Cosmo Bio Binkit for natural killer cells expansion
30 January, 2014The Biotherapy Institute of Japan has released the Binkit for NK cells expansion from PBMCs. A benefit of the kit includes the ability to expand natural killer (NK) cells from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) without the need for feeder cells.
UCF researchers reducing the drug development process
25 November, 2013Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have led a breakthrough in reducing the drug development process, which currently takes at least a decade and more than US$1 billion to complete.
How early embryos change shape
25 November, 2013Researchers at EMBL Australia, based at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash University, have found a new mechanism controlling the process of how embryos change shape.
Enzo Life Sciences Nuclear-ID Red Cell Cycle Analysis Kit for flow cytometry
13 November, 2013Enzo Life Sciences' GFP-certified Nuclear-ID Red Cell Cycle Analysis Kit provides a convenient approach for studying the induction and inhibition of cell cycle progression by flow cytometry.
Life Technologies and DNAVEC CytoTune-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit
23 October, 2013Life Technologies and DNAVEC have launched the CytoTune-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit which enables an efficient method to develop induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from human somatic cells.
Enzo Life Sciences Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit
30 September, 2013The Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit from Enzo Life Sciences measures autophagic vacuoles and monitors autophagic flux in live cells using a novel dye that selectively labels autophagic vacuoles.
Precellys Lysing tissue homogenisation kits
28 September, 2013Precellys offers a range of high-quality lysing kits for bead-based tissue homogenisers. The kits are tailored to provide optimal tissue homogenisation for each sample with a customised mixture of glass, ceramic or stainless steel beads in a variety of sizes (0.1 to 6.8 mm).
"Jekyll and Hyde scenario" for immune cells and breast cancer
20 September, 2013Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown that while the immune cells known as macrophages have a role to play in the normal function of the breast, at certain stages in the menstrual cycle they may also help to make the breast more susceptible to cancer.
Australian invention to standardise and automate IVF process
05 September, 2013Genea Biomedx's Gavi (Genea Automated Vitrification Instrument) was launched to fertility specialists, scientists and nurses at the Fertility Society of Australia conference in Sydney yesterday. It is said that the Australian invention will revolutionise one of the key IVF processes by removing the risk of human error.
Greiner Bio-One CELLrepellant Surface range
13 August, 2013The Greiner Bio-One CELLrepellant Surface range is now available from Interpath Services. The surface technology effectively inhibits cell attachment.
Fluxion Biosciences IsoFlux System for CTC analysis
19 June, 2013The IsoFlux System, from Fluxion, is an automated enrichment system used to isolate circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and other rare cells from biological samples prepared for downstream molecular analysis.
Identifying unsafe stem cells
05 June, 2013CSIRO scientists have developed the first safety test for iPS cells.
Single virus detection techniques for faster disease diagnosis
31 May, 2013Two new optical techniques show promise for counting individual viruses outside the laboratory.
Synbiosis aCOLyte 3 automated colony counter
15 May, 2013Synbiosis has introduced its aCOLyte 3 colony counting system, which is suitable for microbiologists who need to significantly increase their throughput and improve count accuracy.
3D printer can build synthetic tissues
23 April, 2013A custom-built programmable 3D printer, created by Oxford University scientists, can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues. The material consists of thousands of connected water droplets, encapsulated within lipid films, which can perform some of the functions of the cells inside our bodies.
