eClinicalHealth Limited, a technology and consulting company dedicated to providing innovative clinical trial solutions, is proud to announce the final results and success of the VERKKO remote online Phase IV clinical trial for diabetes.
The objectives of VERKKO, developed in collaboration with Sanofi, Langland and Mendor, were to study the use of a patient-centric online clinical trial platform integrated with Mendor’s 3G-enabled wireless blood glucose meter in a completely remote clinical trial setting. Sixty patients — all recruited through Facebook — participated in the study that had no site visits. Patients self-registered their interest in the Clinpal system...
Organizations Partner to Enhance the Development of Analytical Methods and Glycan Libraries for Cancer Glycobiology, Focusing on Glycosphingolipids
Waters Corporation has announced a joint effort with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute within Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to develop new methods of finding cancer markers and elucidating glycosylation pathways that could pave the way for new therapeutic strategies....
First installation of new optical imaging system at Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Bruker’s recently introduced preclinical in vivo imaging system – In-Vivo Xtreme II™ – is accelerating the preclinical research into infectious diseases being undertaken at the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide....
Niguarda Hospital, Milan, shares experiences in newly available case study
A newly released case study, available from Beckman Coulter, describes the experiences of Niguarda Hospital’s Molecular Biology Laboratory in the assessment of the DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System. Involving fewer steps and reagents, and with true, single sample random access, DxN VERIS...
Autoscribe Informatics has appointed Ritme as its distributor for the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in France, Italy and Switzerland.
Ritme has been selling scientific software and offering software support since 1989, with the prime objective of helping its customers make the best use of their software solutions. John Boother, President at Autoscribe Informatics said: “Following on from our recent successes in the USA, we are also keen to expand...
Jenway are proud to announce the launch of the new 7200 visible scanning spectrophotometer.
This spectrophotometer is the first in the Jenway range to leverage diode array technology to produce fast results. With a scan speed of less than 5 seconds across a wavelength range of 335 to 800nm, this spectrophotometer is an ideal addition to any laboratory. The clever design of this spectrophotometer encompasses....
Thermo Scientific Nunc Edge 2.0 Plate is designed to cost effectively increase cell consistency and productivity in cell-based assays
A new 96-well plate is uniquely engineered to virtually eliminate evaporation during lengthy incubation, enabling full-plate usage and increased well-to-well cell consistency for improved productivity in cell culture assays at a cost comparable to a standard 96-well plate....
Award presentation at the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World'
Within the framework of the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World,' Professor Fedor Jelezko (University of Ulm) and Professor Jörg Wrachtrup (University of Stuttgart) received the ZEISS Research Award 2016. This prestigious award is given to outstanding scientists who perform research in the field of optics and photonics and promote innovations....
Read MoreSartorius Stedim Biotech Launches Innovative ambr 250 Modular Bioreactor SystemJul 26, 2016
New expandable benchtop workstation with unique single-use bioreactor design offers a simple approach to process development for fermentation and cell culture
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today introduced the ambr® 250 modular, an innovative benchtop mini bioreactor system for parallel fermentation or cell culture. This system combines a unique single-use bioreactor vessel and expandable system design to offer bioprocess scientists access to advanced benchtop bioreactor technology for process development....
IMS 1300-HR3 Delivers Unmatched Analytical Performance; KLEORA Is a Specialized Ion Microprobe for Geochronology
CAMECA, a world leader in scientific instrumentation and metrology solutions, has announced the release of two new ultra high sensitivity SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) instruments. Both instruments were specifically developed to address the growing demand from environmental and geo scientists....
Empirical Bioscience announced today that they have introduced RTScript™, a cDNA Synthesis Kit, that allows users to produce robust cDNA yields in as little as 30 minutes.
The RTScript cDNA Synthesis Kitis a modified version of M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase with RNase H activity deactivated and increased thermal stability. These characteristics render it sensitive, specific, and capable of synthesizing highly structured and long cDNA fragments....
AMSBIO has launched a range of new TIGIT receptor products including a Jurkat cell line, Homogeneous assay kits and recombinant proteins for immunotherapy research.
Human T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) is a receptor expressed on the surface of human T cells and NK cells that binds to CD155 and CD112 present on the surface of dendritic cells. The binding of TIGIT with CD155 or CD112 results in inhibition of T cell and NK cell activation....
Thermo Scientific VanquishFlex Binary UHPLC system boosts high-speed applications and provides exceptional LC and LC-MS performance
Researchers looking for fast and consistent results can now benefit from the new ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system from Thermo Fisher Scientific to boost their LC and LC-MS performance. As the latest addition to the Thermo Scientific Vanquish UHPLC platform, the new Thermo Scientific Vanquish Flex Binary UHPLC system adds a binary solvent delivery option in the 1000 bar (15,000 psi)...
