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RWD Olfactometer is a system for mouse cognitive assessment. The system associates odor stimulation with drinking water reward feedback, and build a learning task to quickly help users carry out mouse cognitive assessment experiments. The Olfactometer can deliver precise odors, study olfaction sensory physiology, study cognitive behavior response. It supports 8 mice tra...

From the advent of microscopes to quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and next-generation sequencing (NGS), clinical labs are more capable than ever to run effective diagnostic tests. However, even today’s powerful diagnostic tools can’t do it all—there remains a need for new advances to expedite and improve clinical testing. Where qPCR and NGS fall short, Pa...

Nobody likes dealing with poopy diapers. But TerraCycle Discovery has created a microbiome testing service that can turn that chore into an opportunity to measure a child’s gut health. The company’s tiniest Biome service evaluates the microbial content of a poopy diaper and then provides parents with appropriate wellness recommendations for their child. According to Ter...

There is significant evidence to suggest that these criteria do not capture all women who are HBOC carriers. For instance, one recent general population screen among more than 6,000 women found that out of 38 HBOC carriers identified, almost half would not have qualified for HBOC testing based on clinical criteria and their elevated risk of cancer would not have been ide...

Ziath has launched its next generation DataPaq™ Handheld 2 tube reader—designed to be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling. Designed for easy portability, the new DataPaq™ Handheld 2 is a dedicated standalone device for rapidly reading single 2D bar-coded tubes. Its highly intuitive interface, and easy-to-read display, simplify and spe...

Similar to the technology developed for diagnosing COVID-19, GoMeyra now helps laboratories automate and streamline testing for a broader range of medical conditions. Using digital scanning to process test samples rather than manually inputting data, GoMeyra LIMS monitors and records the journey of a sample from its receipt at a laboratory through the end of its life cyc...

The cutting-edge Cellaca PLX system, designed by the company’s Nexcelom unit, combines best-in-class image cytometer hardware, software, validated consumables and trackable data reporting all in one system without requiring complex calibration procedures or intense training requirements. To further streamline the customer experience, optimized reagent kits with validated...

Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) has launched Chek-Stix Liquid Quality Control solutions - the latest innovation in its urinalysis portfolio. Chek-Stix UA Diptube Liquid QC contains both Level 1 (negative for all chemistry parameters and positive for hCG) and Level 2 (positive for all chemistry parameters and negative for hCG), packaged in one box. Both Level 1 a...

This may put the patent at a higher risk for acute kidney injury, Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) infections, other hospital-acquired infections (HAI), and significantly high hospital costs. Preventing false-positive results and sepsis misdiagnosis has to begin with reducing blood culture contaminations. Now, a new technology...

Multitasking scientists are set to benefit from a new laboratory product which combines ease of use and unique design – the Starlab Minicentrifuge. Designed with one-handed operation in mind, the new device follows on from the Mini Fuge Plus and once again, user-friendliness is central to its design. The Hamburg-based lab products manufacturer, which has a base in Milt...

First bioreactor with lid stand HABITAT is the first laboratory bioreactor with a stand. The lid never has to be put down. The motor is hooked onto the side of the stand and the sensors are safely stowed away. All this ensures ergonomic working, a tidy laboratory and faster emptying. New mixing mode IKA’s engineers have developed a new mixing mode especially for HABITAT...

Owl shape optimizes pressure redistribution on wheelchairs.5 types of form variations correspond to the various conditions. Recommendations For wheelchair users who need superior pressure redistribution.Suitable for the sacral sitter.Provides moderate postural support.The High is recommended for the client who needs further pressure redistribution. The contour is recomm...

BASEL, SWITZERLAND — Lonza has launched the Nebula® Multimode Reader, the first multimode reader qualified for use with Lonza’s turbidimetric, chromogenic and recombinant endotoxin detection methods. Users can now directly compare results from absorbance-based and fluorescence-based endotoxin assays in one reader, reducing the variables and training required for endotoxi...

Ziath announced the launch of a new dual capability coded tube reader—the Duo. This affordably priced addition to the Ziath range combines the proven 2D-barcode reading technology of the Uno single tube reader with the fast accurate linear barcode reading of the company’s Cyclops adapter. The new Duo tube reader provides a compact benchtop solution for fast and accurate...

In a proof-of-principle, the researchers set the robot the task of optimizing cell culture conditions to create a maximal number of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. The robot improved the percentage of stem cells within a culture that differentiated into RPE cells from 50% to approximately 90% over six months of experimentation, and the researchers estimate that i...

Smartphone urinalysis and wound-care company Healthy.io received FDA 510(k) clearance for home use of its Minuteful kidney-damage test. The test is used to determine the increased presence of a protein called albumin in the urine, which can be an early sign of chronic kidney disease. The kit includes a testing strip, a sample cup and color board. Patients dip the test s...

The technology intends to be a bridge between PCR tests, which are accurate but slow, and antigen tests, which are rapid but suffer from reduced accuracy. The system provides results straight to a smartphone app, and includes an inexpensive sample reader. The technology could provide a viable point-of-care testing system. As with a recently reported COVID-19 test intend...

