New Liquid Crystal-Based Technology Rapidly Detects Multiple Pathogens in Food
October 26, 2011
KENT, Ohio--Each year, food-borne pathogens cause an estimated 48 million illnesses (affecting one in six people), 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Variant E. coli strains in ground beef and lettuce, Salmonella in turkey and chicken, and Listeria in cantaloupe and romaine lettuce have sparked widespread recalls [...]
New Hiden QIC Biostream Monitor
October 26, 2011
The Hiden QIC-series gas analyser range is boosted by the introduction of the QIC Biostream system specifically configured for real-time, continuous multi-stream analysis of both headspace and dissolved species evolving from and within varied bio reaction processes. All gaseous species with molecular weights below 300 amu can be measured. Systems are available with a choice [...]
Implant Sciences Explosives Detection Technology Protects Major European Bank
October 26, 2011
Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced sales of its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 portable explosives trace detection devices to two new customers in Europe. Units have been sold for deployment in the protection of a major European bank and for use in training at an [...]
New Soundproof Enclosures Reduce Observed Hazardous Laboratory Noise by 75%
October 26, 2011
Evans Mills NY and Gananoque, ON - FarHawk Marketing Services announced today that all soundproof enclosures and mass spectrometer furniture manufactured by MS Noise will have a guaranteed sound reduction of 15 decibels (dbA) from a previous specification of 12 dbA, an improvement of 25% from previous models. These new, quieter soundproof enclosures reduce noise [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces System to Double Cryogenic Storage Capacity
October 25, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Dense Storage system for low-temperature storage of biological samples and solutions. The system combines 1 mL Thermo Scientific Nunc CryoBank tubes with the new 13 x 13 tube dividers and Nunc™ CryoBoxes. This novel Dense Storage format [...]
ProteinSimple Automates Aggregation Analysis
October 25, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- ProteinSimple today announced the launch of the Bot1 High Throughput Autosampler for its MFI 5000 Micro-Flow Imaging platforms. Bot1 automates analysis of protein aggregates and particles by Micro-Flow imaging. Bot1 will be unveiled at the IBC's 11th Annual Formulation Strategy for Protein Therapeutics conference, November 1-3, 2011, in Long Beach, CA. [...]
Life Technologies Launches 3500 Dx Series Genetic Analyzers for In Vitro Diagnostic Use in China
October 25, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation today announced that its Applied Biosystems 3500 Dx / 3500xL Dx Genetic Analyzer has been approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration(SFDA) for diagnostic use in China. The 3500 Dx is a capillary-based Sanger Sequencer intended for use in the analysis of human DNA or RNA for the [...]
New RoHS Test Equipment Developed in Joint Venture
October 25, 2011
Buffalo, NY -- Xenemetrix Inc and Eastern Applied Research Inc have agreed to proceed with the co-development of a new X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer that will meet the requirements of RoHS compliance testing needs. In addition to RoHS analysis, the analyzer will provide full qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements from Aluminum (Al) through Uranium (U). [...]
Implant Sciences Sells Follow-On Order to China’s Beijing Subway System
October 25, 2011
Implant Sciences Corporation, a high record retailer of systems and sensors for homeland confidence markets, currently announced a sale of additional units of a Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives snippet detector to a Beijing Subway system, an existent patron in China. The Beijing Subway is a complicated complement with 14 lines, all of that have [...]
October 25, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) today announced that the company has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (GSK) to develop a diagnostic to be used as a companion test with a GSK candidate cancer immunotherapy. Specifically, Life will develop a qPCR-based molecular diagnostic assay for GSK’s MAGE-A3 cancer immunotherapy candidate designed to [...]
