sessions on how chemical research is critical for solving global problems involving food, water, health, energy and transportation. The Pittsburgh Conference

Characterization of Ion Channels in Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes on An Automated Parallel Patch Clamp System 22 Jun 2010: In this application note Molecular Devices use the PatchXpress 7000A automated parallel patch clamp system is used to record Na, K and Ca currents from stem cell-derived mouse cardiomyocytes. The collaborative effort demonstrates that the combination of “ready-to-use” cardiomyocytes with an automated patch clamp system offers a powerful assay platform for fast assessment of compound efficacy and for safety profiling of lead compounds in a biologically relevant system. Molecular Devices