They describe the approach as a lab-in-a-backpack, and it makes use of a recycled computer hard-drive as a centrifuge. The test assay relies on loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) rather than PCR, and costs just $51 to produce. Using a LAMP assay means that the test does not require thermal cycling, unlike PCR, meaning that the required equipment is much simple...

Designed and manufactured in the UK, the robust Quadracell reactor is simple to set up and to operate, with heating and agitation provided by a standard magnetic hotplate stirrer and magnetic flea. Constructed in durable Stainless Steel 316, the Quadracell has four cells - each with a reaction volume of 10 mL - that can routinely operate at temperatures up to 250°C. Fo...

Their findings appear in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics published by Elsevier. Lead investigator Dr. Chamindie Punyadeera and her colleagues investigated the efficacy of salivary HPV detection as a biomarker of HPV-HNC and survival patterns in patients with OPC to evaluate the utility of salivary HR-HPV as a prognostic biomarker for OPC. Saliva testing was perform...

In the beginning, physicist Peter Nirmalraj wanted to understand the molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer's in order to enable new approaches in diagnostics and therapy. One step further would be to decipher the exact role of beta-amyloid peptides and tau proteins associated with the neurodegenerative disease. In this project, the LHRC team plans to test whether flashin...

The other one has been Ana Lluch, a Valencian oncologist, co-coordinator of the Breast Cancer Biology Research Group of the INCLIVA Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínic de València, and a member of the Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Cancer (CIBERONC). Their work has been published in the journal ACS Sensors. According to the latest data collected b...

One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors' inability to predict which newly hospitalized patients will go on to develop severe disease, including complications that require the insertion of a breathing tube, kidney dialysis, or other intensive care. Knowledge of a patient's age and underlying medical conditions can help predict such outcomes, but...

These laboratory refrigerators and freezers are designed to reliably keep general research and clinical materials secure, in temperature ranges that address both short- and long-term storage requirements, including those for COVID-19 vaccines. With standard alarm features alerting users to temperature fluctuations, door-ajar incidents and power failures, the new system...

Pipettes Designed with You in Mind Your pipettes' accuracy, comfort, and reliability are a top priority, and we ensure that's reflected in our range of ergonomic and durable pipettes. Today, Gilson offers various pipettes in a range of designs and volume sizes that enhance your pipetting experience and help you achieve reproducible and reliable results. From our PIPETMA...

The new Thermo Scientific Orbitrap IQ-X Tribrid mass spectrometer is designed specifically for small-molecule structural elucidation of metabolites and unknown compounds. With this new, intelligent mass spectrometer (MS), small molecule researchers in academia, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical industries can now reveal complex chemical structures with confidence, ea...

Combatting the infections is no easy task, though. When antibiotics are carelessly and excessively prescribed, that leads to the rapid emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant genes in bacteria – creating an even larger problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections happen in the U.S. each year, and m...

Israeli company OutSense has developed an IoT device which attaches to a toilet bowl and scans excretions for signs of disease. OutSense CEO Yfat Scialom explained: “The initial idea was born when Ishay Attar, our founder, was watching The Island, where people live in a futuristic utopian facility that continually monitors the inhabitants’ toilet activity. It cam...

It detects viral antigen nucleocapsid protein, IgM and IgG antibodies, as well as the inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein, based on our mass-producible laser-engraved graphene electrodes. We demonstrate ultrasensitive, highly selective, and rapid electrochemical detection in the physiologically relevant ranges. We successfully evaluated the applicability of our SAR...

Rapid testing is key to measuring and stopping the spread of COVID-19, but current tests, such as PCR, are time consuming and require expensive laboratory equipment, creating a bottleneck in obtaining results. Researchers have been developing alternatives, and this latest technology was rapidly repurposed when the pandemic began. Originally intended to detect HIV in bloo...

Created by a joint team of engineers and virologists, the test enables Covid antibodies, the blood-borne protein that attacks the coronavirus, to be detected in 10 seconds. The presence of these antibodies in a person’s blood indicates that they were previously infected by the virus. Pinpointing who within a population has Covid antibodies helps track the virus’ progress...

Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test that provides individuals with a result within 30 minutes, in the comfort of their home. As opposed to currently available at-home testing products, which have patients self-collect a nasal swab sample and ship it for processing in a lab, the Lucira CO...

Prof. Misra, in the University's College of Engineering Chemical and Materials Department, has been working on nano-sensors for 10 years. He has expertise in detecting a specific biomarker in tuberculosis patients' breath using a metal functionalized nano sensor. "I thought that similar technology can be used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is a folded protein,"...

Dr. Jimmy Gollihar, biochemist and biotechnologist for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory at CCDC ARL South in Austin, Texas, and chief technology officer of the Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in collaboration with Dr. John Dye at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, or USAMRIID,...

This is yet another medical device that is low in stock in many places around the world. Therefore, 3D printing companies are developing 3D printed swabs that can be quickly manufactured and sent to places that are out of stock. Of course, the certification of any medical device or piece of equipment is essential to ensure it can be used safely. Based in California, t...

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan’s Brain Navi recently developed a new robot to perform nasal swab tests autonomously to prevent cross infections, with the aim to protect healthcare workers and reduce strain on health systems. Founded in 2015, the company says it is “focused on designing and developing a medical device that can assist surgeons during the...