Industry 4.0 meets real-time stem cell production
05 February, 2016Overcoming the challenges of digitalising and networking biotech production equipment to automate stem cell production.
Determining the risk of prostate cancer death
01 February, 2016Researchers have identified a prognostic biomarker, the neuropeptide pro-NPY, which may help determine the risk of dying from prostate cancer.
PS Biotech Feed Plate
28 January, 2016 | Supplied by: Capella ScienceThe Feed Plate product range from PS Biotech offers a novel solution for fed-batch feeding of microorganisms such as fungi, yeast and bacterial cultures in microlitre scale.
Gene editing saves Layla from leukaemia
22 January, 2016 by Lauren DavisIn an impressive demonstration of the power of gene editing, designer immune cells have been successfully used to treat an infant cancer patient.
Promega NanoLuc NanoBRET target engagement technology
20 January, 2016 | Supplied by: Promega Pty LtdPromega NanoLuc technology has been used to directly assess the dynamic process of target engagement in live cancer cells. The company's scientists have developed a method for use in drug discovery that measures target residence as a key aspect of target engagement in live cells.
Clinical trial disaster
18 January, 2016A Phase 1 clinical trial has gone seriously awry, with one volunteer now dead and others with serious, possibly irreversible, neurological damage.
Studying sepsis with protein patterns
18 January, 2016
A Swedish research team has developed a way to measure hundreds of proteins in a single blood sample, using these protein patterns to determine the severity of sepsis (blood poisoning) in individual patients.
Porvair Sciences Krystal UV assay microplates
15 January, 2016 | Supplied by: BMG LABTECH Pty LtdKrystal UV quartz-bottomed microplates from Porvair Sciences are designed for high-throughput applications which require excitation or detection wavelengths in the far UV region below 350 nm.
Dry and resoak: the new way to speed up bioassays
13 January, 2016US scientists have proposed a way to speed up the time it takes to conduct biological assays. Their solution, reminiscent of the science behind washing machines, could reduce wait times from hours to minutes.
SIFIN Diagnostics MICRONAUT anaerobe MIC plate and Wilkins Chalgren Broth
13 January, 2016 | Supplied by: Dutec Diagnostics Pty LtdThe MICRONAUT anaerobe MIC plate, from SIFIN Diagnostics, is now available together with the MICRONAUT Wilkins Chalgren Broth culture medium. Due to the choice of antibiotics on the MIC plate, it is appropriate for testing in the outpatient and hospital sectors.
An advance in Alzheimer's research
11 December, 2015 by Graeme O'NeillResearchers have identified a network of genes whose interactions influence the age at which carriers of the pathogenic E280A gene mutation will develop Alzheimer's disease.
Cancer detection with one drop of blood
27 November, 2015Researchers have developed an RNA test of blood platelets that can be used to detect cancer. By analysing a sample equivalent to one drop of blood, they were able to identify, classify and pinpoint the location of the cancer with impressive accuracy.
Shedding light on the dark proteome
25 November, 2015Scientists have long speculated about the nature of the dark proteome — the regions of proteins where molecular conformation is completely unknown.
Diatron Abacus Vet5 and Diatron Aquila haematology analysers
17 November, 2015 | Supplied by: The Diatron GroupThe Diatron Group has introduced the Abacus Vet5 five-part differential veterinary haematology analyser and the Diatron Aquila three-part differential human haematology analyser.
IDT xGen Exome Research Panel v1.0
11 November, 2015 | Supplied by: Integrated DNA TechnologiesIntegrated DNA Technologies (IDT) introduces its xGen Exome Research Panel v1.0 for insightful analysis of the human exome via next-generation sequencing. By using the research panel with xGen Lockdown Reagents and the optimised protocol, scientists can obtain reproducible exome data in a single day, minimising the need for added downstream analysis.
