The Cube S is a compact robotic workstation that optimizes pre and post analytical sorting, storing and tracking of sample tubes in a laboratory. Cube S can now be integrated with all HORIBA Medical’s hematology platforms, enabling distribution of samples to different destinations. This benchtop instrument automates a number of steps that would otherwise be undertaken m...
This mismatch concept is not a new one, but it is difficult to test scientifically. Comparing groups of people that eat Western diets with those that eat more traditional ones usually also means trying to compare people that have different habits, histories, environments, and physiological characteristics. New research reported in Science Advances has attempted to test t...
The smart networking laboratory: when connected devices become one system Diagnostics, biomedical research, screening active ingredient candidates - laboratories perform many functions and must be flexible. Growing and evolving healthcare demands mean labs have to process an increasing number of samples. Although modern laboratory information management systems can alre...
NGS involves reading small fragments of DNA and is commonly used to identify diseases and genetic mutations. The new test has 90% sensitivity—that is, it detects the virus in 90% of cases and has a 10% rate of false negatives—and 100% specificity which means that it does not present false positives. It is also able to detect the infection from day one. The usual go...
Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyze individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for disease. The software, called vLUME, was created by scientists at the University of Cambridge and 3D image analysis software company Lume VR Ltd. It allows super-resolution microscopy...
Two studies published today (October 14, 2020) in Blood Advances suggest people with blood type O may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection and reduced likelihood of severe outcomes, including organ complications, if they do get sick. As the pandemic continues, the global biomedical research community is working urgently to identify coronavirus risk factors and pote...
The year 2020 can be summarized simply by one word—COVID-19—as it was the culprit that froze the entire world. For more than eight months so far, movement between nations has been paralyzed—all because there are no means to prevent or treat the virus and diagnosis takes too long. In Korea, there are many confirmed cases among those arriving from abroad but diagnosis d...
We live in a world of uncertainty. Disaster events, such as fires, severe weather, blackouts, cyber-crime, accidental damage, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, occur with little or no warning and the effects can be catastrophic— especially for laboratories. These events bring operations to a halt, creating significant delays in production, increasing time to mark...
Staufen, April 12, 2021 - IKA is adding a new device class to its portfolio of recirculating chillers. The RC 2 lite is elegant, compact and powerful and is a perfect addition to rotary evaporators, reflux coolers and cold traps. The RC 2 lite is new product class in addition to the well-known basic and control product ranges. 400 watt cooling capacity and a pump pressu...
So, which tests to use? The many types of tests available are sowing considerable confusion. Unfortunately, because this novel coronavirus is indeed novel, and COVID-19 is a new disease, information about these tests is incomplete and the options for testing keep changing. But here’s what we know now about tests designed to diagnose a current infection, and those that s...
The test is called SalivaDirect, and it was developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health. It's easy to see why people are so excited about it. Spit gets collected in a sterile container, then is sent off to be tested for SARS-CoV-2, according to the FDA. The test requires no special swabs or collection devices, and since healthcare workers can stay farthe...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a low-cost sensor that can identify COVID-19 antibodies in approximately 10 seconds. The novel sensor is based on a special structure of tiny gold electrodes that are 3D printed using the Optomec Aerosol Jet process. The technology would allow clinicians to instantly and ac...
A balance designed to be durable enough for the most intense lab and industrial environments, versatile and intuitive enough for everyday workloads, and affordable enough to be accessible to everyone is not something that comes around often. Which is why we’re so excited to present the newly-expanded Navigator Series Portable Balances. Ruggedly constructed, the Navigat...
One such study, recently published by investigators at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, suggests that defense against Alzheimer’s disease is deep, restorative sleep, and plenty of it. Specifically, the researchers found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame for when Alzheimer’s is most likely to strike in a person’s lifetime. “We ha...
Recent studies have indicated CRISPR tools have the potential for in vitro diagnostics, something Chinese scientists have leveraged to develop a 100% accurate COVID-19 test that can be mass manufactured for 70 cents. Currently, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) have been the most commonly used molecular methods for di...
Scientists are just beginning to develop an understanding of the impact COVID-19 can have on other organs, with a new study published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry cautioning brain complications such as psychosis and stroke have been linked to the illness. While the study was relatively small and based largely on observations made by doctors, it raises concerns ove...
But it is one of the highest prices compared to the vaccines in development by rival labs such as Pfizer and BioNTech. Moderna intends to give priority to the United States as well as “rich” countries. American biotech company Moderna could charge governments between 50 and 60 dollars for its upcoming coronavirus vaccine, the Financial Times reported. That’s at leas...
EKF Diagnostics announces the global launch of its STAT-Site® WB handheld analyzer which delivers β-ketone and glucose measurements from whole blood in seconds. This follows the securing of its CE mark certification alongside its FDA CLIA-waiver, meaning that the portable, dual-purpose analyzer is ideal for professional use in the management of diabetes patients. The ST...
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry are exploring the use of saliva in early lung cancer detection and analysis. Saliva is being looked at more closely than ever for its diagnostic possibilities, a trend somewhat driven by discoveries in testing for COVID-19. Salt Lake City, UT-based Spectrum Solutions is sponsoring the stu...
