Specimen in Biological Technology

World BioBank(TM) Launch Benefits Advanced Medical Research

... Human Tissue Collection and specimen Management Provide Focus MEMPHIS, Tenn., ... and provides biomarker consultation services. specimen storage management services include inventory ... for World BioBank and handles sponsor needs for specimen management and sample requests. For ...

Vancouver General Hospital is the First Canadian Institution to Implement Copan WASP(R): Walk-Away Specimen Processor

... the first installation of WASP(R): Walk-Away specimen Processor in Canada at Vancouver General Hospital. Copan WASP(R): Walk-Away specimen Processor is a revolutionary system for automatic ... regardless of the specimen's container style or specimen type. (Photo: ...

Copan Announces the Appointment of Bob Cooper as Vice President of Business Development in the Pacific Rim

... Microbiology products and the WASP [Walk-Away specimen Processor] are exciting projects for Copan ... efficiencies and productivity in microbiology specimen processing, where full automation had not ... Copan has recently launched WASP: Walk-Away specimen Processor, a new revolutionary system for ...

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group CEO Tells Wall Street Transcript That 'Positive Cash Flow' Is Possible in '09; New Stem Cell Banking Facility Is Growth Vehicle Over the Next Two Years, Says CEO in Exclusive News Interview

... or cell culturing." BMSN recently entered into a Human Cell specimen Cryogenic Storage contract with NeoCells, Inc. and AdultCells, Inc. with a ... Over the next 18 months, we're looking at enhancing the cord blood specimen and peripheral blood banking strategies." Koos described Bio-Matrix ...

GeneNews rolls out ColonSentry(TM) test in additional Toronto area labs

... services, information and products in Canada, will provide blood specimen collection services for ColonSentry(TM), the world's first blood-based ... of ColonSentry(TM)." "Gamma-Dynacare is currently offering specimen collection services for the ColonSentry(TM) test at the following eight ...

Growth spurts

... technique on NCEM's JEOL 3010 In-Situ microscope. Utilizing an electron beam operating at 300 kilovolts of energy, the JEOL 3010 provides outstanding specimen penetration and spatial resolution of about 8 angstroms through the thick liquid cell sample. "The JEOL 3010 In-Situ Microscope is our best ...

Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiricahua Mountains

... when bats hibernate, they will likely do well as the weather gets warmer. As to why L. leeae hasn't been found before, Walsh theorized that his specimen simply emerged late from hibernation when it was caught. Another theory is that it could be a stray from another mountain range in the region. He ...

Abbott & BioGenex Extend the Technology Co-development and Distribution Agreement for Marketing the Xmatrx(R) Advanced Staining Platform for the Automation of FISH, IHC and ISH Molecular Diagnostic Assays

... drug discovery through clinical diagnostics." The Xmatrx(R) platform allows for the walk-away automation of the entire FISH assay workflow, from specimen pretreatment to final cover-slipping and is designed for optimal results with Abbott Molecular AutoFISH(TM) reagents and FISH technology. The ...

Spring 'blockbuster' movie now showing

... and begin to see a live view of many other reactions at the atomic scale." Rubbing graphene off the end of a pencil tip and suspending the specimen in an observation grid, Zettl and his colleagues used prolonged irradiation from TEAM 0.5's electron beam (set at 80 kV) to introduce a hole into the ...

Metametrix Introduces the New TRIAD(SM) Bloodspot Profile

... Clinical Laboratory, a leader in nutritional and metabolic testing services, is pleased to introduce the new TRIAD Bloodspot Profile, a non-invasive specimen collection available for the powerful TRIAD test. "Our main goal in creating the TRIAD Bloodspot option was to offer a convenient way for ...

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. Gets Updated Stock Recommendation By KonLin Investment Letter

... newsletter ( www.konlin.com ) published by KonLin Research & Analysis. The investment letter cited BMSN's recent Human Cell Tissue (HCT) specimen Processing, Testing and Cryogenic Storage contract with NeoCells, Inc. and AdultCells, Inc. as the primary reason for the updated stock buy ...

