Taking omega-3 supplements could improve muscle function in older women, potentially increasing their quality of life into old age and preventing unnecessary falls and loss of independence.
In a new study led by the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen and published today in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists have found that supplementing the diet of older women with 3g of fish oil results in greater increases (when compared to a 3g of safflower oil placebo) in their muscle function when combined with resistance exercise training over 18 weeks....
Genevac, market leader in solvent removal, has announced the latest version of its proprietary autostop when dry control software which allows it’s EZ-2, Rocket and HT-Series evaporators to automatically detect when the samples are dry and then shut it down - safeguarding valuable samples from potential thermal degradation.
Combined with Genevac's continuous running condensers, autostop when dry control software allows easy unattended operation offering the possibility of significant increases in productivity through use of overnight evaporation runs. Until the introduction of autostop when dry control software - evaporators users had to constantly monitor or estimate the drying time for a given sample....
Research from the University of Glasgow shows that people who have a cardiometabolic disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes or coronary heart disease (CHD), perform worse on mental tests of reasoning, memory and reaction time, and having more than one of these conditions has an even greater effect.
The study, published today in the European Heart Journal, and led by researchers from the University’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing, suggests that preventing or delaying cardiovascular disease or diabetes may delay cognitive decline and possible dementia....
Metabolomics and bioanalytical laboratories worldwide have widely recognized the benefits of using Cogent TYPE-C HPLC columns for their HPLC separations. The new Cogent columns catalogue is now available. This 48-page technically-focused catalogue includes a description of the features and benefits of TYPE-C Silica phases, which are based on silicon-hydride surface chemistry and are ideal for the separation of polar compounds...
Read MoreAcid Number testingDec 7, 2016
Dropping ASTM D664 in favor of new D8045 saves thousands of dollars
Recently the ASTM published method D8045 for Acid Number determination in crude oil and petroleum products. Now there is an online calculator available to help users determine how much their laboratory will save, if they switch from method D664 to the new method D8045....
MediSieve, the company behind the groundbreaking magnetic sieve that removes malaria-infected blood cells directly from patients' blood, has received a Phase 1 EU SME Instrument grant of €50,000.
The grant will help MediSieve develop its filter device to treat sepsis - an expansion of its work in treating malaria. In the treatment, targeted magnetic particles combine with the MediSieve magnetic filter to remove pathogens - bacteria and endotoxins - from sepsis patients in intensive care units. In an era of increasing antibiotic resistance, sepsis is a huge and growing global problem...
Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidics innovation, is celebrating the success of its Fluidic Factory 3D printer in the ‘Processing and Prototyping’ category this year’s R&D 100 Awards.
This innovative system – the first commercially available 3D printer for fluidically-sealed devices – offers rapid, straightforward and reliable prototyping of microfluidic components, including chips, manifolds, connectors and other devices. Using cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) makes it easy and affordable to 3D print devices for almost any application....
The Matrix Express LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics is being used as part of the Chemical Laboratory Technician major program at Bidwell Training Center (BTC), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
This course equips students with the skills needed to work in a wide range of laboratory environments, including R&D, processing, quality control and manufacturing. The Chemical Laboratory Technician Program staff at BTC is very pro-active at monitoring trends and developments in the analytical market place....
Horizon Discovery Group plc announces that it has entered into partnerships with three leading Chinese diagnostic kit developers.
Under the terms of the agreements, Horizon will provide HDx Reference Standards for novel Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assay development, clinical trials, and ultimately for inclusion as in-kit controls under Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreements....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched the CellASIC® ONIX2 Microfluidic System for advanced live cell imaging.
The system converts laboratory microscopes into powerful tools for live cell imaging to more effectively perform in-depth analysis of cellular mechanisms and behavior in a live environment....
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a portable and wearable terahertz scanning device made using arrays of carbon nanotubes, for non-invasive inspection of three-dimensional objects without requiring bulky peripheral optical components.
The device is expected to have wide ranging applications including the noninvasive inspections of medical and drug delivery equipment such as syringes, as well as in medicine for imaging cancer cells, blood clots, sweat glands, and teeth. The findings are published in Nature Photonics, November 2016....
