Clinical technique detects flu virus in 40 minutes
14 February, 2012A diagnosis technique developed by researchers at the Riken Omics Science Center (OSC) has succeeded in detecting influenza virus infection in only 40 minutes and with 100 times the sensitivity of conventional methods.
Enzo Life Sciences MultiBead MultiPlex Assays
09 February, 2012Enzo Life Sciences’ (ELS) platform of MultiBead Multiplex immunoassay kits for flow cytometry provides an extensive range of human cytokines, eicosanoids, heat-shock proteins and client proteins.
Nucleofector kits and protocols for adherent cells
02 December, 2011 byLonza has available Nucleofector kits and protocols for adherent cells, including neurons. The company’s optimal protocols provide good adherent Nucleofection of primary neurons using Lonza Nucleofector systems.
Innova Biosciences Lightning-Link Rapid Antibody Labelling System
24 November, 2011The Innova Biosciences Lightning-Link Rapid Antibody Labelling System allows conjugations to be set up in seconds and the labelled antibody used within minutes. By circumventing the desalting or dialysis steps that commonly interrupt traditional protein labelling procedures, they can be used to label small quantities of antibody with 100% recovery of the labelled antibody. Labelled antibodies are suitable for Western blotting, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, immunofluoresence and FACS analysis.
Enzo Life Sciences’ autophagy-related kits, small molecules, cell-based assays and reagents
16 November, 2011Enzo Life Sciences’ wide selection of autophagy-related kits, small molecules, cell-based assays and reagents can be used to assess the process of autophagy from phagophore assembly through autolysosome creation and beyond. The range is claimed to provide rapid, quantitative results.
Merck Millipore ProteoExtract Kits
25 October, 2011Merck Millipore has launched two ProteoExtract Kits that enable researchers to more rapidly and effectively enrich, isolate and analyse the cytoskeleton and associated proteins.
TaqMan mutation detection assays
21 October, 2011 byTaqMan mutation detection assays detect and measure somatic mutations in genes associated with cancer.
Enzo Life Sciences cyclic nucleotide kits
20 October, 2011 byEnzo Life Sciences says it produces one of the most sensitive (0.037 pmol/mL) and complete colorimetric kits available for intra- and extracellular cAMP or cGMP quantification.
Innova Biosciences Lightning-Link rapid antibody labelling system
14 October, 2011 byThe Lightning-Link rapid antibody labelling system from Innova Biosciences allows conjugations to be set up in seconds and the labelled antibody used within minutes.
Innova Biosciences imm-Link Immunogen Linking Kits
19 August, 2011 byInnova Biosciences imm-Link Immunogen Linking Kits are claimed to simplify the conjugation of haptens to carrier proteins. Large immune responses are stimulated by BSA, Ovalbumin and Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) and are typically used as carrier proteins to generate antibodies against small antigens (eg, peptides or organic compounds ie, the ‘hapten’). To successfully stimulate the production of antibodies, the antigen needs to be covalently linked to a carrier protein.
Integrated DNA Technologies Pre-designed and custom assays primers and probes for qPCR
18 August, 2011 byIntegrated DNA Technologies (IDT) provides a broad range of custom qPCR assays, primers and probes. PrimeTime qPCR Assays are available in three different sizes (Mini, Standard and XL) and provide the forward and reverse primers, as well as a hydrolysis probe in a single tube. Primers and probes are also available separately, including the Double-Quenched Probe which increases accuracy and sensitivity through the incorporation of an internal ZEN quencher. As such, users are provided with an option to meet any experimental requirements.
EMD Millipore QCM Gelatin Invadopodia Assays
11 August, 2011 byEMD Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA, has launched QCM Gelatin Invadopodia Assays which are designed to standardise and enhance the study of cell invasion. The assays are claimed to be the only commercially available kits for studying invadopodia.
Lonza AdipoLyze Lipolysis Detection Assay
22 July, 2011 byThe AdipoLyze Lipolysis Detection Assay is a fast, sensitive, fluorescent in vitro assay that can be used for detecting small quantities of glycerol in cells undergoing lipolysis.
Merck Millipore Magna ChIP-Seq preparation kit
18 June, 2011 byThe Merck Millipore Magna ChIP-Seq preparation kit has been designed to simplify genome-wide profiling of DNA-protein interactions by chromatin immunoprecipitation and next-generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq).
BioTek cytokines ELx405 washer application note
25 May, 2011Cytokines and growth factors are cell signalling proteins that mediate a number of physiological responses. In addition, they are also associated with a number of diseases including tumour growth and metastasis, infections and inflammation. Because these molecules rarely act unilaterally it is important to assess a number of them in parallel. The advent of multiplex assays using Luminex xMAP bead technology has simplified the task of performing multiple assays on samples. BioTek has demonstrated how to automate the wash steps of the Bio-Rad HumanCytokine 8-plex assay kit using the ELx405 Magnetic Bead Washer.
