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Bruker closes acquisition of Michrom

Bruker today announced the closing of its acquisition of Michrom Bioresources, Inc. (Michrom), a 20 year old, privately owned company located in Auburn, California, after receiving unanimous Michrom shareholder approval. The acquisition is not expected to have a material effect on Bruker's 2011 financials.

4 Apr 2011

Bruker to acquire Michrom Bioresources

Bruker today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Michrom Bioresources, Inc., a 20 year old, privately owned company based in Auburn, California. Michrom provides liquid chromatography instrumentation, accessories, and consumables for applications in the life science, chemical and applied markets.

24 Feb 2011

NMS Labs launches unique test for Methotrexate

NMS Labs launches another unique test suitable for the evaluation of toxicity vs. efficacy and helping physicians with therapeutic drug monitoring of patients for the therapeutic agent, Methotrexate.

8 Feb 2011

Agilent, UC Davis to develop MassCode PCR technology for identifying food-borne pathogens

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it is collaborating with the University of California, Davis in the area of food safety. The research collaboration will focus on the development of a new process that can reduce the time required to identify food-borne pathogens from several days to only a few hours.

9 Dec 2010

Waters launches new program to support scientific innovation

Waters Corporation today launched a new program to support scientific innovation in the fields of health and life science research, sports science, food safety, clinical research and environmental protection.

3 Nov 2010

Agilent opens new life sciences instruments manufacturing facility in Singapore

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the opening of its new life sciences instruments manufacturing facility in Singapore. The facility will produce the company's Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) instruments for the global market.

30 Oct 2010

FDA purchases AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500 Systems for analysis of the U.S. food supply

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has purchased eight of the company's AB SCIEX QTRAP® 5500 Systems for analysis of the U.S. food supply. These mass spectrometry systems will be deployed at FDA headquarters and across seven field laboratories. This supports government initiatives to help ensure food safety.

20 Oct 2010

Auxilium receives USPTO patent for XIAFLEX product

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,811,560 claiming, among other things, purified collagenase, the active component in Auxilium's product XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum).

13 Oct 2010

Agilent, ISB and ETH Zurich enter second phase of mapping complete human proteome

Ninth Annual World Conference of the Human Proteome Organization -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that its collaboration with the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) for the mapping of the complete human proteome by mass spectrometry is entering its second phase.

22 Sep 2010

Dominion validates clinical urine drug monitoring assay to detect metabolites of 'herbal incense' product compounds

Dominion Diagnostics has recently developed and validated one of the first clinical urine drug monitoring assays to detect the metabolites of JWH-018 and JWH-073, two compounds typically found in synthetic cannabinoids, also referred to as "herbal incense" products.

20 Sep 2010

Bilirubin identified in Bird of Paradise plant

A research team led by Cary Pirone from the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University has identified bilirubin in the popular Bird of Paradise plant. The breakthrough study, published in the September 2010 issue of the American Society for Horticultural Science's journal HortScience, provides new insights into color production in this iconic tropical plant.

9 Sep 2010

New methodologies for protein measurement needed to address adulteration in infant formula and pet food

Recent incidents of adulteration involving infant formula, other milk products and pet food with the industrial chemical melamine revealed the weaknesses of current methods widely used across the domestic and global food industry for determining protein content in foods. The possible utility of alternative existing and emerging methods is the subject of a new paper published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, a peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

27 Aug 2010

Bottled tea contains less antioxidants, high sugar content

The first measurements of healthful antioxidant levels in commercial bottled tea beverages has concluded that health-conscious consumers may not be getting what they pay for: healthful doses of those antioxidants, or "poylphenols," that may ward off a range of diseases.

23 Aug 2010

Agilent's HPLC-Chip/MS technology helps identify over 200 different human milk oligosaccharides structures

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that a group of researchers from the University of California, Davis, has made a significant discovery: human breast milk contains an unexpected abundance of sugars that coats the lining of infants' intestines, protecting it from noxious bacteria. Results of the research, which used Agilent technology, were published in this month's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

18 Aug 2010

Scientists use PCT technique to understand physical effects of compression on macromolecules

Scientists are turning to a decades-old technique to better understand the physical effects of compression on macromolecules and how it might impact their research in proteomics, mass spectrometry, protein extraction, and tissue investigations, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.

16 Aug 2010

Millennium Laboratories signs agreement to assist physicians with drug monitoring services, tools

Millennium Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain, announced today a national agreement with MultiPlan, the nation's leading comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management solutions. As a participating provider in the PHCS and MultiPlan Networks, Millennium Laboratories will assist participating physicians with state-of-the-art therapeutic drug monitoring services and tools.

9 Aug 2010

Forensic Laboratories' analytical test capable of detecting Ethyl Sulfate in saliva

Forensic Laboratories, a Denver-based laboratory specializing in toxicology services for drug and alcohol abuse, has announced the expansion of its oral fluid testing capabilities. The company is the first lab in the nation to develop an analytical test capable of detecting Ethyl Sulfate (EtS) in saliva, a chemical produced by the body after alcohol exposure. Forensic Laboratories' new test method will also simultaneously detect Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG).

6 Aug 2010

AB SCIEX collaborates with CDC to improve laboratory hormone testing technique

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation to facilitate the use of mass spectrometry technologies in clinical laboratories for hormone testing. This collaboration is intended to help support the CDC's Hormone Standardization Project for improving the reliability of laboratory results used to help assess disease risk and monitor treatment.

28 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific highlights products, services for clinical research and specialty diagnostics at AACC 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will highlight its innovative offering of products and services for clinical research and specialty diagnostics during the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo held in Anaheim, California, July 25 - 29, 2010.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 27 Jul 2010

Waters to present MassTrak solutions at American Association of Clinical Chemistry annual meeting

Waters Corporation is showcasing its portfolio of MassTrak solutions at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry annual meeting and Clinical Lab Expo July 25 - 29, 2010 in Anaheim in exhibit booth #4447. Waters portfolio of MassTrak Solutions for the clinical laboratory combines the power of separations science, tandem mass spectrometry, specialized chemistries, software, and support services in ways designed to optimize laboratory processes.

27 Jul 2010