Bioo Scientific Launches First ELISA to Screen Shrimp for Benzalkonium Chloride Contamination
November 20, 2013
Austin, TX -- Bioo Scientific has released the first commercial kit designed for the detection of benzalkonium chloride, also known as BKC, in shrimp. The new MaxSignal® Benzalkonium Chloride ELISA Test Kit can detect benzalkonium chloride in shrimp tissue to levels as low as 1 ppb. The rapid ELISA-based method allows the kit to be [...]
New Hantavirus Monoclonal Antibodies
November 20, 2013
Hantaviruses are RNA viruses that can infect humans via rodent waste including urine and saliva especially when these are aerosolized. The resulting syndromes include hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS fatality rates can be as high as 60%. Many species of the Hantavirus genus have been isolated world wide [...]
Agilent Technologies to Collaborate with University of Queensland on Oral Cancer Research
November 20, 2013
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will collaborate with the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research in Brisbane, Australia, to increase understanding of the genomic differences between young and older patients with oral cancer and between progressive and non-progressive oral potentially malignant lesions. Oral cancer is part of [...]
November 20, 2013
SEATTLE – NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the appointment of David W. Ghesquiere as Senior Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Ghesquiere will work with NanoString’s Chief Executive Officer, Brad Gray, to shape the [...]
ORTEC GammaVision 7 Software for High-Resolution Gamma Spectroscopy
November 20, 2013
Oak Ridge, TN – The ORTEC Products Group of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology has announced that the release of GammaVision 7 software for high-resolution gamma spectroscopy applications has been fully validated for use with 64-bit Windows 7. In addition to operating system compatibility, GammaVision 7 expands current multi-language support, complies with ISO 11929 standards, and [...]
Linde and Alliance Welding team up to serve life science customers in San Francisco Bay Area
November 20, 2013
MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Linde LLC has entered an agreement with Alliance Welding Supplies, Inc., creating one of the strongest gases supply options for life sciences customers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under the agreement, Alliance, a Linde platinum distributor headquartered in Oakland, will supply gases produced by Linde to Bay Area members of [...]
November 20, 2013
SUNNYVALE, California –– Labcyte Inc., the acoustic dispensing company, has been awarded $1 million to create an innovative process to detect cancer-related proteins in samples, with initial work in breast cancer detection. The unsurpassed precision and accuracy of Labcyte acoustic liquid handling enables biomarker detection by measuring multiple proteins with a MALDI mass spectrometer. Recent [...]
New from Cole-Parmer: GreenLight Environmental Bacterial Count Systems
November 20, 2013
Vernon Hills, IL -- For a low-cost method of measuring disinfection efficiency and contamination levels, Cole-Parmer presents the new GreenLight® Environmental Bacterial Count Systems. The systems are ideal for monitoring wastewater discharge for disinfection limits in NPDES permits, drinking water plant disinfection, and bacteria in water at beaches. The systems measure oxygen consumption to determine [...]
If Santa Doesn’t Bring Life Scientists What They Need, These Catalogs Will
November 20, 2013
HOLLISTON, Mass. -- This holiday season as usual, mailboxes will be filled to bursting with catalogs offering every imaginable item. However, there's one series of catalogs that relatively few people will ever see—except for those within the life science community. Indeed, life scientists in the U.S. and around the world depend heavily on these particular [...]
November 19, 2013
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it received premarket clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the MiSeqDx system, the first high-throughput DNA sequencing analyzer to receive FDA clearance. Illumina also received FDA premarket clearance for the MiSeqDx Cystic Fibrosis 139-Variant Assay, MiSeqDx Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Sequencing Assay, and [...]
