Immunoassay in Biological Technology

MedAssets Supply Chain Systems Selects Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics for Chemistry, Automation and Immunoassay Solutions

Two Contracts Awarded for Chemistry and Automation as well as Immunoassay and Infectious Disease Solutions TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, (http://www.siemens.com/diagnostics ), announced today that it has been selected by MedAs...

Coated Plate Immunoassay on the MicroBeta - eg. TSH - IRMA

COATED PLATE ASSAYS The MicroBeta is and ideal instrument for the counting of radioimmunoassays based on coated microtitration plates. The following method describes a typical assay protocol for a TSH assay. The data presented compare the standard immunoassay microtitration p...

Enzyme Immunoassay for Studying Intracellular Levels of cAMP

Sensitive, nonradioactive cyclic-AMP detection kit and adenylate cyclase (AC) toxin Danny Q. Hoang Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Xinping Yang and Timothy G. Kingan, Ph.D. American Qualex Stratagenes EIA cAMP Kit is a highly sensitive and specific antibody-base...

ALPCO Introduces a Mouse HMW and Total Adiponectin ELISA

...on are pleased to introduce this promising new research tool. ALPCO was founded in 1990 as an importer and distributor of high quality research immunoassay kits. Since that time, their primary goals have been to offer a diverse line of assays that appeal to their broad customer base while also providing e...

Beckman Coulter Completes Acquisition of Olympus' Lab-Based Diagnostics Business

...lympus diagnostics with our business will provide many cross-selling opportunities -- the most compelling being promotion of Beckman Coulter's leading immunoassay products to the loyal base of Olympus' chemistry customers. "We remain focused on creating shareholder value through growth, quality and oper...

Investigational Urine NGAL Biomarker Shows Promise to Monitor Cyclosporine Toxicity in Cardiac Transplant Patients

...r Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting today indicates that monitoring cardiac transplant patients with the Urine NGAL assay on Abbott's ARCHITECT immunoassay analyzer may help clinicians to monitor cyclosporine-induced toxicity and adjust doses of cyclosporine drugs to prevent possible irreversible kidney d...

Abbott HIV Test Demonstrates Earlier Disease Detection

... excited about the clinical potential of this assay to help detect HIV earlier." The Abbott ARCHITECT HIV Combo (Ag/Ab) assay is an automated immunoassay test designed to detect HIV p24 antigen and antibodies to HIV type 1 (HIV-1 Group M and Group O) and/or type 2 (HIV-2) in human serum and plasma. Unl...

Improving Transfusion Safety: Fenwal, Verax Biomedical Sign Agreement for Rapid, Point-of-Care Bacteria Test

...headquarters and laboratory facilities are in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Verax PGD(R) test is currently cleared by the FDA as a rapid, qualitative immunoassay for the detection of bacteria in leukocyte-reduced apheresis platelets as an adjunct quality-control test following previous bacterial testing. For m...

New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report

... Results for HRPC Patients II-58 Ambrilia Reveals Results of PSP-94 immunoassay Study for Cancer Therapy II-58 University of California's Analyses ... Metastatic Prostate Cancer III-69 Ambrilia Reveals Results of PSP-94 immunoassay Study for Cancer Therapy III-69 Select Canadian Players III-70 ...

Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Launches DiscoveryMAP(TM) Service for Drug and Diagnostic Development

...ology. Its service platform (RodentMAP(R) and HumanMAP(R)) provides pre-clinical and clinical researchers with reproducible, quantitative, multiplexed immunoassay data for hundreds of proteins cost-effectively in multiple species, and from a small sample volume. The Company also offers innovative and proprietary...

Assay Designs(TM), Inc. Announces Release of First Available Product for Multiplex Analysis of Heat Shock Proteins

...ire/ -- Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life science...aperone 8-Plex Kit. The bead-based multiplex immunoassay enables measurement of HSP client proteins (Akt an...Arbor, MI, Assay Designs develops and manufactures immunoassay (ELISA) kits, luminescent reagents, antibodies, pr...

Beckman Coulter Announces First Quarter 2009 Results

... Recurring revenue strength was greatest in Access immunoassay and AutoChemistry, both continuing above-market, c...a constant currency basis. Above-market growth in immunoassay continued with recurring revenue in the Access pro...ine up 2.4%, or 8.4% in constant currency. Access immunoassay recurring revenue was impacted by a decrease of mo...

Cell Biosciences Announces Publication in Nature Medicine

... technology by cutting-edge researchers like the Stanford team." The Cell Biosciences protein analysis system is an ultrasensitive nanofluidic immunoassay system designed to analyze extremely small biological samples. Traditional protein analysis techniques can require as many as 100,000 cells, which com...