MRC researchers at University of Leicester investigate ‘mutant flies’
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies. It was found that the death of neurons associated with the disease was prevented when chemicals that...
Asynt's DrySyn Heating Block range now has new options enabling scientists to conduct precisely controlled heated/stirred experiments in 3 Dram vials, 20ml Scintillation vials and 2ml HPLC sample vials.
The new multi position blocks when combined with a DrySyn base unit allow up to 27 experiments to be performed in parallel. DrySyn heating blocks enable clean, safe synthesis without the hazards or problems associated with silicon oil baths or heating mantles. With no messy oil, heat resistant handles, and the most comprehensive range of simple-to-configure reaction inserts (for round bottom flasks, pear shaped flasks, boiling tubes, NMR tubes and vials) - DrySyn is the...
AMSBIO has introduced new cell lines and controls for Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) research, and to test inhibitors of the PD-1 / PD-L1 pathway.
The binding of PD-1, a receptor expressed on activated T-cells, to its ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2) negatively regulates immune responses. PD-1 ligands are highly expressed in many cancers, and their interaction inhibits T-cell activity allowing cancer cells to escape immune surveillance....
New Spark eMolecules reagent databases enable researchers to tie bioisosteric replacement ideas to reagent availability
Synergy between technologies speeds up drug optimization cycle. Cresset, innovative provider of software and contract research services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce the release of the new Spark reagent databases based on available compounds from eMolecules. This will enable researchers to use Spark to find the best R-groups for their projects, whilst also enabling a close...
Chemically-defined medium supports long-term culture of neuronal stem cells for neurological research
Irvine Scientific today announced the launch of PRIME-XV® Neural Basal Medium, a chemically-defined, serum-free medium for consistent neural cell culture, including neural progenitors and neuronal cells. This is the newest medium in Irvine’s PRIME-XV neural cell culture s ystem of media and supplements and supports the culture of human and rodent cells.Neural progenitors are sensitive to culture conditions and difficult to...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM and ForceRobot® systems at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea.
They are being applied to the field of medical diagnostics. Professor Joon Won Park is head of the Supersensitive Molecular Laboratory at Korea's Pohang University of Science & Technology. His group's research goal is to bring AFM into the field of medical diagnostics. It is their belief that AFM is the most sensitive tool for detecting various biomarkers without amplification or labelling. Reliability and speed have been...
Postnova Analytics reports on exciting advances in the analysis of plasma proteins using a hyphenated system that couples asymmetric flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
In a new application study researchers show how an AF4-ICP-MS system is able to obtain valuable information on the multi-element speciation and absolute molecular mass of human plasma proteins such as Albumin and Transferrin. Human Serum Albumin (HSA) and Transferrin are the two main plasma proteins that are known to bind and transfer metal ions in biological fluids....
Porvair Sciences range of 384-well plates are produced in class 10,000 cleanroom conditions from superior grade, ultra-clean polypropylene to strict quality control guidelines.
Available both sterile and non-sterile, Porvair 384-well plates provide a perfect solution for sample storage and assay set-up, allowing dilutions and aliquots to be simply handled, stored, or transported. Manufactured extra flat to ensure effective sealing, Porvair 384-well plates maintain your sample integrity over extended periods down to –80ºC....
The latest innovative bio-decontamination technology to revolutionise pass-through chamber and cleanroom aseptic practices, has just been launched by the world’s leading decontamination experts.
The Bioquell FS-1 is a fixed system, designed to be rapidly installed and validated, overcoming many of the issues and challenges observed in pharmaceutical production and life science research. Based on Bioquell’s well proven gold-standard technology, the FS-1 delivers swift bio-decontamination cycles to a 6-log reduction whilst leaving no residues.....
The objectives of VERKKO, developed in collaboration with Sanofi, Langland and Mendor, were to study the use of a patient-centric online clinical trial platform integrated with Mendor’s 3G-enabled wireless blood glucose meter in a completely remote clinical trial setting. Sixty patients — all recruited through Facebook — participated in the study that had no site visits. Patients self-registered their interest in the Clinpal system...
Waters Corporation has announced a joint effort with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute within Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to develop new methods of finding cancer markers and elucidating glycosylation pathways that could pave the way for new therapeutic strategies....
Bruker’s recently introduced preclinical in vivo imaging system – In-Vivo Xtreme II™ – is accelerating the preclinical research into infectious diseases being undertaken at the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide....
A newly released case study, available from Beckman Coulter, describes the experiences of Niguarda Hospital’s Molecular Biology Laboratory in the assessment of the DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System. Involving fewer steps and reagents, and with true, single sample random access, DxN VERIS...
