US-based 3M Food Safety has unveiled a new Molecular Detection Assay for Listeria monocytogenes, the fourth test from the Molecular Detection System which provides testing for pathogens in a variety of food matrices. According to the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's new streamlined workflow process for the cobas Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test, which help labs reduce costs, improve turnaround time and focus on other key tasks. Roche ...
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US-based c Food Safety has achieved NF Validation certification cfor E.coli O157 including H7. The Molecular Detection Assay for E.coli O157 is capable of detecting the bacteria in raw beef, fruit, vegetable and dairy products. The ...
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Biotech specialist Partec has released analytical instruments which use a novel method to determine bacterial counts in drinking water. Partec says that the method is rapid and reliable and has been recommended by the Swiss Federal Office ...
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US-based biopharmaceutical company Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals has closed a $10.5m Series A financing round from Brock Securities with Gilford Securities as a participator. The firm is planning to invest the fund in its Phase I clinical ...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a Phase I small business innovation research (SBIR) grant to TriLink BioTechnologies to use its expertise in nucleic acid chemistry and develop an approach to RNA sample preparation for ...
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Sysmex Europe, a subsidiary of Sysmex, has entered into a distribution agreement to provide sales and support for Endomagnetics' SentiMag system across the EMEA region. The SentiMag system, which features a highly sensitive SentiMag ...
BioTek extends congratulations to Ms Tanis Godwin and the Centre for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR) at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand for winning a new Epoch™ Micro-Volume Spectrophotometer System. The giveaway ...
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Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of oligonucleotide reagents and precursors, has announced Zirench Technology Co. Ltd as distributor in China, the first Asian distributor for its comprehensive range of products. Located in ...
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Bioline, a subsidiary of life science company Meridian Bioscience, has launched Isolate II nucleic acid purification kits. Using the filter membrane spin column technology and simple bind-wash-elute steps, Isolate kits isolate nucleic ...
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SPRIselect from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences utilises SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilisation)-based chemistry to speed and simplify genomic DNA size selection for next generation sequencing fragment library preparation. Following ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of Hologic's amplified nucleic acid assay on the company's fully-automated Panther system. Using endocervical or vaginal swabs and specimens, collected in Hologic's ThinPrep ...
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A mitochondrial DNA microarray has been developed to detect animal contamination in Canadian watershed samples. The results confirm that the mitochondrial microarray method could accurately detect the dominant animals present in water ...
Two new additions to Eppendorf’s extensive range of automated pipetting systems are uniquely tailored for PCR setup and nucleic acid purification, yet retain the flexibility that allows their use as open systems for diverse automated ...
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The US FDA has approved Mylan Pharmaceuticals' abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Quinine Sulfate Capsules USP, 324mg, the generic equivalent to Mutual Pharmaceutical's Qualaquin. Mylan has commenced shipping the generic ...
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