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Early detection method for pinpointing molecular signatures of Lyme disease

When researchers examined the mitochondrial DNA of Ötzi, a man entombed in ice high in the Tyrolean Alps some 5,300 years ago, they made a startling discovery.

26 Aug 2019

Scientists propose new way to enhance sensitivity of lateral flow tests

Scientists from the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi have carried out a research to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow tests.

13 Aug 2019

Novel sensor could accelerate diagnosis of sepsis

A novel sensor designed by MIT researchers could dramatically accelerate the process of diagnosing sepsis, a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals that kills nearly 250,000 patients annually.

24 Jul 2019

Fingermark imaging for identification of drugs

In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from Zhejiang have uncovered a novel method of using nanocarrier-based biological fluorescent probes for detecting amphetamine and ketamine in latent fingermark, in a bid to combat drug abuse.

15 Mar 2019

Novel ratiometric fluorescent probe for studying cellular activity of anticancer drug

NUS chemists have developed a novel ratiometric fluorescent probe for studying cellular activity of the clinically important anticancer drug cisplatin for next generation drug development.

21 Feb 2019

Researchers develop novel viral identification method

Currently, influenza typing in clinical practice is performed using an immunochromatography method based on antigen-antibody interaction.

16 Jan 2019

Conducting ChIP-Seq with Low Cell Numbers

An interview with Dr. Kathyrn Cunningham at SfN 2018, providing advice on carrying out Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (ChIP-seq) with low cell numbers.

From Active Motif 14 Jan 2019

Key device patent issued to pioneer of wearable sweat sensor

Eccrine Systems, Inc., an advanced sweat sensor company, today announced that a key patent, US10136831, has been issued to Dr. Jason Heikenfeld, Co-Founder & CSO, and prominent University of Cincinnati researcher.

18 Dec 2018

2PG Company receives grant to develop sensitive, low-cost molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis

Two Pore Guys, Inc. today announced that the company has received a $2.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop sensitive, low-cost molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis using its solid-state nanopore technology.

19 Nov 2018

Restek launches new Oregon cannabis pesticide standards

Restek is pleased to announce the launch of new pesticide residue standards to meet the specific cannabis analysis needs of Oregon—and states with similar pesticide residue regulations/programs.

From Restek Corporation 15 Nov 2018

Researchers demonstrate integrated technique to control production of cell therapeutics

Researchers have demonstrated an integrated technique for monitoring specific biomolecules - such as growth factors - that could indicate the health of living cell cultures produced for the burgeoning field of cell-based therapeutics.

15 Oct 2018

Traceability in laboratory medicine helps reduce variability of test results

Laboratory medicine results influence a high percentage of all clinical decisions. Patients and doctors expect that different laboratories, using different methods, will give the same result for an analyte measured in a clinical sample.

3 Aug 2018

Beckman Coulter offers largest range of single color CE-IVD and ASR conjugated antibodies

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences now offers its largest portfolio of single color CE-IVD and ASR (analyte-specific reagent) conjugated antibodies.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Jul 2018

Beckman Coulter introduces expanded range of clinical flow cytometry solutions at AACC 2018

Beckman Coulter continues to expand portfolio of clinical flow cytometry solutions with its latest innovations.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Jul 2018

Homogenous BTK occupancy assay used in tirabrutinib clinical studies

In a new SLAS Discovery article, Helen Yu and a team of researchers at Gilead Sciences, Inc. present a time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based Bruton's tyrosine kinase occupancy assay that can measure target engagement in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and in lymph-node and bone-marrow samples.

17 Jul 2018

Study finds cell-free DNA profiling as versatile method to monitor UTIs

Using shotgun DNA sequencing, Cornell University researchers have demonstrated a new method for monitoring urinary tract infections that surpasses traditional methods in providing valuable information about the dynamics of the infection as well as the patient's biological response.

21 Jun 2018

Mid-infrared biosensor distinguishes multiple analytes in heterogeneous biological samples

Detecting biomolecules, such as lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and their interactions in heterogeneous biological samples is crucial for understanding a multitude of biological mechanisms in health and disease.

5 Jun 2018

Researchers take important step toward finding protein biomarkers during cancer surgery

Isabelle Fournier and her team are out to change surgical oncology. "Better surgery is associated with better prognosis and higher survival," said Fournier, a professor at the University of Lille and co-director of a proteomics center of INSERM, the French national institute of health.

24 May 2018

SYGNIS AG launches new Universal Lateral Flow Assay kit and files patent application

SYGNIS AG today announced the launch of its Universal Lateral Flow Assay kit, the latest addition to its expanding range of lateral flow assay products and services which are being commercialized under the Expedeon brand name.

16 Apr 2018

Novel gene expression analysis technique can accurately and quickly measure RNA

A University of Illinois and Mayo collaboration has demonstrated a novel gene expression analysis technique that can accurately measure levels of RNA quickly and directly from a cancerous tissue sample while preserving the spatial information across the tissue --something that conventional methods cannot do.

18 Jan 2018