Diatron Pictus 700 clinical chemistry analyser
03 December, 2012The Diatron Group has developed its latest clinical chemistry analyser, the Pictus 700, as a fully automated, random-access system, suitable for the modern laboratory.
Oral vaccine delivery via pollen shells
30 November, 2012Any system that makes the delivery of vaccines easier is a boon to world health.
Paper-based tool can screen for counterfeit drugs
21 September, 2012A chemistry research team has developed an inexpensive paper-based tool that can screen for counterfeit pain relievers. The paper analytical device (PAD) is the size of a business card and offers results in less than five minutes. It is technology that could ferret out other fake drugs that promise cures for everything from malaria to the flu. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a serious problem in developing countries.
miacom diagnostics hemoFISH S.aureus/CNS Screen
02 July, 2012The hemoFISH S.aureus/CNS Screen is based on fluorescence in-situ hybridisation and designed to differentiate Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci in positive blood cultures.
SDIX RapidChek CONFIRM non-O157 STEC immunomagnetic separation (IMS) test kit
30 June, 2012SDIX, a supplier of rapid-detection solutions to the food pathogen testing market, has announced that its RapidChek CONFIRM non-O157 STEC immunomagnetic separation (IMS) test kit has been reviewed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and has been listed in the USDA Microbiological Laboratory Guidebook (MLG) 5B.02 as the IMS reagents to be used in E. coli testing.
SeraCare anti-dengue mixed titer performance panel
16 June, 2012SeraCare Life Sciences has launched what it claims to be the first commercially available anti-dengue mixed titer performance panel. This addition to the company’s line of infectious disease panels responds to growing demand for accurate testing for dengue virus.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Maybridge Chiral Resolution Screening and Purification Kits
21 May, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced Maybridge Chiral Resolution Screening and Purification Kits to give organic chemists simple and rapid access to optically pure chiral compounds from their racemic mixtures.
Enzo Life Sciences Screen-Well toxicity libraries
03 May, 2012Screen-Well Libraries from Enzo Life Sciences for cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity and hematopoietic toxicity contain compounds with defined and diverse organ-associated toxicity profiles.
AiM GmbH Farm Set For Beginners test kit for antibiotics in milk
19 April, 2012With the Farm Set For Beginners from AiM GmbH, milk producers can carry out tests for inhibitors themselves on the farm at any time.
Milk Guard Residue Kit for beta-lactams
18 April, 2012Rapid testing for the presence of beta-lactam antibiotics is a requirement for dairies of all sizes in Australia. The Milk Guard Residue Kit for beta-lactams provides a result in 10 minutes and does not require any equipment.
Romer Labs AgraStrip Gluten G12 and AgraQuant Gluten G12 test kits
17 April, 2012Romer Labs has launched two test kits for gluten. The AgraStrip Gluten G12 is a lateral flow device for onsite factory testing and the AgraQuant Gluten G12 is an ELISA for quantitative testing in the laboratory.
Roche improves portfolio for early hepatitis C diagnosis and targeted treatment
07 March, 2012Roche now offers an updated portfolio for the early detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and personalised disease management. Its improved diagnostics and patient monitoring tools allow for HCV testing with high performance in early infection and ease of use, allowing clinicians to work efficiently and to suit individual patient treatment.
InnovaCoat Gold conjugation kit
02 March, 2012The InnovaCoat Gold conjugation kit allows antibodies, proteins and other biomolecules to be covalently attached to ultrastable Gold nanoparticles with simple pipetting operations. The hands-on time for the conjugation procedure is about 2 min and the conjugate is ready to use within 15 min. The conjugation reaction is initiated by adding a solution of the antibody, which becomes attached (via lysine residues) to the InnovaCoat surface.
CHROMagar Listeria Method
09 February, 2012CHROMagar has developed a rapid method for the detection of L. monocytogenes in food stuff.
Lab test technology a step closer to securing patents
23 January, 2012Millispot, a porous polymer-based material for storing dry blood used in laboratory analyses, is a step closer to securing comprehensive patents, following the release of a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) report indicating that all claims of the patent application appear to be novel and inventive.
