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31-May-2007
Neural data recorder from ADInstruments
ADInstruments has launched its Neuro Amp EX to improve neurological data collection from animals and humans during drug candidate testing by reducing noise and improving ease of use.
Product news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you a round-up of some of the latest product news, with new releases from Affymetrix, Genevac, Mettler Toledo, Qiagen and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Q Chip launches effortless PCR
The launch of a new gel-based PCR 'lab-in-a-bead' promises more accurate PCR experiments by doing away with the potential for measuring errors.
30-May-2007
Imaging the glutamate system
Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden and AstraZeneca have developed the first method that allows the glutamate system to be studied in living people.
Ethical reputations of top pharma firms revealed
The latest ethical reputations of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have been revealed, with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) emerging as big pharma's Mother Theresa, according to a recently-released compilation by Geneva-based ethical-monitoring firm Covalence.
29-May-2007
NIST launch proteomics reference materials
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first ever reference material to improve the performance and reliability of proteomics research.
Industry news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you its periodic round-up of industry news with news from 454 Life Sciences, Biobase, Guava, Leica, Carl Zeiss, Whatman and GE Healthcare.
UK laboratory equipment market 'healthier'
The UK laboratory equipment market is a healthier place to invest than six months ago with companies increasing their returns on investments.
China sentences former drug official to death
China has today sentenced to death the former director of its State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), on charges of corruption, according to reports in the Chinese media.
24-May-2007
Product news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you a round-up of some of the latest product news, with developments at Agilent, Bruker Daltonics, Labcyte, Millipore, NoAb, PerkinElmer, Radleys and Sigma-Aldrich.
Advances in Microarray Technology
The latest Advances in Microarray Technology (AMT) conference, held in conjunction with the Lab-on-a-Chip World Congress highlighted the movement of the fields from the research lab into diagnostics.
Nanopoint the way to live cell imaging
Nanopoint has released its cellTRAY imaging system that enables time lapse imaging of individual cells while reducing experiment costs.
MFIC to bring microfluidics to drug formulation
MFIC is looking to introduce a new microfluidic system that could help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to manufacture difficult to formulate drugs.
23-May-2007
EpiStem's 'plucked hair' technology attracts AstraZeneca
A non-invasive technique that uses hair plucked from cancer patients to guide the development of new chemotherapy drugs has attracted the attention of UK pharma giant AstraZeneca.
22-May-2007
Arrayjet Sprints into benchtop microarray production
Arrayjet's new Sprint benchtop inkjet microarray spotter promises to allow researchers the ability to design and print their own microarrays and array-based biosensors.
Thermo's enhanced FT-IR spectrometer
Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a series of modules for its Nicolet 8700 FT-IR spectrometer to allow researchers to study fast reaction processes, chiral molecules and molecular films.
Industry news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you its periodic round-up of industry news with Inverness winning the bidding war for Biosite, Bio-Rad agreeing to purchase DiaMed, and news from Ciphergen, Eksigent, Siemens and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
21-May-2007
Humanised mouse 'far more useful' to predict side effects
An animal model used to evaluate vaccines could be "far more useful" to predict potential side effects than current methods, according to its developers, AMDL.
17-May-2007
Mechanisms of microRNA gene silencing revealed
Two new studies published this week have revealed how microRNA silences genes and prevents protein production, which could lead to new anticancer therapies.
Product news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you a round up of brings you a round up of some of the latest news and releases from A2, GE Healthcare, Guava, Millipore, Radleys, Syngene and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Agilent's bio-analytical revenues increase by 15 per cent
Agilent Technologies posted another set of strong results with growth in the bio-analytical division offsetting weaker performance in the electronic measurement division.
ART's new imaging system
Advanced Research Technologies (ART) has launched a new imaging system for studying molecular events in small living animals to further our understanding of disease and treatment mechanisms.
16-May-2007
New DNA damage test could reduce animal experiments
A new tool for checking if drugs damage DNA could reduce the number of animal experiments needed in drug development, and also be cheaper than conventional techniques, according to its designer.
