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France's AES Laboratories has developed a system for the rapid monitoring of air in the cleanroom or pharmaceutical production facility for microbial contamination, without having to wait days for culturing, reports Phil Taylor.
Isolagen unveils its automated cellular expansion (ACE) system, which claims to harvest cells more cost-effectively than other cell harvesting systems currently available. The system will reduce the time needed by research and commercial labs that grow cells, ensuring consistency of cell growth and reducing culture contamination.
Qiagen has acquired the PCR diagnostics company Artus, in a move that now allows Qiagen to offer preanalytical sample preparation and diagnostic assay solutions to its partners in molecular diagnostics. The acquisition further allows Qiagen to broadening the tests available on current diagnostic platforms fuelling growth in molecular diagnostics.
Chemical Abstracts Service and FIZ Karlsruhe have launched new software that is set to provide insights into trends and patterns in scientific and patent information, which is achievable through greater value from search results.
The European Union is to part-finance the creation of a European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) to advance collaboration across the continent in the field of nanotechnology, reports Phil Taylor.
NanoLogix unveils its DNA extraction system for the molecular diagnostics market, which is said to take significantly less time than standard spin column extraction methods.
Agilent Technologies is to acquire SSI in a move that will combine the former's analytical instrumentation, data systems and services with SSI's strong position in chromatographic data systems and informatics.
Beckman Coulter has launched a gene analysis system that aims to deliver high-throughput, cost effective gene expression via scalable, multiplexed PCR and overcome the biases that limit standard PCR analyses to just a few genes at a time, reports Wai Lang Chu.
UK-based Biotrace International has launched two allergen testing kits for detecting egg and peanut traces in food.
A two-year study has recommended a greater focus in looking for other methods of conducting medical research, as the continued use of animals in experiments is both unrealistic and ethically controversial.
The European Court of Justice has ruled against moves by the French government to resist a ban on the testing of cosmetics products on animals by the year 2009. The move will come as a blow to one of the country's biggest industries and will put the global industry on its toes, reports Simon Pitman.
The primary difficulty facing anyone given the task of designing a state-of-the-art laboratory is that they generally don't have access to a crystal ball to tell them exactly what will be at the leading edge of technology in two to three years time - the average time it takes to design and construct a facility, reports Phil Taylor.
Qiagen has released two protein purification kits that provide affordable automation as a way to increase throughput and free up valuable manpower for less routine tasks.
NextGen Sciences has launched an "automation-friendly" range of consumables, designed to maximise throughput and productivity for protein expression. The products have been designed to reduce error and increase expression effectiveness.
When representatives from around the world gather this week in Montreal to debate an international convention on biotechnology, the US will be making its case that current testing methods to detect trace amounts of genetically modified substances in food products are unreliable and unnecessary.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has created a Centre of Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD) that aims to provide GSK with alternative scientific and drug discovery approaches. The CEEDD also aims to exploit the full potential of GSK's R&D assets to generate more targets and compounds.
Evident Technologies has launched the world's first commercially available non-heavy metal quantum dot (QD) reagents that are less toxic to cells.
Nanotechnology has the potential to radically alter the quality and cleanliness of laboratory and pharmaceutical workplaces.
Digital imaging specialists Nikon has launched a new spectral detector that captures images faster with a single scan over the full spectral range. The quality of images obtained from multiple fluorescence probes within a sample will have numerous applications, particularly in live cell biology.
Qiagen and Procognia have entered into a marketing and licensing agreement, which targets the emerging field of protein glycoanalysis. The combination of Qproteome products with Procognia's On-Chip Glycoanalysis technology aims to create a host of "guided fractionation" solutions.
Magellan Biosciences has acquired TekCel, a tool provider for life science research, in a move that adds automated sample-management to its advanced technology portfolio for life science customers.
According to a new report, Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex is the leading mass spectrometer brand in all regions and market segments. Suppliers in this market will benefit from the 19 per cent of mass spectrometer users surveyed who plan to purchase a new instrument within the next year.
Agilent Technologies is to open a new Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis (LSCA) technical training centre in Shanghai in a move that reflects the current trend for biotech companies to divert resources to offshoring operations.
Genevac has introduced new technology for its Model HT-4X centrifugal evaporator whereby the system can be used to accelerate lyophilisation of water and water mixtures by as much as three hundred per cent.
Eksigent Technologies introduces a new range of software drivers and hardware accessories that ensure sample delivery at a pace that improves the throughput of its eight-channel HPLC system.
Reacting rapidly to the discovery of the banned colour Para Red in processed foods, UK food laboratory RSSL has a new method to help food makers detect this potential carcinogen, reports Lindsey Partos.
Polychromix and Ocean Optics have formed a partnership that aims to deliver cost-effective NIR spectroscopy solutions to a range of industries including the pharmaceutical and food industry, reports Wai Lang Chu.
Peakdale Molecular and Dynamic Extractions are to collaborate on the development of a new separation technology with applications in drug discovery, development and manufacture.
Beckman Coulter has announced the launch of its latest clinical system, which aims to help clinical laboratories simplify and automate chemistry testing and productivity whilst reducing overall costs, reports Wai Lang Chu.
Wyatt Technology is set to offer its first integrated solution for batch dynamic light scattering, which are amongst a batch of products set to bring improved high throughput screening and better understanding of the physical attributes of purified protein molecules.
A new study suggests that Soleris technology is over five times faster than conventional test methods in determining the shelf-life of pasteurised milk.
Ireland's Moorepark Food Research Centre is shoring up its capacity for functional food development with the addition of new laboratories and around 40 researchers, it said on Friday.
RSSL is launching a single screening service to test for the presence of illegal food colourings such as Sudan I-IV, Para Red and Orange G just as public concern over contamination grows.
Arrayjet launches a new inkjet microarray spotter, which uses a modern, replaceable inkjet print head with over 100 nozzles to deliver samples to the array surface. The non-contact technology also has a unique replaceable inject print head for uniformity and consistency.
A new way of ensuring that pharmaceutical production lines are free of cleaning agents has been developed by Smiths Detection and Dober Group, reports Phil Taylor.
Charles River Laboratories saw a double-digit boost in fiscal first quarter revenues reflecting a jump in operating earnings, helped by its acquisition of Inveresk Research Group and the emerging trend in outsourcing preclinical services.
PANalytical, a supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, has expanded ibnto Asia with the opening of a Regional Application Laboratory in Shanghai, China.
Bio-Tek Instruments and LI-COR Biosciences announce the integration of Bio-Tek's Bio-Stack Microplate Stacker to LI-COR's new Aerius Automated Infrared Imaging System, a microplate reader providing automated data analysis of In-Cell Westerns.
RTS Life Science has unveiled two new sample storage products that incorporate an integral cherry picking feature that can handle plates, tubes and vials. The two product additions follow on from RTS's small store, SmaRTStore and are aimed at the clinical laboratory sector.
Waters Corporation has launched the MassTrak Clinical Solutions, a system that is aimed at monitoring and measuring drug therapies, performing toxicology screening and quantifying biomarkers quickly, reliably and accurately.
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