Horizon Discovery Group plc announces it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with CareDx®, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialisation of clinically differentiated, high-value, diagnostic surveillance solutions for transplant patients.
Under the terms of the new agreement, Horizon will supply cell-free DNA-based Molecular Reference Standards for inclusion in CareDx’s cfDNA testing workflows for the monitoring of transplanted organ rejection. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed....
AMSBIO announces a suite of high quality proteins and biotinylated proteins for research into killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors.
Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), are a family of type I transmembrane glycoproteins expressed on the plasma membrane of Natural Killer (NK) cells and a minority of T cells. They regulate the killing function of these cells by interacting with major histocompatibility (MHC) class I molecules, which are expressed on all nucleated cell types. KIR receptors can distinguish between MHC class I allelic variants, which allows them to detect virally infected cells or...
Titan Enterprises has published an updated version of its popular 'Top 10 Tips for Selecting a Flowmeter' guide.
Available to download the document provides informative and unbiased guidance to enable you to select the optimum flowmeter technology for your application. After discussing why you might need a flowmeter the guide then addresses the total life cost of different types of flowmeter technology....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that its digital acquisition marketing team won the 2016 US Search award for "Best In-House" team.
The awards recognize organizations, agencies and individuals for excellence in search and digital marketing. "With more than 300,000 products, our website allows our customers in nearly every country to more easily find the exact products they need to advance their research," said Silji Abraham, Chief Information Officer, Merck Life Science.
Read MoreLonzaDec 1, 2016
Lonza’s RAFT™ 3D Cell Culture System has been used to develop corneal models for research into treatment for a painful and potentially blinding corneal disease.
During a recent Nature webinar, now available on demand, Julie Daniels, Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapy at University College London, explained how her laboratory has successfully developed multilayer corneal models using RAFT™ 3D Cell Cultures and applied this research to address the current gaps in limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) treatment....
Cancer is the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Over the next five years, the annual number of new cases is predicted to increase to one million. From today Partners for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Africa provide access to rapid cancer diagnostics for three million civilians in Rwanda. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Sakura Finetek....
Australia is making a significant global contribution by stepping up to help prevent a shortfall in world nuclear medicine supplies with two projects worth about $170 million.
Last week one of the world’s main suppliers of nuclear medicine, the ageing National Research Universal (NRU) in Canada, ceased routine production of nuclear medicine operations after about 60 years of operation. At times, NRU had met up to 40 per cent of global demand, which is currently around 30-40 million doses a year....
Synoptics, a world leader in the development and manufacture of innovative digital imaging systems for life science and clinical applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Brian Stammers as its new CEO.
Brian’s wealth of experience in the life science industry will help guide Synoptics’s strategic direction to deliver innovative and commercially successful products. As the CEO of Synoptics, which is part of the AIM quoted UK company Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI), Dr Stammers will oversee the commercial and technical direction of Synoptics’s three divisions, Syngene, Synbiosis and Synoptics Health....
In the UMC Utrecht a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind.
The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at home with her family and caregivers via the implant. That a patient can use this technique at home is unique in the world. This research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Because she suffers from ALS disease, the patient is no longer able to move and speak....
Global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt has chosen the latest version of Broughton Software’s LabHQ LIMS for its new quality control laboratories in Wrexham.
This intuitive software solution is specifically designed to support the activities of busy quality control laboratories, and has been developed with input from Broughton Software’s clients and network of regulatory, quality and laboratory professionals. Wockhardt selected LabHQ LIMS to meet a number of key business needs...
Rainin LTS pipettes are helping scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara to perform research in the fields of ecology and evolution.
Danielle Black, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, explained: “Our lab is focused on the study of fungal communities associated with plant leaves. As part of this research, we use PCR to amplify certain regions of fungi DNA for analysis, and this involves a lot of pipetting....
In a new study led by the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen and published today in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists have found that supplementing the diet of older women with 3g of fish oil results in greater increases (when compared to a 3g of safflower oil placebo) in their muscle function when combined with resistance exercise training over 18 weeks....