This newly developed instrument configuration is intended to standardize pre-analytical sample handling and mixing, and is part of an ongoing collaboration with QIAGEN to optimize sample preparation for latent tuberculosis (TB) testing with the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assay. The Fluent Mix and Pierce Workstation provides a fully automated workflow, using a Flexible Ch...
Complementing the existing liquid displacement option based on the Cavro Pulssar PBC Pump, this new offering is well suited to molecular biology, immunoassay and genomics applications – including molecular diagnostics – increasing the potential range of applications for this versatile development platform. Launched in 2019, the modular and scalable Magni Flex has alrea...
The valuable insights gained from this process will now be applied to the registration of Tecan’s complete portfolio of specialty IVD products – as well as to help its OEM partners ensure they are ‘IVDR ready’ – ahead of the May 2022 transition deadline. The new IVDR is intended to increase the safety of all IVD products, including all innovations developed over the pa...
HORIBA, Ltd. (Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, referred to as HORIBA) and HORIBA Instruments (Headquarters in Irvine, California, USA) announced that it has acquired MedTest Holdings, Inc. (Headquarters in Canton, MI, USA, composed of MedTest Dx, Inc., Pointe Scientific, Inc., Clinitox Diagnostix, Inc., and Medical Laboratory Solutions, Inc.). The acquisition will combin...
But some experts raise concerns about sequencing every baby at birth. The baby girl was only a few weeks old when she was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital Orange County. Her heart rate was abnormally low and cardiologists couldn’t figure out why. But thanks to a new test, doctors were able to take a blood sample, send it to a lab to ...
BMG LABTECH instruments are designed with sensitivity, flexibility, and speed in mind and provide a series of instruments to match all research needs and budgets. These instruments are used to address all life science research interests. Highlighted here, are their use for virology research with the current pandemic highlighting the need for rapid high throughput viral a...
The city of Liverpool lies at the centre of one of the UK’s largest urban areas. Originally a port, it developed into the UK’s most important city after London during the Industrial Revolution. Liverpool has a rich cultural history, but socioeconomic discrepancies led to it becoming a deprived area, with associated health burdens. However, expert research and innovati...
Including fantastic build quality and a wide array of features the Labcold brand is a preferred choice for the NHS and professional medical and scientific establishments looking to accurately maintain temperatures and log results. All products are designed from the ground up for the safe and secure storage of reagents and samples, medical products, pharmaceuticals and te...
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it has expanded into new larger manufacturing facilities at Llandough Trading Estate, Cardiff, to increase production of PrimeStore® MTM viral transport media, a key component for the COVID-19 testing regime. The new facility is over 600 sq. metres, representing a 100% increase in manufacturing area...
London, U.K., December 16, 2020 - In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Erba today launched the ErbaMDx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit for detection of SARS-CoV-2. To overcome challenges in older COVID-19 molecular tests, Erba’s Cambridge(UK)-based development team has carefully engineered a new assay to improve detection and ease of use with a single tube multiplex m...
Since its founding in 2013, the number of HUB (Hubrecht Organoid Technology) employees has almost doubled every year, to more than 40 today. CEO Robert Vries believes this exponential growthwill continue for a while: ‘We are currently receiving more project requests for primarily diagnostics and screening than we can take on. And with the major steps currently being take...
One of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, particularly during this pandemic, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR), which uses a person's respiratory sample to detect viral particles and determine if the person may have been exposed to a virus. Laboratory professionals across the U.S. and the globe have used RT-PCR to find out if a pe...
ITHACA, NY — Rheonix Inc. announced Dec. 7 that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an expanded Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Rheonix COVID-19™ MDx Assay and now allows the use of saliva as an approved sample type. The fully automated sample-to-answer assay was initially authorized for use on a range of respiratory specimens under ...
While the impetus for the contemporary push toward ever greater throughput and automation in the life sciences initiated in coordinated efforts to sequence the human genome, parallel strategies to identify and characterize genetic expression patterns, both in real-time and at experimental endpoints, spurred an analogous growth of throughput-driven technologies that conti...
Biosafety cabinets (BSCs) are some of the most common pieces of equipment in biological labs. Not only do they provide a sterile environment to handle cells and tissues, but they also help to protect experimenters from biological aerosols, splashes and spills, and the environment from biological contaminants. They provide these functions primarily through the use of high...
The company uses Integra Biosciences’ pipettes to produce training kits for teachers, helping them to share the latest exciting scientific developments with their students. Thomas Cynkar, Vice President of Manufacturing at Edvotek, explained: “If teachers don’t have access to the equipment and kits necessary to teach children about the latest scientific discoveries, this...
Many pathogens have caused a major uproar in recent years. In the past, the Zika virus, EHEC, SARS, MERS and right now SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus have emerged as new pathogens that infect humans and have been recognized as having animal origin. Others, including Ebola, measles, various influenza (flu) viruses or Marburg virus, have been around for a long time and continue to...
