Nigel Whittle, head of medical & healthcare at Plextek looks at how artificial intelligence is shedding new light on novel therapeutics. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing and impacting many different medical sectors and helping to solve problems that have challenged experts for years. Determining the shape of proteins, known as the ‘protein folding problem’, has beaten some of the best minds in biology for the past 50 years...

FreeLIMS announces the release of a new version of its free, secure, configurable, in the cloud LIMS - FreeLIMS. The new version includes a range of new features and enhancements to better cater to the data management and operational needs of biobanks, clinical, research, and analytical testing laboratories, such as cannabis, food and beverage, and agriculture testing laboratories...

AMSBIO has announced a new range of kits, media and reagents to assist in the development of cultured meat products - an exciting new area of food technology. Cultured meat, also known as synthetic, artificial or in-vitro meat, is created by harvesting animal cells that are then placed in a bioreactor and fed with nutrients to help tissue growth. The driving force behind this rapidly expanding area of food technology is that the production of cultured meat requires far fewer animals to be farmed...

BioChromato Inc. reports how their ionRocket sample preparation device, used in combination with Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART®-MS), enables routine analysis of low solubility, high molecular weight compounds. Phthalocyanine based pigments are widely used for organic semiconductors and organic electroluminescence displays due to their clearness, high light stability, and durability. However, the chemical structure of Phthalocyanine based pigments are difficult to analyze...

Ziath reports how its super-fast 2D barcode rack readers are assisting leading COVID-19 testing lab – SummerBio LLC (Menlo Park, California, USA) to offer rapid, low-cost, high-volume testing solutions for educational organizations, employers and laboratories. SummerBio was conceived during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA, to combat expense and slow turnaround times of existing PCR testing...

Lonza, a leading global cell and gene therapy manufacturer, and Agilent Technologies, a leader in life sciences analytics, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, has announced a collaboration that has the potential to transform the way personalized cell therapies are manufactured and realized. Product quality and consistency are significant challenges for cell therapy manufacturing due to the complexity of the products and patient-specific variability....

Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, has announced the launch of the Twist cfDNA Pan-cancer Reference Standards, a high-quality standardized control for use in the development and continuous monitoring of liquid biopsy tests to detect cancer from blood samples. Liquid biopsy tests, which rely on NGS-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis, are a promising and growing area in clinical oncology...

ZEISS introduces two new software functionalities: With ZEISS LSM Plus and ZEISS Airyscan Joint Deconvolution, users achieve better results in confocal microscopy. Laser scanning microscopes (LSMs) are the multifunctional high-end microscopes in every imaging facility, valued as much for their instant, high-quality imaging of optical sections as for their ease of use and application flexibility...

New laboratories and scientific start-ups can benefit from a special offer aimed at making high-performance appliances more accessible. Miele is the leading manufacturer of laboratory glasswashers and washer-disinfectors for businesses in the science and healthcare sectors. Effectively cleaning laboratory glassware is not only vital to remove contaminants that can cause unreliable results but also to gain consistent levels of cleaning through validated cycles....

Micronic, leader in innovative sample storage and automation solutions launches the Micronic Tube Reader DT510. The Micronic DT510 is high-speed storage tube code reading at its best. Attractively designed to enhance your lab space – the Micronic DT510 is truly versatile - it reads 1D rack barcodes, 1D barcoded tubes and 2D Data-Matrix coded tubes (in 96-, 48- and 24-well formats) all in less than a second...

PacBio has announced an expansion of its extensive suite of HiFi applications with Azenta Life Sciences, formerly GENEWIZ. The deal will increase PacBio’s HiFi sequencing platforms across Azenta’s newly combined company and support Azenta’s mission to enable life science companies to deliver impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster...

40 senior people working across UK labs were surveyed by Automata on their current challenges and views. The poll identified that automation is seen as a solution to relieve existing pressures, improve day-to-day capacity and turnaround time, reduce human error and ultimately enhance patient outcomes. Respondents worked across pathology (60%) and diagnostics (38%), with the vast majority (93%) of those questioned undertaking NHS work...

To achieve highly reproducible flow chemistry scale-up the control of mixing and temperature is essential, particularly for highly exothermic or fast, mixing-dependent reactions. Uniqsis expanding range of Glass Static Mixer (GSM) chip reactor blocks produce an efficient, turbulent mixed reagent stream for flow chemistry reactions that is not diffusion dependent...

From now on the impossible is possible. Monitor & Regulate temperature during the grinding process with the innovative new Retsch MM500 Control Mixer Mill. Key Features include - Dry, wet and cryogenic grinding with up to 30Hz for high energy grinding, Fast and comfortable sample processing with two screw lock jars of up to 125ml each, Patented hermetically closed fluid system ensures the safe operation of thermal fluids...

Food industry, government and contract testing laboratories performing food safety analysis can now benefit from a new portfolio that offers cost-effective, robust Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) solutions to support food safety workflows and meet regulatory requirements across Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Thermo Scientific QuEChERS product line provides an easy-to-use, sample preparation workflow...

In this article Jason Myers, PhD, CEO at Genapsys discusses the benefits of automating components of NGS workflows as well as some tips for evaluating approaches to automation in labs of any size. Additionally, it will share the implications of automation for the future of NGS-based diagnostics and its role in bringing valuable health insights to more patients than ever...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announce the launch of the Bio-Plex™ Pro Human SARS-CoV-2 Variant Neutralization Antibody Assays, for research use only (RUO). The assays allow scientists to measure neutralizing antibodies quickly and efficiently against wild-type and significant variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus...

Following the recent success of our latest webinar Managing and Maintaining Sterile Manufacturing with Environmental Monitoring, Autoscribe Informatics has made the recording available for Quality Management personnel and other interested parties. Describing the use of the integrated Environmental Monitoring (EM) module as part of Autoscribe’s Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management (LIMS) solution, the webinar describes how the module lets quality control teams monitor and manage environmental manufacturing conditions...

The new 2022 version of TESTA Analytical’s liquid chromatography flowmeter allows users to now set the optimal integration time to suit different applications. For example - sampling data every 0.1 seconds is optimal for real-time monitoring of HPLC pump performance whereas sampling data every 10 seconds is best for absolute flow rate calibration...