Combined with Genevac's continuous running condensers, autostop when dry control software allows easy unattended operation offering the possibility of significant increases in productivity through use of overnight evaporation runs. Until the introduction of autostop when dry control software - evaporators users had to constantly monitor or estimate the drying time for a given sample....
Metabolomics and bioanalytical laboratories worldwide have widely recognized the benefits of using Cogent TYPE-C HPLC columns for their HPLC separations. The new Cogent columns catalogue is now available. This 48-page technically-focused catalogue includes a description of the features and benefits of TYPE-C Silica phases, which are based on silicon-hydride surface chemistry and are ideal for the separation of polar compounds...
The grant will help MediSieve develop its filter device to treat sepsis - an expansion of its work in treating malaria. In the treatment, targeted magnetic particles combine with the MediSieve magnetic filter to remove pathogens - bacteria and endotoxins - from sepsis patients in intensive care units. In an era of increasing antibiotic resistance, sepsis is a huge and growing global problem...
This innovative system – the first commercially available 3D printer for fluidically-sealed devices – offers rapid, straightforward and reliable prototyping of microfluidic components, including chips, manifolds, connectors and other devices. Using cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) makes it easy and affordable to 3D print devices for almost any application....
This course equips students with the skills needed to work in a wide range of laboratory environments, including R&D, processing, quality control and manufacturing. The Chemical Laboratory Technician Program staff at BTC is very pro-active at monitoring trends and developments in the analytical market place....
Under the terms of the agreements, Horizon will provide HDx Reference Standards for novel Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assay development, clinical trials, and ultimately for inclusion as in-kit controls under Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreements....
The system converts laboratory microscopes into powerful tools for live cell imaging to more effectively perform in-depth analysis of cellular mechanisms and behavior in a live environment....
The device is expected to have wide ranging applications including the noninvasive inspections of medical and drug delivery equipment such as syringes, as well as in medicine for imaging cancer cells, blood clots, sweat glands, and teeth. The findings are published in Nature Photonics, November 2016....
Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), are a family of type I transmembrane glycoproteins expressed on the plasma membrane of Natural Killer (NK) cells and a minority of T cells. They regulate the killing function of these cells by interacting with major histocompatibility (MHC) class I molecules, which are expressed on all nucleated cell types. KIR receptors can distinguish between MHC class I allelic variants, which allows them to detect virally infected cells or...
Available to download the document provides informative and unbiased guidance to enable you to select the optimum flowmeter technology for your application. After discussing why you might need a flowmeter the guide then addresses the total life cost of different types of flowmeter technology....
During a recent Nature webinar, now available on demand, Julie Daniels, Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapy at University College London, explained how her laboratory has successfully developed multilayer corneal models using RAFT™ 3D Cell Cultures and applied this research to address the current gaps in limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) treatment....
Over the next five years, the annual number of new cases is predicted to increase to one million. From today Partners for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Africa provide access to rapid cancer diagnostics for three million civilians in Rwanda. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Sakura Finetek....
Last week one of the world’s main suppliers of nuclear medicine, the ageing National Research Universal (NRU) in Canada, ceased routine production of nuclear medicine operations after about 60 years of operation. At times, NRU had met up to 40 per cent of global demand, which is currently around 30-40 million doses a year....
Brian’s wealth of experience in the life science industry will help guide Synoptics’s strategic direction to deliver innovative and commercially successful products. As the CEO of Synoptics, which is part of the AIM quoted UK company Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI), Dr Stammers will oversee the commercial and technical direction of Synoptics’s three divisions, Syngene, Synbiosis and Synoptics Health....
The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at home with her family and caregivers via the implant. That a patient can use this technique at home is unique in the world. This research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Because she suffers from ALS disease, the patient is no longer able to move and speak....
This intuitive software solution is specifically designed to support the activities of busy quality control laboratories, and has been developed with input from Broughton Software’s clients and network of regulatory, quality and laboratory professionals. Wockhardt selected LabHQ LIMS to meet a number of key business needs...
Danielle Black, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, explained: “Our lab is focused on the study of fungal communities associated with plant leaves. As part of this research, we use PCR to amplify certain regions of fungi DNA for analysis, and this involves a lot of pipetting....