15-May-2007
New HIV tests look to speed up viral load analysis
Abbott Laboratories and Roche Diagnostics have both had HIV-1 tests approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that should allow clinical laboratories to deliver viral load results faster.
Industry news in brief
LabTechnologist.com presents its periodic round up of recent industry news with the latest developments in the fight to buy Biosite as well as news from Agilent, Dionex, and Millipore.
Pharma dreams of greener future
More efficient ways to make amides and removing the need to use solvents during reactor cleaning top the list of the pharmaceutical industry's most wanted greener processes.
14-May-2007
The future of separating biomolecules?
A new device that allows the separation of complex biological mixtures by the physical properties of its constituents has been developed.
10-May-2007
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new cell media
Two new cell growth media for human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells have been launched to aid the discovery and production of various biological drugs.
Biotool's safety burner
Swiss-firm Biotool has released a new Bunsen burner, the LabFlame, that features a safety control system as well as automatic ignition and gas cut off.
Product news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you its periodic round up of new product releases for use in pharmaceutical and life science laboratories, with new offerings from Invitrogen, Micronit, Nimblegen, Porvair and Qiagen.
09-May-2007
Vibrational spectroscopy reveals Parkinson's biomarkers
US-based Molecular Biometrics has used vibrational spectroscopy techniques to identify biomarkers for Parkinson's disease that, if validated, could speed up the drug discovery process.
Studying reactions in micro-channels
A new microfluidic device has been developed that uses fluorescence lifetime measurement to allow researchers to study the kinetics of molecular processes that are usually too fast to study accurately.
08-May-2007
Industry news in brief
LabTechnologist.com presents its periodic round up of recent industry news with new developments at Beckman Coulter, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Millipore, GE Healthcare and 454 Life Sciences.
Applied Microarrays rescues CodeLink
Recently formed Applied Microarrays has rescued GE Healthcare's CodeLink platform and production facility in Tempe, US from closure.
The missing link between microfluidics and MS
A new device has been designed that could form the link between microfluidic separations and mass spectrometry (MS) based proteomics to give faster results from smaller sample sizes.
03-May-2007
Latest in Covance and GSKs' tussles with animal rights organisations
This week Covance has paid PETA Europe's court costs relating back to a failed legal bid to prevent the broadcast of video footage taken during a covert investigation of its US animal laboratory. Meanwhile, GSK has had a positive result in extending a court order severely restricting protests at its UK premises.
Product news in brief
LabTechnologist.com brings you a round up of brings you a round up of some of the latest releases for use in pharmaceutical and life science laboratories from Dowpharma, Genevac, Guava, Olympus, PerkinElmer, Symantix and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Are you in need of the Astech challenge?
UK-based Astech Projects are 'daring' pharmaceutical companies to challenge them to solve their troublesome laboratory automation processes.
Prosonix wins award for SAX
Prosonix and Bath University in the UK have won the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) Innovation award for the development of a tool that enables the manufacture of crystalline pharmaceuticals of specific sizes.
VWR changes hands again
VWR's parent company has signed a definitive agreement to sell the world's second largest laboratory supplier after its recent period of significant growth and profitability.
02-May-2007
Lightweight sample preparation proves popular
Pressure BioSciences (PBI) is set to release a new lightweight version of its pressure cycling instrument to control biomolecular interactions, after a downsized demo model proved surprisingly popular.
01-May-2007
Suppliers see solid growth in 2007
Laboratory equipment manufacturers are having a good start to 2007, with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Waters, Varian and PerkinElmer nearly all achieving double-digit revenue growth.
Electroacoustic DNA chip synthesis
A new tool for creating DNA microarrays using a directional acoustic droplet ejector has been developed that circumvents the problem of blocked nozzles when using inkjet printing techniques.
Industry news in brief
LabTechnologist.com presents its periodic round up of recent industry news with new developments at Agilent, Beckman Coulter, Carl Zeiss, DuPont, Luminex and PerkinElmer.
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