Promega UK, the Life Sciences Company, based on the University of Southampton Science Park in Hampshire, has announced the winners of its first Helix Sustainability award. Helix is an onsite RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) laboratory storage system used to support scientists with their life sciences research fighting diseases such as Cancer and Alzheimer’s....

After months in development flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec have provided a prototype electrochemical reactor to Dr Thomas Wirth, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cardiff University, for evaluation. The latest prototype offers a range of exciting features that will be implemented in the production versions including temperature control and operation...

Fluidic Analytics Ltd, has announced the issuance of US Patent 9,952,22 B2, entitled ‘Fluidic Separation and Detection’, from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This paves the way for the development and commercialisation of a next-generation protein analysis technology platform to be launched later this year. "The issuance of the US Patent for our fluidic separation and detection...

Immunotherapy is the use of a patient's own immune system to treat disease and is one of the most promising new therapies in the fight against cancer. Cancer cells invade the body's immune system, but they are similar to normal, healthy cells and can hide from the immune system and spread. In cancer immunotherapy or immuno-oncology, a patient's immune system is ‘activated' to fight cancer...

A South Australian university has recruited a leading quantum physics expert in a bid to win the race to build the world’s first quantum battery. Dr James Quach has joined the University of Adelaide’s School of Physical Sciences for four years under a Ramsay Fellowship. He will work within the Precision Measurement Group in the University’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)...

Weighing requires accuracy, especially when the readability of a balance reaches 0,01mg or more. However, in many applications the samples being weighed might be harmful or dangerous for the operator and the use of a fume hood is required in order to protect the laboratory personnel. Air flow, drafts and vibrations can adversely affect the weighing performance of any balance and eventually cause errors to the measurement....

Shimadzu’s state-of-the-art technology and expertise in gas sampling has enabled it to develop a bespoke Nexis GC-2030 for Celtic Recycling in Newport, Gwent, allowing the company to introduce GC screening of reclaimed and recycled SF6 gas, a service that no other company in the UK is currently able to offer. At the same time, the new system increased the laboratory’s capacity for the analysis...

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the Nano Imaging Lab of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute uses JPK’s versatile NanoWizard® 4 AFM system. Dr Monica Schönenberger has developed a flexible, professional service unit for atomic force microscopy. As a member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)...

Immunotherapy is the use of a patient's own immune system to treat disease and is one of the most promising new therapies in the fight against cancer. Cancer cells invade the body's immune system, but they are similar to normal, healthy cells and can hide from the immune system and spread. In cancer immunotherapy or immuno-oncology, a patient's immune system is ‘activated' to fight cancer...

MR Solutions has installed Hawaii’s first preclinical cryogen-free MRI imaging system to help researchers improve the rate of kidney disease detection through research. This is very good news for Hawaii which has a very high incidence of kidney disease - one in seven residents on the island has chronic kidney disease....

Newly published findings may lead to more personalized prostate cancer therapies. A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response to common drugs used to treat the disease, according to new research in the United States. The findings may provide important information for identifying which patients potentially fare better when treated with a different therapy...

The contract is related to interaction characterization of therapeutic antibodies using Attana’s cell-based technology. The order value is approximately 300 kSEK and will have a positive effect of the cash flow and results during Q3 2018. Attana’s application specialists will perform interaction analysis assays....