Departments: Lab & Pharma
10/28/2008
Umbilical cord blood bank opens
The Anthony Nolan Trust Cord Blood Bank and combined research institute, opened in September at Nottingham Trent University, will store stem cells from the blood of newborn …
10/28/2008
Urinalysis strip test
Siemens new Clinitek Micro-albumin 9 Urinalysis Strip is now available in Europe. The strips, which can be used on the firms Clinitek Status analyser, or the Clinitek Advantus …
10/28/2008
Non-invasive prostate cancer test may reduce biopsies
The French firm bioMérieux and ProteoSys, based in Mainz, Germany, have signed a license and development agreement for Annexin 3 to be used to develop a urine-based, …
10/28/2008
Expansion for range of cardiovascular genetic tests
Lab21 is to expand its portfolio of genetic tests for inherited cardiac syndromes. …
10/28/2008
Protein cloning technology gains European patent
London and Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical research firm Domainex Ltd has received a European patent for its Combinatorial Domain Hunting (CDH) Technology, which enables the …
10/28/2008
The joint AACC/AACB conference
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB) are joining together for the second time for a conference on …
10/28/2008
Avian flu research suggests vaccine should be used now, not stockpiled
Governmental fear of an avian flu pandemic remains high, and a certain amount of vaccine has been stockpiled to meet sudden demand. …
10/01/2008
Drug resistant tuberculosis test within hours
GenoType® MTBDR plus, a new molecular test for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has recently been approved in Europe. The test, developed by the Foundation for Innovative New …
09/18/2008
New guidelines to assess test lab test performance
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published new guidelines which offer methods to assess test performance when formal proficiency testing programs …
09/02/2008
bioMérieux: fight against healthcare-associated infections
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics (IVD), offers the most comprehensive diagnostic solution on the market to help hospitals and healthcare …
09/01/2008
The 20th WorldLab IFCC International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
In the next 1020 years, great changes will occur in the field of laboratory medicine. …
09/01/2008
French to the fore in HIV tests
During the XVII International AIDS Conference held in Mexico City this August, keynote speakers from Europe, Latin America and Africa addressed issues including the importance of …
09/01/2008
Update UniCel integrated systems
This summer, California-based Beckman Coulter Inc. began general distribution of its UniCel DxC 880is integrated system in Europe. …
09/01/2008
Laboratory Outsourcing: What next?
A quiet revolution is occurring in clinical laboratory services. In any business model, laboratory services are cost centres, and cost centres can be moved around, services …
09/01/2008
The OptoLabCard
Researchers funded by the European Union have devised OptoLabCard, a system that prepares samples and performs DNA tests on bacteria in a portable, easily used, cost-effective …
09/01/2008
Integration of POCT into the clinical laboratory
Unlike regular laboratory analyses, which is performed by clinical pathologists and technicians in the clinical laboratory, Point of Care Testing (POCT) are devices to perform …
09/01/2008
Ethical concerns over clinical trials in India
As an increasing number of international drug companies are moving their clinical trials business to India, the clinical trial industry has been raising concerns about the lack of …
09/01/2008
Nautilus LIMS used in Hunt Biobank population study
Hunt Biobank, Norways biggest research biobank, is using Thermo Fisher Scientific Incs Nautilus LIMS in its HUNT 3 study, to gather, store, manage, track and retrieve the …
08/26/2008
Good prospects for drug/radiation combo
It was a mistery: Why didn't drugs which boost the tumor-killing power of immune cells in lab do well in clincal trials? Now researchers from Rockefeller University describe a way …
08/26/2008
SlideCollector simplifies single cell gene expression
The SlideCollector 48 enables the seamless integration of non-contact Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and single-cell AmpliGrid assay technology into one continuous, automated …
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