Bio-Rad IH 1000 blood screening system
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories
The IH 1000 blood screening system is a fully automated, high-throughput system designed for the blood transfusion laboratory utilising the industry-accepted gold standard ID-System gel card technology.
SeptiCyte Lab sepsis test
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Athlomics Pty Ltd
Molecular diagnostics company Athlomics, in collaboration with Mater Pathology, has launched an immune system gene expression test for the diagnosis of severe infections, commonly known as sepsis.
Asuragen and Life Technologies BCR/ABL1 Quant Test
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
Asuragen and Life Technologies have achieved CE-marking and commercial launch in Europe of the BCR/ABL1 Quant Test, Asuragen’s clinically validated and cGMP manufactured test intended to aid clinicians in the monitoring and treatment of individuals afflicted with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Asuragen manufactures the monitoring test, which is exclusively distributed by Life Technologies and runs on the company’s Applied Biosystems CE-marked 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument.
Leica Microsystems BOND automated advanced staining platform
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Leica Microsystems Pty Ltd
Leica Microsystems and Abbott have reached an agreement for Abbott to supply fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes that target the HER2 gene locus. The probes will be used to develop a fully automated FISH solution for HER2 testing on the Leica Microsystems BOND, an automated advanced staining platform.
Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN Tris-Glycine extended (TGX) precast gels
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
Mini-PROTEAN Tris-Glycine extended (TGX) precast gels have been developed for protein electrophoresis using the standard Laemmli buffer system. The modification extends the gel shelf life to more than 12 months and can be run to completion in as little as 12 minutes.
R-Biopharm direct detection of C. difficile toxins A and B
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: R-Biopharm Australia
Article No. N0803 is a simple, one-step rapid test based on lateral flow technology that enables direct detection of C. difficile toxins A and B in well homogenised stool samples in 15 minutes. The test kit contains all utensils needed for successful assay performance and allows users to make 25 individual determinations. A positive control, which is not provided with the kit, can be ordered separately under Art. No. NP0804.
Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd
Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits can be used to screen pharmaceutical compounds for mutagenicity before they are considered for clinical trials. The kits are modified to use liquid culture instead of agar plates.
Eppendorf twin.tec PCR plates
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
Eppendorf’s two-component PCR plate has been designed to be easily divisible, saving material and money when running smaller-scale experiments. The twin.tec unskirted 96-well plates fit almost all available PCR instruments and can be snapped into four separate 24-well segments and the empty wells saved for future use.
Bio-Rad Laboratories CFX qPCR automation system
04 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
The CFX automation system enables walk-away, high-throughput qPCR on Bio-Rad’s CFX96 and CFX384 real-time PCR detection systems.
Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN Tris-Glycine extended (TGX) precast gels
03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
Mini-PROTEAN Tris-Glycine extended (TGX) precast gels have been developed for protein electrophoresis using the standard Laemmli buffer system. The modification extends the gel shelf life to more than 12 months and can be run to completion in as little as 12 minutes.
Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits
03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd
Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits can be used to screen pharmaceutical compounds for mutagenicity before they are considered for clinical trials. The kits are modified to use liquid culture instead of agar plates.
Bio-Rad Laboratories CFX qPCR automation system
03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
The CFX automation system enables walk-away, high-throughput qPCR on Bio-Rad’s CFX96 and CFX384 real-time PCR detection systems.
Eppendorf twin.tec PCR plates
03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
Eppendorf’s two-component PCR plate has been designed to be easily divisible, saving material and money when running smaller-scale experiments. The twin.tec unskirted 96-well plates fit almost all available PCR instruments and can be snapped into four separate 24-well segments and the empty wells saved for future use.
Xenometrix PAN I Cytotoxicity assay kit
21 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd
In order to determine which novel compounds are warranted for further development, early detection of unwanted cytotoxic effects is vital.
To shmoo or not to shmoo?
06 July, 2010
Yeast cells decide whether to have sex with each other within two minutes of meeting according to research published in ‘Nature’. One of the authors of the study, from Imperial College London, says the new insights into how yeast cells decide to mate could be helpful for researchers looking at how cancer cells and stem cells develop.
