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Thermo Scientific accelerates product innovation to meet customer demand for enhanced productivity

Laboratories can now expand productivity levels using products designed to meet increasing demands for sustainability, cost-effectiveness and performance.

12 May 2016

Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system delivers exceptional productivity and efficiency

Now scientists in environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories can rely on a new flexible and configurable HPIC system designed to deliver exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12 May 2016

Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system delivers exceptional productivity and efficiency

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12 May 2016

Analytica 2016: Bruker debuts new, unique TXRF spectrometer for ultra-trace element analysis

At Analytica 2016, Bruker today introduces the S4 TStar, a new and unique total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectrometer for ultra-trace element analysis in a broad range of application fields, including pharma, food and environmental monitoring.

From Bruker Nano GmbH – Electron Microscope Analyzers 11 May 2016

MGH researchers develop device to rapidly diagnose health-care-associated infections

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has developed a device with the potential of shortening the time required to rapidly diagnose pathogens responsible for health-care-associated infections from a couple of days to a matter of hours.

10 May 2016

Bioengineers develop synthetic bed to nurture colonies of human embryonic stem cells

The most productive way scientists have devised to nurture colonies of human embryonic stem cells is to do so atop a bed of mouse cells. That may be fine for lab research, but it poses an unacceptable contamination risk for stem cells intended for transplant into human patients. In a new study, Brown University bioengineers have developed a synthetic bed that works about as well as the mouse cells, called fibroblasts, without any possibility of contamination.

3 May 2016

Soy peptides, isoflavones can be more effective antimicrobial agent

Soy isoflavones and peptides may inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses, according to a new study from University of Guelph researchers.

26 Apr 2016

Reclaimed wastewater irrigated crops expose consumers to minute quantities of anti-epileptic drug

A new study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center shows that eating vegetables and fruits grown in soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater exposes consumers to minute quantities of carbamazepine, an anti-epileptic drug commonly detected in wastewater effluents.

18 Apr 2016

Ariste Medical develops drug-eluting mesh for more effective open hernia repair

Ariste Medical has revealed new research outlining the company’s novel method for addressing medical device failure in open ventral hernia repair.

12 Apr 2016

Advanced assay offers better sensitivity for detecting a prion disease affecting elk

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are a family of rare progressive, neurodegenerative illnesses that affect both humans and animals. TSE surveillance is important for public health and food safety because TSEs have the potential of crossing from animals to humans, as seen with the spread of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). A study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics describes an advanced assay that offers better sensitivity than currently available tests for detecting a prion disease affecting elk.

11 Apr 2016

Noviplex card could accelerate testing for Zika virus in the Amazonian region of Brazil

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is partnering with Brazilian officials to distribute a device that could accelerate testing for the Zika virus and monitor contamination of the country's freshwater food sources.

11 Apr 2016

Versatile Automated Microplate Sample Screening Applications

In this interview, News Medical speaks Tobias Pusterla, Ph.D from BMG Labtech about versatile automated microplate sample screening applications.

From BMG LABTECH GmbH 30 Mar 2016

Simple tool for inserting intrauterine device may offer low-cost option for long-term contraception

A simple tool designed for inserting an intrauterine device may offer women in the developing world a convenient, low-cost option for long-term contraception.

24 Mar 2016

Global Health Frontiers' four-part newsmagazine series premieres on public television’s WORLD Channel

The acclaimed public television documentary series Global Health Frontiers expands to a weekly newsmagazine with four one-hour episodes combining compelling journalism from the leading edges of global health developments with a fast-paced and energetic style.

23 Mar 2016

Advanced genomic sequencing tracks deadly blood infection in cancer patients

The Translational Genomics Research Institute, working with international investigators, have discovered the source of a potential deadly blood infection in more than 50 South American cancer patients.

21 Mar 2016

Lucideon holds free webinar

Lucideon, the international materials technology company, is hosting a free webinar entitled ‘The Benefits of Using Ceramic Reflectance Standards to Calibrate Instruments and Control Colour in the Healthcare Industry’.

From Lucideon 21 Mar 2016

Researchers report fast, accurate technique for monitoring bacterial growth in packaged food

It's important to know how microorganisms -- particularly pathogenic microbes -- grow under various conditions. Certain bacteria can cause food poisoning when eaten and bacterial growth in medical blood supplies, while rare, might necessitate discarding the blood.

17 Mar 2016

Panasonic introduces new MCO-170M multi gas incubators to optimise cell culture efficiency and productivity

Panasonic’s new MCO-170M multi gas incubators provide outstanding quality and performance alongside advanced O2 and CO2 control to maximise cell culture efficiency and optimise results and reproducibility.

From PHC Europe B.V. 17 Mar 2016

Experts provide valuable insights to bridge food safety information gaps

International experts provided valuable insights on how to bridge food safety information gaps and improve communication between decision makers and consumers at a workshop in Brussels, Belgium, on 21 January 2016

11 Mar 2016

Inherited gene after black plague may help treat HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis C

The Black Death swept Europe in the 14th century eliminating up to half of the population but it left genetic clues that now may aid a University of Cincinnati researcher in treating HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis C using an anti-retroviral drug therapy.

7 Mar 2016

Contamination News and Research

Thermo Scientific accelerates product innovation to meet customer demand for enhanced productivity

Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system delivers exceptional productivity and efficiency

Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system delivers exceptional productivity and efficiency

Analytica 2016: Bruker debuts new, unique TXRF spectrometer for ultra-trace element analysis

MGH researchers develop device to rapidly diagnose health-care-associated infections

Bioengineers develop synthetic bed to nurture colonies of human embryonic stem cells

Soy peptides, isoflavones can be more effective antimicrobial agent

Reclaimed wastewater irrigated crops expose consumers to minute quantities of anti-epileptic drug

Ariste Medical develops drug-eluting mesh for more effective open hernia repair

Advanced assay offers better sensitivity for detecting a prion disease affecting elk

Noviplex card could accelerate testing for Zika virus in the Amazonian region of Brazil

Versatile Automated Microplate Sample Screening Applications

Simple tool for inserting intrauterine device may offer low-cost option for long-term contraception

Global Health Frontiers' four-part newsmagazine series premieres on public television’s WORLD Channel

Advanced genomic sequencing tracks deadly blood infection in cancer patients

Lucideon holds free webinar

Researchers report fast, accurate technique for monitoring bacterial growth in packaged food

Panasonic introduces new MCO-170M multi gas incubators to optimise cell culture efficiency and productivity

Experts provide valuable insights to bridge food safety information gaps

Inherited gene after black plague may help treat HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis C

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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