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Canadian scientists describe safe, inexpensive way for kids to make microfluidic devices

With "hands-on" experiences in childhood and adolescence having sparked so many science careers, scientists in Canada are describing a quick, simple, safe, and inexpensive way for kids to participate in making microfluidic devices. Those devices are at the heart of lab-on-a chip, inkjet printing, DNA chip, and other technologies.

19 Jun 2010

Ricerca announces services under U.S. DEA license

Ricerca Biosciences, an industry-leading, integrated preclinical contract research organization (CRO) providing services to the chemical and biopharmaceutical industries, is pleased to announce services it can now provide under its United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license.

18 Jun 2010

PPMD to fund two promising research initiatives in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Patricia A. Furlong, Founding President and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest non-profit organization in the United States focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), announced today that PPMD will be funding two critical, promising research initiatives in Duchenne.

11 Jun 2010

Research focuses on art, pharmaceutical drugs and the environment

Providing solutions to any current problem is the mission of analytical chemistry, according to Ms Rosa Alonso, director of the Farmartem Research Group at the University of the Basque Country. The group's name says it all with respect to the wide range of these problems - Farmartem: the abbreviation in Spanish of pharmaceuticals, art and the environment (f-rmacos, arte, medio ambiente).

5 Jun 2010

Eye test to detect cattle infected with Mad Cow Disease

The eyes may or may not be windows to the soul, as the old adage goes, but scientists are reporting evidence that a peek into the eyes of cattle may become the basis for a long-sought test to detect infection with the agent that causes Mad Cow Disease. That test could help prevent the disease from spreading in the food supply. A study on using the tell-tale glow given off by eyes infected with the Mad Cow agent appears in ACS' semi-monthly journal Analytical Chemistry.

5 Jun 2010

New 'dipstick' test determines blood types instantly

Scientists are reporting development of the first "dipstick" test for instantly determining a person's blood type at a cost of just a few pennies. Their study on the test, which involves placing a drop of blood on a specially treated paper strip, appears in ACS' semi-monthly journal Analytical Chemistry, where the authors say it could be a boon to health care in developing countries.

3 Jun 2010

SiMoA technology measures individual PSA molecules in prostate cancer patients: Nature Biotechnology

Quanterix Corporation, the single molecule diagnostics company focused on developing and commercializing high sensitivity tests, announced the publication of a breakthrough study of the company's proprietary technology that demonstrates an unprecedented sensitivity for measuring a biomarker for prostate cancer recurrence.

24 May 2010

Biotage to acquire extraction, evaporation product lines for Sample Preparation from Caliper Life Sciences

Biotage AB, a global leader in tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, and Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today announces a transaction under which Biotage is acquiring extraction and evaporation product lines for Sample Preparation from Caliper.

18 May 2010

Biotage extends peptide synthesis research collaboration with University of Copenhagen

Biotage, a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced an agreement to extend the research collaboration with Professor Knud J. Jensen at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, to develop new applications on the Biotage Syro Wave in the field of synthetic peptide and protein chemistry. The collaboration builds on Professor Jensen's previous research in developing novel chemistries for and applications of solid-phase peptide synthesis.

12 May 2010

Munich researchers develop automated minilab to identify antibiotic residues in milk

No one wants antibiotic residues in their milk. But antibiotics are sometimes used even in the dairy barn. The routine tests conducted nowadays take hours to produce a result and do not test for all of the typical antibiotics. This gap can now be closed, thanks to a fully automated minilab developed by scientists from the TUM in cooperation with the LMU Muenchen and gwk Praezisionstechnik GmbH.

7 May 2010

Enzyme technology developed to improve quality, safety and nutritional attributes of oat based foods

Oats is a highly nutritious cereal, which can be tolerated by large number of celiac patients. A range of commercial oat flours as well as specific oat flours produced from single varieties have been evaluated for their suitability for bread-baking. Enzyme technology, bioprocessing as well as high-pressure processing technology have been successfully applied to improve the quality, safety and nutritional attributes of oat based foods.

5 May 2010

Biotage to acquire MIP Technologies

Biotage AB a global leader in tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, and the owners of MIP Technologies AB today announced that the parties have signed a definitive agreement under which Biotage will acquire all outstanding shares in MIP Technologies, a privately held leading developer of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and other novel polymers.

26 Apr 2010

Non-psychoactive cannabis to be unveiled at Annual National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics

The availability of a new type of medical cannabis strain will be presented for the first time by Steve DeAngelo, who has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and The New York Times as Executive Director of one of the nation's top model and non-profit medical cannabis dispensaries, Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California.

9 Apr 2010

Agilent Technologies, NCFST enter into collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing, with the goal of solving a wide range of persistent problems facing global food supply chains.

2 Mar 2010

Agilent Technologies announces new lab informatics suite at Pittcon 2010

Agilent’s major new lab informatics suite, the OpenLAB portfolio, is designed to enable customers to easily capture, analyze and share scientific data throughout the lab and across the enterprise. OpenLAB is scalable, open architecture based on industry open standards.

2 Mar 2010

Agilent Technologies wins breach of contract case against Advanced Materials Technology

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced a favorable decision in its trade secrets and breach of contract case against Advanced Materials Technology, Inc. (AMT) and three of its employees in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Agilent filed the lawsuit in January 2008 to protect confidential and proprietary information relating to its high-performance liquid chromatography technology.

23 Feb 2010

Biotage announces global launch of Syro Wave microwave and parallel peptide synthesizer

Biotage, a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, today announced the eagerly awaited global launch of the Syro Wave™; their new microwave and parallel peptide synthesizer. The Syro Wave™ is a result of the joint development project announced last year between Biotage and MultiSynTech. It combines the proven performance of the established MultiSynTech robotic synthesizer with Biotage microwave technology.

18 Feb 2010

AMRI announces fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results

AMRI today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2009.

8 Feb 2010

New bioanalytical methods have potential for investigative and screening applications

The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen Jean-Philippe Frimat (29) as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2009. Frimat is the lead author of a paper in ABC on plasma stencilling methods for cell patterning.

3 Feb 2010

Research suggests ancient Egyptians may have used lead-based cosmetics to prevent eye infections

There's more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the eye. Scientists in France are reporting that the alluring eye makeup also may have been used to help prevent or treat eye disease by doubling as an infection-fighter.

12 Jan 2010