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Simple & Efficient Protocol for Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation

Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, announces a new patented protocol that is able to simply, quickly and efficiently enrich transcription factors from Native Chromatin.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 Jan 2016

FDA approves Fenix Continence Restoration System to treat fecal incontinence

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Fenix Continence Restoration System to treat fecal incontinence in patients who are not candidates for, or have previously failed, medical or other surgical options.

20 Dec 2015

Wyss Institute scientists develop improved blood-cleansing therapeutic device to treat sepsis

Last year, a Wyss Institute team of scientists described the development of a new device to treat sepsis that works by mimicking our spleen. It cleanses pathogens and toxins from blood circulating through a dialysis-like circuit. Now, the Wyss Institute team has developed an improved device that synergizes with conventional antibiotic therapies and that has been streamlined to better position it for near-term translation to the clinic.

21 Aug 2015

MO BIO announces launch of PowerMag DNA Clean-Up Kit

MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in soil, environmental, plant and microbial nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerMag DNA Clean-Up Kit, for automated, hands-free clean-up of DNA samples that require a secondary purification for removal of PCR inhibitors. This kit features MO BIO's novel ClearMag magnetic bead technology.

14 May 2015

High Throughput ChIP-seq Assay for Genome-wide Protein-DNA Analysis

Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has published a new application note that describes how Chromatrap® ChIP-seq assays now enable unbiased, genome-wide understanding of protein-DNA regulatory networks...

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 30 Apr 2015

EMD Millipore launches Magna ChIRP RNA Interactome Kits for analyzing chromatin-associated RNAs

EMD Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today introduced Magna ChIRP™ RNA Interactome Kits, which allow researchers to more easily identify, recover and analyze regions of chromatin that interact with chromatin-associated RNAs such as long non-coding RNA (lncRNA).

23 Apr 2015

UConn chemists develop more advanced peanut allergy test

Current peanut allergy tests are not very reliable when it comes to diagnosing the severity of an individual's allergic reaction, which can range from hives to life-threatening anaphylactic shock.

27 Feb 2015

Lung cancer can be detected much earlier using lab-on-a-chip technology

Scientists have been laboring to detect cancer and a host of other diseases in people using promising new biomarkers called "exosomes." Indeed, Popular Science magazine named exosome-based cancer diagnostics one of the 20 breakthroughs that will shape the world this year. Exosomes could lead to less invasive, earlier detection of cancer, and sharply boost patients' odds of survival.

8 Oct 2014

Chromatin immunoprecipitation informative brochure published by Porvair Sciences

Porvair Sciences has published an informative 8-page brochure providing scientists with a background to Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP), an introduction to Chromatrap® ChIP assay technology and how Chromatrap® compares to traditional bead based methodologies.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 4 Sep 2014

Researchers develop chip-like device to sort, store and retrieve individual living cells for study

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store hundreds of thousands of individual living cells in a matter of minutes. The system is similar to a random access memory chip, but it moves cells rather than electrons.

14 May 2014

Enrichment of highly abundant epigenetic marks from endometrial stromal cells

Chromatrap®, the novel solid-based matrix for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays, available from Porvair Sciences, has been successfully used to isolate high quality chromatin from difficult biopsy material.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 30 Apr 2014

Researchers reveal how cells respond to mechanical manipulation

The push and pull of physical force can cause profound changes in the behavior of a cell. Two studies from researchers working at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center reveal how cells respond to mechanical manipulation

10 Apr 2014

Research finding sheds more light on cancer development and metastasis

10 Apr 2014

Researchers develop one-step analysis for detecting tumor markers in blood

Benign growth, or cancer? Tumor markers in the blood help determine whether the patient is afflicted with a malign tumor and whether it is excreting markers more vigorously - involving highly specific proteins. An increased concentration in the blood provides one indication of the disease for physicians. However, it has been quite expensive in time and effort to detect the markers thus far. This is because all kinds of molecules and proteins are teeming in the blood. To be able to detect a single specific one, doctors must first separate and purify the blood in several steps, and then isolate the marker they are searching for from the rest of the molecules.

25 Mar 2014

ChromaTrap™ Chromatin Immunoprecipitation technology receives positive commentary in published paper

Porvair Sciences reports on positive commentary by researchers in published papers citing how using the fast, sensitive ChromaTrap™ Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) technology has benefited their research.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 18 Mar 2014

Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires Life Technologies

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) for $76.13 ($76.1311786) in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the assumption of $1.5 billion in net debt. The completion of the transaction follows the receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

4 Feb 2014

New Chromatrap Enzymatic Shearing Kit announced by Porvair Sciences

Porvair Sciences has announced a new Chromatrap Enzymatic Shearing Kit that contains all the necessary reagents and buffers for up to 10 chromatin preparations.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 27 Jan 2014

Fluxion Biosciences announces release of IsoFlux Rare Cell Enrichment Kit

Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced the release of a new reagent kit for the IsoFlux System designed to provide more options for circulating tumor cell and other rare cell capture from biological samples. The IsoFlux Rare Cell Enrichment (Streptavidin) Kit incorporates streptavidin-coated magnetic beads that can bind with one or more biotinylated antibodies targeted towards cell-surface markers on the cells of interest.

From Fluxion Biosciences 21 Jan 2014

Applied BioCode signs License and Supply Agreement with Genetic Analysis for BMB technology

Applied BioCode announced today that it has signed a License and Supply Agreement for its Barcoded Magnetic Bead technology with Genetic Analysis of Oslo, Norway.

7 Jan 2014

Thermo Fisher Scientific agrees to sell three businesses to GE Healthcare for $1.06 billion

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its cell culture (sera and media), gene modulation and magnetic beads businesses to GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, for approximately $1.06 billion. The businesses will become part of GE Healthcare's Life Sciences division.

6 Jan 2014