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Chromatography in Greek means to ‘write with colors.’ It is a versatile separation technique developed in 1903 by Mikhail Tswett, a Russian botanist. He separated colorful plant pigments using a column of calcium carbonate. Ever since its discovery, chromatography has evolved as a powerful tool in the lab for the separation and identification of different compounds in a mixture.

New molecular test panel to enhance reliability of thyroid biopsy testing

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced a new molecular test panel designed to help physicians determine if a thyroid gland is cancerous and requires surgical removal.

From Quest Diagnostics 2 Jun 2012

AB SCIEX, Prosolia enter technology license agreement

Prosolia, Inc. and AB SCIEX announced today that they have entered into a license agreement for technologies developed by Dr. Gary Van Berkel and his colleagues of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 22 May 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC gas chromatography system featured at ASMS 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is featuring the Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC during ASMS 2012. The new TRACE™ 1300 Series GC is a compact, versatile gas chromatography system that is designed to increase productivity and lower cost in QA/QC and routine laboratories working on environmental, chemical and food safety applications.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 21 May 2012

BIOCRATES Life Sciences to introduce AbsoluteIDQ p180 and p150 research kits

Austrian BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, prime developer of state-of-the-art metabolite biomarker panels, is about to launch new editions of two of its well-established research kit products -AbsoluteIDQ p180 and p150.

21 May 2012

Quest Diagnostics introduces four new tests panels for CAH

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, has extended its endocrine diagnostics menu with the introduction of four new tests panels for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), an endocrine disorder found in newborns, children and women.

From Quest Diagnostics 19 May 2012

Shimadzu expands Ultra Fast Mass Spectrometry product portfolio

Shimadzu Corporation today introduced the GCMS-TQ8030 ultra fast triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, achieving the next step forward in Shimadzu's GC-MS history of innovation.

18 May 2012

Final results from Alnylam’s ALN-TTR01 Phase I trial on TTR-mediated amyloidosis

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today final results from its completed Phase I clinical trial with ALN-TTR01, an RNAi therapeutic targeting transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of TTR-mediated amyloidosis.

11 May 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific first quarter revenues increase 14% to record $3.10 billion

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 25 Apr 2012

Bruker introduces new products at Analytica 2012

At Analytica 2012, Bruker today announced several new product introductions for the research, industrial and applied markets, designed to deliver confident analyses with increased sensitivity, specificity and productivity, and to push the boundaries of advanced molecular and materials research applications.

18 Apr 2012

Novasep’s outstanding results in scale-up and biomanufacturing of Apo-A1 acknowledged by Cerenis at BioProcess International Conference

Novasep, a provider of purification-based manufacturing solutions for lifescience molecules, has announced that Cerenis Therapeutics has been invited by BioProcess International to present its major project CER – 001 ApoA1 - HDL mimetic drug candidate, and describe how Novasep played a critical role in the project by successfully achieving the transfer and scale up of Apo-A1 production.

16 Apr 2012

Biotage adds Isolera Spektra to Flash Chromatography product line

Biotage, a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, introduced Isolera Spektra. The new Isolera Spektra expands the scope of application of Biotage's market-leading Flash Chromatography product line by increasing efficiency with significant solvent and time saving capabilities as well as enabling purity assessment technology.

2 Apr 2012

UI receives three grants to hasten discovery of new TB therapeutics

Forty-five years. That's how long it's been since the last drug - rifampin - hit the market to treat tuberculosis, an infection that affects nearly one third of the world's population and causes 1.8 million deaths annually. The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received three new federally-funded grants to hasten the discovery of new therapeutic treatments.

23 Mar 2012

Repligen total revenue increases to $7,165,000 for quarter ended December 31, 2011

Repligen Corporation today reported financial results for the quarter and nine-month fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

17 Mar 2012

Thermo Fisher launches innovations that enable customers to improve lab productivity

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced innovations that enable customers to improve laboratory productivity - by delivering results faster and with greater accuracy - while extending the boundaries of routine analysis. During Pittcon, being held from March 11-15, in Orlando, the company will showcase its scale and depth of capabilities across its three premier brands: Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 13 Mar 2012

Thermo Fisher introduces Dionex ICS-5000 system

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-5000, a capillary high-pressure ion chromatography system that increases separation speeds and provides sharper peaks for high-efficiency ion chromatography.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 13 Mar 2012

Thermo Fisher launches three new capillary ion chromatography columns

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced three new high-capacity, high-efficiency 4 µm particle-size capillary IC columns that enable faster, more accurate analyses.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 13 Mar 2012

AB SCIEX introduces new triple quadrupole mass spectrometry instrumentation system

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the introduction of the AB SCIEX 4500 series, which is next-generation, mass spectrometry instrumentation that sets a new benchmark for routine quantitation and screening.

12 Mar 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces integrated capillary high-pressure ion chromatography system

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-4000, the world's first commercially available integrated capillary high-pressure ion chromatography (HPIC) system, incorporating multiple detector options in one instrument.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12 Mar 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches Acclaim Surfactant Plus and MAbPac SCX-10 chromatography columns

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced new chromatography columns, the Thermo Scientific Acclaim Surfactant Plus and smaller-particle sized Thermo Scientific MAbPac SCX-10.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12 Mar 2012

More toxic aldehydes found in reheated sunflower and linseed oil

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain) have been the first to discover the presence of certain aldehydes in food, which are believed to be related to some neurodegenerative diseases and some types of cancer. These toxic compounds can be found in some oils, such as sunflower oil, when heated at a suitable temperature for frying.

23 Feb 2012

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New molecular test panel to enhance reliability of thyroid biopsy testing

AB SCIEX, Prosolia enter technology license agreement

Thermo Fisher Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC gas chromatography system featured at ASMS 2012

BIOCRATES Life Sciences to introduce AbsoluteIDQ p180 and p150 research kits

Quest Diagnostics introduces four new tests panels for CAH

Shimadzu expands Ultra Fast Mass Spectrometry product portfolio

Final results from Alnylam’s ALN-TTR01 Phase I trial on TTR-mediated amyloidosis

Thermo Fisher Scientific first quarter revenues increase 14% to record $3.10 billion

Bruker introduces new products at Analytica 2012

Novasep’s outstanding results in scale-up and biomanufacturing of Apo-A1 acknowledged by Cerenis at BioProcess International Conference

Biotage adds Isolera Spektra to Flash Chromatography product line

UI receives three grants to hasten discovery of new TB therapeutics

Repligen total revenue increases to $7,165,000 for quarter ended December 31, 2011

Thermo Fisher launches innovations that enable customers to improve lab productivity

Thermo Fisher introduces Dionex ICS-5000 system

Thermo Fisher launches three new capillary ion chromatography columns

AB SCIEX introduces new triple quadrupole mass spectrometry instrumentation system

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces integrated capillary high-pressure ion chromatography system

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches Acclaim Surfactant Plus and MAbPac SCX-10 chromatography columns

More toxic aldehydes found in reheated sunflower and linseed oil

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