Cell Biosciences Closes $10 Million Series C Financing

...ring this revolutionary proteomics technology to the broad life sciences market." The Cell Biosciences platform is an ultrasensitive nanofluidic immunoassay system designed to analyze proteins in extremely small biological samples. Researchers use our products to discover subtle details about phosphoprote...

Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Enters into a $1.27M Contract with the National Cancer Institute to Develop Multiplex Mass Spectrometric Immunoassays for Detection of Low Abundance Cancer-Related Proteins

...is contract is to stimulate the development of multiplex mass spectrometric immunoassay for the detection of low abundance cancer-related proteins/peptides from bo... technologies consist of Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay, a high-performance immunoassay combining micro-scale immunoaffinity capture and mass spectrometry for high...

JAG Media Holdings, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent for the Acquisition of CardioGenics Inc. by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of JAG Media

...nics Inc. CardioGenics develops technology and products targeting the immunoassay segment of the In-Vitro Diagnostic testing market. CardioGenics has devel...lver coating paramagnetic microspheres (a fundamental platform component of immunoassay equipment), which improve instrument sensitivity to light. CardioGenics' pr...

Beckman Coulter to Acquire Lab-Based Diagnostics Business From Olympus Corporation

...Choice - Penetration of Beckman Coulter's immunoassay Products into Olympus' Installed Chemistry Base Su... a valuable new customer set for Beckman Coulter's immunoassay products. In 2010, the Olympus Diagnostics bu...oducts with additional opportunities to expand our immunoassay reach into their chemistry installed base. Custom...

Vermillion Announces Notice of Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Hepcidin as a Biomarker for Ovarian Cancer

...arian cancer patent portfolio." The patent also covers the measurement of hepcidin by a variety of methods, including mass spectrometry and other immunoassay approaches. About Vermillion's Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Program Vermillion has multiple ovarian cancer diagnostic tests in development. The...

Beckman Coulter Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results; Earnings Outlook Achieved on Strong Fundamentals

... 5.7%, or 9.6% in constant currency, led by Access immunoassay constant currency growth of more than 20%. To...stant currency driven by continued gains in Access immunoassay and Flow Cytometry, which grew 19.6% and 14.6%, re...niCel DxC chemistry analyzers and robust growth in immunoassay system placements also contributed to our success....

GEN Reports on Growing Reliance on Microfluidics Technology

...ologies that contain microcapillaries for controlling the flow of fluids in immunoassay processes. The protein array format uses several different microcapillary d...sma. Next a capillary directs the sample into a chamber that contains dried immunoassay reagents. After an incubation time that is determined by another microcapil...

Cell Biosciences Introduces Kits for Oncoprotein Analysis

...urement of phosphoprotein signaling and activation in extremely small biological samples. Our company's lead product is a capillary-based nano-fluidic immunoassay platform that provides quantitative and reproducible data on key signaling pathways in precious biological samples, such as small tumor biopsies and s...

Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Launches Human Kidney Damage Biomarker Panel

...ogy. Its service platform (RodentMAP(R) and HumanMAP(R)) provides pre-clinical and clinical researchers with reproducible, quantitative, multiplexed immunoassay data for hundreds of proteins cost-effectively in multiple species, and from a small sample volume. The Company also offers innovative and proprietary...

Singulex Closes $19 Million Financing Round

... "With these funds, we are confident we have the resources to develop our immunoassay technology for use in the diagnostics field," said Philippe Goix, PhD, CEO ...ers to further develop the significant clinical utility that the Erenna(TM) immunoassay System enables. To learn more about Singulex, please visit us at http:// ww...

ABAXIS Announces Worldwide Animal Health Licensing Agreement for Rapid Test Technology

...clusive worldwide rights in the field of animal health diagnostics in the professional marketplace for certain technologies pertaining to lateral flow immunoassay devices and methods. This license agreement provides Abaxis the co-exclusive opportunity to utilize these technologies to expand the Abaxis produ...

Cell Biosciences Delivers Next Generation System to Stanford University

...urement of phosphoprotein signaling and activation in extremely small biological samples. Our company's lead product is a capillary-based nanofluidic immunoassay platform that provides quantitative and reproducible data on key signaling pathways in precious biological samples, such as small tumor biopsies and s...

Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Seppro(R) Depletion Technology From GenWay Biotech

...o diagnostic companies. GenWay is actively developing novel diagnostic tests for point-of-care and over-the-counter diagnostics. GenWay specializes in immunoassay development, applications, and manufacturing, as well as novel antibody platforms, such as shark and chicken monoclonal antibodies, for increased sens...

