Labware loading racks
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Velocity11 has expanded the range of Labware Racks available for its BenchCel Microplate Handling System and VStack Labware Stacker.
Molecular assay for K-ras
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: QIAGEN Pty Ltd
Qiagen has launched a test to determine mutations of the K-ras gene, which can better define which metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients will benefit from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibiting monoclonal antibodies, such as Amgen’s Vectibix (panitumumab) and Imclone/Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Erbitux (cetuximab).
H. pylori infection and atrophic gastritis diagnosis
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Alere Australia
The non-invasive GastroPanel examination diagnoses H. pylori infection as well as atrophic gastritis and its location. It also reveals if risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease is increased due to high stomach acid secretion.
Breast cancer gene-expression blood test
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
DiaGenic and Applied Biosystems have launched BCtect, a blood-based test for early detection of breast cancer. The test searches for a unique gene expression signature using a custom TaqMan array.
Whole transcriptome amplification
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Merck
Sigma-Aldrich has launched the TransPlex Whole Transcriptome Amplification (WTA2) technology. TransPlex technology is said to be a fast, sensitive and robust method for amplifying total RNA from a variety of sample tissue sources such as animals, plants and microorganisms.
Short read de novo analysis
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
Applied Biosystems has expanded its suite of bioinformatics solutions to include de novo assembly of small organisms on the Solid 3 System, the company’s sequencing platform that enables the comprehensive analysis of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes.
Diagnostic test for ovarian cancer
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Manalto Inc
The OvPlex Panel is an early detection test for ovarian cancer, developed by HealthLinx in collaboration with ARL Pathology.
Listeria environmental testing
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Key Diagnostics Pty Ltd
The Microgen Path-Chek Listeria kit is a system for the detection ofListeria species from the environment. It is simple and safe to use in the field. Simply swab the surface and snap the swab tip into the Path-Check Listeria Detection tube and incubate.
Automated UV/vis colony counter
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Life Technologies
Synbiosis has released a multi-application Protocol UV automated colony counting and zone measurement system. This can rapidly and accurately count colonies or image zones illuminated by UV or white light.
Supermixes for real-time PCR
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
The iTaq fast supermixes with ROX can be used on a variety of instruments, including ROD-dependent real-time PCR systems, and are designed to deliver qPCR efficiency, sensitivity and specificity, with a robust fluorescent signal under fast or standard cycling conditions with real-time detection chemistry.
Nucleic acid extractor
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Beckman Coulter Australia
The Spri-te nucleic acid extractor for the automated purification of DNA and RNA prepares between one and 10 samples in about 30 minutes and requires minimal user training.
Spectral scanning microplate reader
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Pathtech Pty Ltd
The Thermo Scientific Varioskan Flash Microplate Reader is a spectral scanning multimode reader with fluorescence intensity, time-resolved fluorescence (TRF) and both photometric and luminometric detection technologies.
Inoculation loops
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Interpath Services Pty Ltd
The Copan Italia range of calibrated disposable inoculation loops comes in 1 and 10 µL sizes, in peel pouches of 20. The volume delivery consistency of each loop is quality controlled using the Evans Blue Dye Method, recommended by the American Society of Microbiology.
Gene expression system
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd
The StellARray Gene Expression System consists of three products: the GeneSieve Query; the StellARray qPCR 96/384-well Arrays; and the Global Pattern Recognition (GPR) analysis tool.
PSA/fPSA immunoassay analysis
01 December, 2008 | Supplied by: Olympus Australia Pty Ltd
Olympus has released PSA and fPSA assays for the Olympus AU3000i immunoassay analyser. The assays feature assay sensitivity of 0.015 µg/L. In the monitoring of patients after prostate cancer treatment, the sensitive PSA assay is suitable for the detection of recurrence of the disease.
