Keywords: Labtesting
10/30/2007
Australia's Sonic Healthcare strengthens European presence
EH: Isn't the merger of Australia's international Sonic Healthcare and Bioscientia, a global player, deeply rooted in the Boehringer Ingelheim group, something of a "clash of …
10/30/2007
Series of CO2 incubators provides full contamination control of cell cultures
USA Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has launched Thermo Scientific Series 8000 CO2 incubators for cell cultures, which the firm reports provide stable, precise temperature, …
10/26/2007
Siemens receives approval for acquisition of Dade Behring by European Commission
The deal is perfect: The European Commission gave the ok for Siemens´ plans to acquire the U.S. based laboratory diagnostic company Dade Behring Holdings, Inc.. Due to that deal, …
09/14/2007
An essential tool for detection of respiratory illnesses
By performing just a single test healthcare personnel is now able to simultaneously detect eighteen of the most prevalent respiratory infections in patients. The Seeplex 18-plex …
08/31/2007
AACC emphasises preventive diagnostics
San Diego, California 20,000 international physicians, scientists and other visitors travelled to the Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo of the American Association for …
08/20/2007
Long term research project of young children with asthma
Multiple-breath washout (MBW) is a new and sensitive lung function test qualified for use on very young children. In their study Asthma UK and the Institute of Child Health at the …
08/17/2007
CD39 - a cellular marker for Multiple Sclerosis
Scientists from the italian Fondazione Santa Lucia in Rome and the german Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin recently discovered a correlation between the …
08/13/2007
Screening for Chromosomal Defects
Chromosomal abnormalities are major causes of perinatal death and childhood handicap. Consequently, the detection of chromosomal disorders constitutes the most frequent indication …
07/25/2007
Siemens to acquire Dade Behring
With a merger agreement with the US-based Dade Behring, Inc., Siemens Medical Solutions again strengthens its in-vitro diagnostic division and becomes leader in the diagnostic …
07/16/2007
European Institute of Molecular Imaging founded in Münster, Germany
Besides sophisticated imaging technologies, biomarkers are the key to molecular medicine. Therefore, the development of new and more specific biomarkers is the primary aim of …
06/26/2007
In-vivo and in-vitro diagnostics in molecular medicine
In molecular medicine and particularly in oncology - Siemens Medical Solutions is concentrating on further development of the FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) biomarker to improve …
05/30/2007
Quicker method for spotting cervical cancer
Scientists developed an easy and fast method to detect cervical cancer cells that especially can be adopted in developing countries. Using the lab facilities available in an …
05/14/2007
Screenings beneficial in common tuberculosis areas
In areas of the UK where tuberculosis has a high prevalence, screenings could increase diagnosis both of active and latent forms of the disease and therefore could help prevent …
05/14/2007
A simple blood test may reduce mortality in heart failure patients
Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles found out that the blood level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), a neurohormone released by the heart when it is …
05/08/2007
Beckman Coulter Launches the UniCel® DxI 600
Beckman Coulter has launched the next analyzer in its growing family of UniCel® systems, the UniCel DxI 600 Access® Immunoassay System. This instrument is designed for …
05/01/2007
Low compliance with guidance harms patients
By Henning von Eicke of Roche Diagnostics GmbH …
05/01/2007
Osmometry
Osmolality is a simple, rapid and relatively inexpensive procedure that is important in the diagnosis of many physiological conditions, because the measurement of osmolality often …
05/01/2007
Blood products and radiofrequency identification (RFID)
The Sato Corporation specialises in barcode printing established in Japan, it pioneered the first hand labellers in 1962 and, in 1974, developed a printer able to print …
05/01/2007
Lab on the tip of the world
Smiths Medical, part of the Smiths Group, has organised and is maintaining one of four main laboratories for Caudwell Xtreme Everest the biggest human biology study ever …
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