Decision Biomarkers Inc Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

...SAB", said Roger Dowd, President and CEO of DBI. "We look forward to their expert guidance to enable us to realize the full potential of our multiplex immunoassay technology for drug development". About Decision Biomarkers Inc Decision Biomarkers is a privately-held life science tools company that has developed ...

Advances in Detection Technology Drive the European Autoimmune Disease Diagnostics Market

...l Diagnostics Growth Partnership Services programme, which also includes research in the following markets: European POC Connectivity Market, European immunoassay Diagnostics Market, Western European IVD Markets, and Eastern European IVD Markets. All research included in subscriptions provide detailed market opp...

World Market for Biotechnology Reagents to Reach $32.5 Billion by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

... to grow at the fastest CAGR of 8.75% over the period 2011 through 2015. immunoassay reagents market represents the largest product market worldwide with reven...cing/Synthesis Reagents, Electrophoresis Reagents, Flow Cytometry Reagents, immunoassay Reagents, Liquid Chromatography Reagents, Polymerase Chain Reaction Reagent...

Assay Designs(TM), Inc. Announces Agreement with Abnova Corp. of Taiwan

...ire/ -- Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life science... is very complementary to our current antibody and immunoassay businesses, and affords our customer base easy acc... of Abnova. "Moreover, Assay Designs' expertise in immunoassay and system development highly complements Abnova's...

Global Agricultural and Environmental Diagnostics Market to Reach $2.4 Billion by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts

...microbiology testing market represents the largest and fastest growing, estimated to be US$1.1 billion in 2008. Recent testing techniques involve immunoassay technologies and rapid tests that replaced traditional wet chemistry, bacterial culturing, and chromatographic analysis. Initially, testing was implem...

Beckman Coulter Signs Agreements with Adventist Health; Broad Product Offering Enhances Delivery of Quality Patient Care

...l laboratories will continue to purchase hematology products from Beckman Coulter, and will add the company's complete line of automated chemistry and immunoassay analyzers and reagents to their owned, leased and managed facilities. An expanding group of more than 38 acute-care affiliate organizations will also ...

Medarex And PharmAthene Announce New Therapeutic Data for Anthrax Anti-Toxin, Valortim(R)

... were collected to assess bacteremia and protective antigen in blood. Samples were analyzed for protective antigen via a rapid electrochemiluminescent immunoassay (ECL), and bacteremia was evaluated by 24- hour culture. A significant increase in body temperature and/or a positive ECL were used to identify an act...

Novel Mass Spectrometry-based Assay Reveals Degradation and Low Levels of Bioactive B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Patients with Heart Failure

...reported on a novel quantitative mass spectrometry immunoassay for the detection of bioactive B-type natriuretic ...rietary technologies consist of Mass Spectrometric immunoassay (MSIA), a high-performance immunoassay combining micro-scale immunoaffinity capture and m...

Corgenix Receives Third U.S. Patent on AtherOx(R) Technology

...ading to the formation of oxLDL/B2-glycoprotein I complexes (AtherOx). This interaction does not occur with the native or non-oxidized form of LDL. An immunoassay for the detection of the complexes was described which provides the basis for the AtherOx(R) test kits. Douglass Simpson, President and CEO of Corge...

Vermillion and Stanford Scientists Receive 'Best Research Award' From the PAD Coalition

...usive license agreement with Stanford to develop and commercialize the PAD biomarker panel. The Company plans to make the biomarker panel available in immunoassay format which will assist in making the test widely available. About Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) PAD, a serious but often asymptomatic disorder...

New ImmunoSet(TM) ELISA Development Kits

... ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, has launched a new portfolio of thoroughly characterized ELISA...

Beckman Coulter Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results

... three times the market rate in each of Chemistry, immunoassay and Cellular Analysis product areas signals the co...4.1% over prior year quarter, led by Access-family immunoassay growth of more than 20%. Total company cash instru... a less instrument-intensive mix. Strong growth in immunoassay as well as Chemistry and Clinical Automation shoul...

AMDL ELISA DR-70(R) (FDP) is Promising as Effective Cancer Detection Test

...LISA DR-70 (FDP) can be accessed via AMDL's corporate website located at http://www.amdl.com under the RESOURCES link. "When we compared the DR-70 immunoassay with conventional tumor markers, DR-70 turned out to be superior to CEA in the detection of patients with colorectal cancer," according to the conclus...

Cell Biosciences Strengthens Management Team

...cterization of specific proteins in extremely small biological samples. Our company's lead product, the Firefly 3000, is a capillary-based nanofluidic immunoassay platform designed for ultrasensitive detection and characterization of proteins. Cell Biosciences is located in Palo Alto, CA. http://www.cellbioscie...