Yourway Transport Expands Biological Services

... Regulations, including those of airlines and individual countries. The company's Biological Services expertise includes: specimen collection, packaging and handling. Management and accountability reports on clinical trials. Project management on upcoming studies. ...

Nikon Instruments Introduces Exclusive VAAS Detector Imaging Method for Confocal Microscopy

... a traditional confocal microscope, images are acquired after adjusting and fixing the diameter of the emission pinhole aperture according to the specimen and instrument conditions. Any emission falling outside of the pinhole is lost. Nikon's VAAS Detection addresses this limitation by collecting ...

STC.UNM Signs License Option Agreement With GeneThera for E. coli O157:H7 Vaccine

... each year in the United States. We can only estimate because we know that many infected people do not seek medical care, many do not submit a stool specimen for testing, and many labs do not test for STEC. The bacteria that make these toxins are called 'Shiga toxin producing' E. coli, or STEC for short." ...

Case Western Reserve University researcher improves LCDs with 3-D nanoimaging process

... in near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) for 2D imaging. Traditionally, NSOM entails placing a very tiny optical fiber close to the specimen surface, in this case the substrate on which the anisotropic fluid resides. As the substrate is scanned back and forth below the fiber's aperture, a ...

XTELL Launches its Commercial Biorepository Services for Research and Pharmaceutical Companies

... and link patient/family medical history. XTELL is a biotechnology company founded in 2001, dedicated to both the development of biological specimen storage and electronic medical record software. A large part of XTELL's success has been from a direct partnership with Ohio University's ...

Montana State University lab gives early warnings about biological invaders

... team employs the chain of command to confirm their identification of lesser threats. For instance, a crop consultant can submit photos or a physical specimen to the lab of a plant that is infected. It might be a common disease, or it might be something new to Montana. "We can go through the chain of ...

Nikon Instruments Partners With Koshland Science Museum to Create the Museum's First-Ever 'Microbe Lab'

... museum director. "With the Coolscope, visitors can easily control the microscope with clicks of a mouse, zooming in and out of different areas of the specimen while the aperture and brightness automatically adjust." The Marian Koshland Science Museum will be hosting a family free day where the "Microbe ...

Nikon Instruments Introduces NIS-Elements Software for Eclipse Ti-E Live-Cell Applications

... By coupling NIS-Elements with Nikon's new motorized stage, users can perform fully-automated, high-speed, multi-point imaging of a large variety of specimen slides and live cell culture vessels, including 96 well plates. Additionally, NIS-Elements displays a visual representation of multi-well stage ...

Harvard University engineers demonstrate quantum cascade laser nanoantenna

... nanoantenna creates a light spot of nanometric size about fifty to hundred times smaller than the laser wavelength; the spot can be scanned across a specimen to provide chemical images of the surface with superior spatial resolution. Theres currently a major push to develop powerful tabletop microscopes ...

BioStorage Technologies Appoints Lori Ball as Vice President

... and revenue growth and was responsible for overseeing multiple lines of management. Additionally, she is a known industry speaker and an expert on specimen transportation. "Lori is an excellent addition to our leadership team because she brings a wealth of industry knowledge, experience and ...

Niceware International Announces Licensed Vendor Status with ICCBBA, Inc. to Provide ISBT 128-compliant Software

... the following: -- Blood Bag Identification -- Integrated Patient Identification -- Bedside Blood Collection and Identification -- Laboratory specimen Identification -- Professional Services For more information about positive patient identification solutions, visit the Niceware Healthcare Web ...

Avitar's Notes Significance of New On-Site Oral Fluid Drug Testing Laws

... tests. Any non-negative on-site test results can also be confirmed in a laboratory using oral fluid. Lastly, oral fluid technology enables observed specimen collection. This is also a very important feature due to the prevalent practice of substance abuse "beating" urine-based testing techniques. About ...

