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Cobalt nanoparticles boost imaging sensitivity and edge detection

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor.

From Bruker Optics 26 Mar 2009

The navel shown to be a safe and effective single access route for extracting kidneys

Successful surgery that leaves no scars has become the main objective of the most daring and innovative surgeons.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 12 Mar 2009

Nikon Instruments introduces new confocal spectral imaging system

Nikon Instruments, Inc. has introduced the AZ100 C1si, a macro confocal microscope system combining the best of stereo and compound microscopes into a single hybrid imaging system for dynamic imaging of single cells or whole specimens.

From Nikon Instruments Inc. 17 Nov 2008

New tool for 'right first time' drug manufacture

A technology which provides high quality images of the crystallisation process marks the next step towards a 'right first time' approach to drug manufacture, according to engineers at the University of Leeds.

From Malvern Instruments Ltd 23 Sep 2008

Appendix removed through a patient's vagina

On March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix through a patient's vagina, a first in the United States.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 31 Mar 2008

Leicester medical team announces 'predictor' for pregnant women who may have miscarriages

A medical team from the University of Leicester has been able to establish for the first time a predictor for pregnant women who may have miscarriages and those who won't.

From PerkinElmer 14 Mar 2008

Thermo Fisher Scientific creates breakthrough gene-silencing tool

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has developed a breakthrough gene-silencing tool that greatly simplifies RNA- interference (RNAi) technology and eliminates barriers associated with previous cellular delivery methods.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12 Mar 2008

New advances in miRNA

miRNA research is now one of the most interesting areas in the life science world, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN).

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3 Mar 2008

Breakthrough innovation for high sensitivity TB and Malaria diagnostics

At this year's 39th World Forum for Medicine in Dusseldorf (MEDICA, November 14-17), Partec, a globally leading developer, manufacturer and provider of dedicated diagnostic solutions in the response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is presenting a breakthrough innovation for high sensitivity TB and Malaria diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries.

From Partec GmbH 15 Nov 2007

Gallbladder removed through vagina

Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body's natural openings, virtually eliminating scarring.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 13 Sep 2007

FDA approves new Roche direct detection of West Nile Virus in donated human blood

Roche Diagnostics announced that the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its biologics license application for the company's test for direct detection of West Nile Virus in donated human blood and plasma.

From Roche Diagnostics Limited 29 Aug 2007

Fast market penetration for Roche HIV viral load monitoring test

One-third of Roche Diagnostics' molecular customer base has already purchased or ordered the COBAS AmpliPrep /COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 assay, just eight weeks after the assay received approval from the Food & Drug Administration to go to market.

From Roche Diagnostics Limited 17 Jul 2007

Spectral launches rapid West Nile test in U.S.

Spectral Diagnostics has announced the conclusion of an agreement with Fisher Healthcare, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., for the distribution of its RapidWN West Nile Virus Test in the United States.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 4 Jul 2007

Roche makes offer to acquire Ventana Medical Systems

Roche will make a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Ventana Medical Systems for $75.00 per share in cash, or an aggregate of approximately $3 billion on a fully diluted basis.

From Roche Diagnostics Limited 26 Jun 2007

Roche to acquire BioVeris

BioVeris Corporation has announced that the Company has reached a definitive agreement under which Roche will acquire BioVeris for $21.50 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $600 million.

From Roche Diagnostics Limited 5 Apr 2007

FDA accepts two Roche diagnostics HPV tests for review

Roche has announced today that the United States (U.S.) Food & Drug Administration has accepted for review its applications for two human papillomavirus (HPV) tests.

From Roche Diagnostics Limited 6 Mar 2007

Evotec sells single molecule detection technology to Olympus

Evotec AG has announced that its Tools and Technologies Division has sold the core of its Single Molecule Detection Technology and transferred or licensed the corresponding IP portfolio to Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 24 Jul 2006

New web resource for protein researchers

Malvern Instruments has added a new and dedicated protein characterization section to its website. This new section provides comprehensive information about the use and applications of light scattering techniques in protein studies and will be a valuable resource for anyone working in this field.

From Malvern Instruments Ltd 25 Jan 2005

Joint project spurs RMIT biochemistry teaching and research

Medical science teaching and research will receive a boost when RMIT University and scientific equipment provider PerkinElmer open a newly fitted hi-tech biochemistry teaching laboratory in RMIT's Biosciences Building, in Bundoora next week.

From PerkinElmer 12 Oct 2004

FDA clears blood test to screen newborn infants for a variety of inherited diseases

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing a new laboratory blood test that will help doctors screen newborn infants for a variety of inherited diseases.

From PerkinElmer 26 Aug 2004