Johan Rockberg and Johan Nilvebrant at KTH in Stockholm have edited a new book "Epitope Mapping Protocols", which describes different methods to optimize antibodies properties to identify and interact with receptors in the body for pharmaceutical and diagnostic applications. In the chapter "Label-Free Cell-Based Assay for Characterization of Biomolecules and Receptors"  illustrates the use of Attana's cell based technology within those areas...

AMSBIO, a global provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis. Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult to analyse by more traditional quantitative PCR...

BBI Solutions has released four new antibodies specific for the HIV-1 p24 capsid protein. The antibodies are the first evidence of BBI using the internal antibody custom service expertise gained through the acquisition of Maine Biotechnology Services, to develop products for their reagent suite. Having a combined team of antibody and assay development specialists allowed...

New York-based Oramed begins its largest clinical trial to date under FDA, recruiting type 2 diabetics across the country. Oral insulin, the Holy Grail of diabetes care that has alluded researchers for decades, is taking a major step towards becoming reality. Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc is working to...

Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces that it has renewed its partnership with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Inra). This partnership with Inra’s Diversity, Genomes and Insects-Microorganisms Interactions laboratory (DGIMI) aims...

New research from Northumbria University has revealed that metal-related pollution began in the Balkans more than 500 years before it appeared in western Europe, and persisted throughout the Dark Ages and Medieval Period, meaning the region played a far bigger role in mineral exploitation than previously believed. The study provides a new perspective on both the timing...

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received a boost this week with the news that the Scottish Government’s new Chief Scientific Advisor Marine has chosen to be based at the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Professor Colin Moffat, a marine scientist and researcher, has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor Marine to the Scottish Government...

Join scientists from around the world at the must-attend conference of the year where you will gain information that will help you identify solutions to practical problems in all areas of preparative and process chromatography....

The family and employees of Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG mourn the loss of their founder, long-standing CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Peter Huber. The company founder died on June 12, 2018 aged 77. Peter Huber was born on 16 February 1941 in Offenburg. After training as a machinist, he first worked in the family electrical business. In 1965, at the age of 24, Peter Huber took part in one of the first refrigeration courses at the "Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"

On Wednesday 23rd May 2018, over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. Organised by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the day brought together delegates from across the community, offering opportunities to meet like-minded people, learn new things and discover the very best scientific technology and equipment for the laboratory....

Researchers have demonstrated novel parasite behaviour which offers a potential new target for malaria diagnosis and intervention. Malaria, a blood borne disease caused by single cell parasites, remains a major global public health issue with millions of cases, and nearly half a million deaths every year. The new discovery in the parasite’s biology is revealed across a set of three studies led by the University of Glasgow’s Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology...

Further growth expected with announcement of new distributor in Bulgaria. Cherwell Laboratories, manufacturer of Redipor® prepared microbiological media, announced a 21% increase in Redipor sales to its distributors during its 2017/18 financial year.  Cherwell’s continuing growth in export sales, largely across Europe, can be attributed to renewed strategic focus on overseas markets...