Ritme has been selling scientific software and offering software support since 1989, with the prime objective of helping its customers make the best use of their software solutions. John Boother, President at Autoscribe Informatics said: “Following on from our recent successes in the USA, we are also keen to expand...
This spectrophotometer is the first in the Jenway range to leverage diode array technology to produce fast results. With a scan speed of less than 5 seconds across a wavelength range of 335 to 800nm, this spectrophotometer is an ideal addition to any laboratory. The clever design of this spectrophotometer encompasses....
Within the framework of the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World,' Professor Fedor Jelezko (University of Ulm) and Professor Jörg Wrachtrup (University of Stuttgart) received the ZEISS Research Award 2016. This prestigious award is given to outstanding scientists who perform research in the field of optics and photonics and promote innovations....
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today introduced the ambr® 250 modular, an innovative benchtop mini bioreactor system for parallel fermentation or cell culture. This system combines a unique single-use bioreactor vessel and expandable system design to offer bioprocess scientists access to advanced benchtop bioreactor technology for process development....
CAMECA, a world leader in scientific instrumentation and metrology solutions, has announced the release of two new ultra high sensitivity SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) instruments. Both instruments were specifically developed to address the growing demand from environmental and geo scientists....
The RTScript cDNA Synthesis Kitis a modified version of M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase with RNase H activity deactivated and increased thermal stability. These characteristics render it sensitive, specific, and capable of synthesizing highly structured and long cDNA fragments....
Human T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) is a receptor expressed on the surface of human T cells and NK cells that binds to CD155 and CD112 present on the surface of dendritic cells. The binding of TIGIT with CD155 or CD112 results in inhibition of T cell and NK cell activation....
Researchers looking for fast and consistent results can now benefit from the new ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system from Thermo Fisher Scientific to boost their LC and LC-MS performance. As the latest addition to the Thermo Scientific Vanquish UHPLC platform, the new Thermo Scientific Vanquish Flex Binary UHPLC system adds a binary solvent delivery option in the 1000 bar (15,000 psi)...
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies. It was found that the death of neurons associated with the disease was prevented when chemicals that...
The new multi position blocks when combined with a DrySyn base unit allow up to 27 experiments to be performed in parallel. DrySyn heating blocks enable clean, safe synthesis without the hazards or problems associated with silicon oil baths or heating mantles. With no messy oil, heat resistant handles, and the most comprehensive range of simple-to-configure reaction inserts (for round bottom flasks, pear shaped flasks, boiling tubes, NMR tubes and vials) - DrySyn is the...
The binding of PD-1, a receptor expressed on activated T-cells, to its ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2) negatively regulates immune responses. PD-1 ligands are highly expressed in many cancers, and their interaction inhibits T-cell activity allowing cancer cells to escape immune surveillance....
Synergy between technologies speeds up drug optimization cycle. Cresset, innovative provider of software and contract research services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce the release of the new Spark reagent databases based on available compounds from eMolecules. This will enable researchers to use Spark to find the best R-groups for their projects, whilst also enabling a close...
Irvine Scientific today announced the launch of PRIME-XV® Neural Basal Medium, a chemically-defined, serum-free medium for consistent neural cell culture, including neural progenitors and neuronal cells. This is the newest medium in Irvine’s PRIME-XV neural cell culture s ystem of media and supplements and supports the culture of human and rodent cells.Neural progenitors are sensitive to culture conditions and difficult to...
They are being applied to the field of medical diagnostics. Professor Joon Won Park is head of the Supersensitive Molecular Laboratory at Korea's Pohang University of Science & Technology. His group's research goal is to bring AFM into the field of medical diagnostics. It is their belief that AFM is the most sensitive tool for detecting various biomarkers without amplification or labelling. Reliability and speed have been...
In a new application study researchers show how an AF4-ICP-MS system is able to obtain valuable information on the multi-element speciation and absolute molecular mass of human plasma proteins such as Albumin and Transferrin. Human Serum Albumin (HSA) and Transferrin are the two main plasma proteins that are known to bind and transfer metal ions in biological fluids....
Available both sterile and non-sterile, Porvair 384-well plates provide a perfect solution for sample storage and assay set-up, allowing dilutions and aliquots to be simply handled, stored, or transported. Manufactured extra flat to ensure effective sealing, Porvair 384-well plates maintain your sample integrity over extended periods down to –80ºC....
The Bioquell FS-1 is a fixed system, designed to be rapidly installed and validated, overcoming many of the issues and challenges observed in pharmaceutical production and life science research. Based on Bioquell’s well proven gold-standard technology, the FS-1 delivers swift bio-decontamination cycles to a 6-log reduction whilst leaving no residues.....