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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.

From Expedeon 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

STRATEC Molecular offers new products to improve liquid biopsy

Liquid biopsy is a new technology for detection and analysis of biomarkers in blood or other body fluids without the need of invasive procedures.

28 Jul 2017

New 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction microplate for high recovery extraction by Porvair Sciences

Porvair Sciences announces a new easy-to-use 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) microplate designed for high recovery extraction of analytes from biological fluids. Using the Porvair SLE plate high analyte recovery, free of proteins and phospholipids, is routinely obtainable without the need for offline steps such as protein precipitation.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 13 Jul 2017

Mettler Toledo present webinar on technique for ion determination in food

Learn more about the multiple standard addition for ion determination in food - sodium, nitrate, magnesium, etc. – in a new webinar from METTLER TOLEDO.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 27 Mar 2017

Sphere Medical introduces new functionality to Proxima platform for efficient critical care patient monitoring

Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, announces the introduction of new functionality to its Proxima™ bedside blood gas, electrolyte and metabolite analyser.

22 Mar 2017

Shimadzu announces release of new Cannabis Analyzer for Potency at Pittcon 2017

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of its new Cannabis Analyzer for Potency. This high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) is the first-ever instrument designed specifically for quantitative determination of cannabinoid content. With the Cannabis Analyzer for Potency, operators are now able to produce accurate results with ease, regardless of cannabis testing knowledge or chromatography experience.

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 7 Mar 2017

Decoding the Exposome Through Breath Biomarkers

The human exposome is probably best defined as “everything that is not the genome.” This is a bit tongue in cheek, but basically, the exposome is comprised of all of the chemicals in your body from the environment, food, consumer products, their metabolites, the endogenous “housekeeping” chemicals, the cellular wastes from energy production, as well as all of the messenger compounds and life supporting chemicals.

From Pittcon 24 Feb 2017

Sphere Medical launches next generation Proxima for bedside blood gas and glucose analysis

Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has launched its next generation CE-marked Proxima system.

17 Dec 2016

OGT introduces three new Cytocell Aquarius FISH probes

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company,has expanded its range of Cytocell Aquarius®fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probes for pathology.

16 Dec 2016