A new wide field-of-view confocal imaging system and its applications in drug discovery and pathology

... (25.4 by 76.2 mm) in size. A typical tissue specimen is 10 mm in diameter. To form a high resolution ... (transmission) or epi-fluorescence imaging, the specimen needs to be suficiently thin (e.g., 2 - 5 ... by the structures as light passes through the specimen and fluorescence emission difeerence from the ...

Engineers chart semiconductors on the scale of atoms

... measurements would be Imago's LEAP instrument," says Booske. "So, Imago provided the instrument facility and Keith and I worked on the materials and specimen preparation end of things." Eventually, the collaboration proved so successful Imago hired Thompson as a full-time employee. LEAP has now revealed ...

UW-Madison helps Imago carry out its big vision for seeing small

... from the samples' sharpened ends. Because metals readily conduct electricity, atom probing normally sends an electrical pulse through a metallic specimen to rip atoms from its tip. But semiconductors, as their name implies, conduct electricity only sluggishly. And when Thompson initially tried applying ...

GenTel acquires GlaxoSmithKline chip platform

... to the fact the assays, or tests, can perform multiple quantitative measurements on each biological sample, improving cost effectiveness, reducing specimen consumption, and producing additional data. Vodenlich said it would have taken GenTel a long time to duplicate the protein chip platform it ...

Surgical products company wins Governor's Business Plan Contest

... market advantage of MarginMarker, which is expected to be the company's top revenue driver, is that it takes about 20 seconds to define an entire specimen surface, as opposed to the usual four minutes for orientation using sutures, and it eliminates puncture risk to staff members. Correct Clips, ...

A new LC/MS/MS Research Method for Rapid Quantitation of Five Immunosuppressant Drugs, including Mycophenolic Acid (MPA)

... in-source fragmenting into free MPA, making it clear that chromatographic separation is extremely important in segregating the endogenous MPA in the specimen from the MPA derived from the in-source fragmentation of MPAG. The modified configuration described here makes it possible to ...

A Novel Process for Gene Expression Profiling of Rat and Mouse Tissues from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Sections Using Microarrays

... specimens were placed onto the layer of OCT in the cryomold in the desired orientation g. OCT was carefully added until the specimen was completely covered and the cryomold was filled. h. The prepared cryomold was placed into the cooled isopentane. ...

GenomiPhi amplification of FFPE tissue DNA for array CGH

... tissue slides using a Chelex-100 resin extraction method. The extraction resulted in genomic DNA with an average yield of 800 ng from 20-µm specimen slides. The quality of DNA was verified using conventional PCR, demonstrating amplification of specific human gene fragments from 150 to 1100 base ...

Quantitation of Lymphangiogenesis Using the iCycler iQ Real-Time PCR Detection System and Scorpions Detection System, Rev A

... reactions as follows: uracil DNA glycosylase supermix (7.5 l), forward primer/probe (0.3 l), reverse primer (0.3 l), plasmid or specimen cDNA (1 l), water (5.9 l). PCR conditions were 95C for 4 min, followed by 50 cycles of 95C for 15 sec; 54C for 20 sec; 60C for ...

Optimum FFPE RNA Isolation Kit

... a few recommendations to address several key factors. 1) Upstream Tissue Procurement and Tissue specimen Preparation If possible, tissues should be fixed within one hour of surgical resection. Extensive ...

Quality assurance of RNA derived from laser microdissected tissue samples obtained by the PALM MicroBeam System using the RNA 6000 Pico LabChip kit.

... for isolation of DNA, RNA, and proteins with visual control using a microscope. An UV-A-laser-mediated process dissects selected specimen from various sources and transfers them contact free directly into collection vessels for subsequent extraction (see figure 1). ...

Microfluidic analysis of multiplex PCR products for the genotyping of Helicobacter pylori

... the archives of the Institutes for Pathology of the University of Mainz (Germany) and Cologne (Germany). Three 5-7 m-sections of each specimen were de-waxed in xylene and the nucleic acids were extracted by phenol/chloroform followed by precipitation in 300 mM sodium acetate and 50 ...