Hormone may hold key to helping elderly men live longer
... commonly used methods to measure IGF-1, the IGF-1 bioassay gives more information about the actual function (...ctivity) of circulating IGF-1 in the body. The bioassay allowed us to more clearly see the association bet...are important modulators of IGF-1 bioactivity. The bioassay used in this study does not disregard or remove th...Luminex Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Luminex Corporation To Present at UBS Global Life Sciences Conference
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients
...wth factors play an important role in the bodys inflammatory response and in the growth of cells and new blood vessels. Because the researchers used a bioassay technology that can simultaneously analyze the concentrations of each protein, only a small amount of blood was required for the test. The maj...Study Finds Prion Proteins in Milk
...ssessment agencies, and public health organizations have debated the TSE risk for milk and milk products throughout the past decade. Epidemiologic and bioassay data have not provided evidence that milk harbors prion infectivity. Bioassays of the milk, colostrum, or udder of cows with BSE have not as yet detec...Compounds In Legume May Be Helpful In Treating Cancer
...ert into proteins. CILR Chief Investigator Professor Chris Parish's group, based at ANU's John Curtin School of Medical Research, developed the bioassay used to identify the compounds as potential therapeutic agents. "We have identified several compounds derived from the legume interaction with ...Mode Of Action Of The Anti-Convulsant Valproate
... Researchers from Australia have recently shown, using a yeast-based in vitro bioassay for steroid hormones that valproate, a commonly used anti-convulsant for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder, is an anti-androgen and anti-...MIT-led teams unravel heparin death mystery
...tween the presence of chemical contaminant in heparin and the clinical symptoms observed in affected patients. Our findings also suggest that a simple bioassay could help protect the global supply chain of heparin, by screening heparin lots for the presence of polysulfated contaminants that may have unintende...Cheaper drugs now closer to realization with new DropArray technology
...ory tool for measuring pharmacological activity of biological substances and performing other related tests may soon be replaced by a new miniaturized bioassay that will be faster, cheaper and more efficient for scientists to use, with new technology developed by Singapores Institute of Bioengineering and Nan...Blood test may help signal tumor's remission, return in throat cancer patients
...th factors play an important role in the body’s inflammatory response and in the growth of cells and new blood vessels. Because the researchers used a bioassay technology that can simultaneously analyze the concentrations of each protein, only a small amount of blood was required for the test. The major...Legume compounds may help cancer treatment
...onvert into proteins. CILR Chief Investigator Professor Chris Parish's group, based at ANU's John Curtin School of Medical Research, developed the bioassay used to identify the compounds as potential therapeutic agents. "We have identified several compounds derived from the legume interaction with rhiz...USDA Boosts Food Safety Research with Purchase of Waters ACQUITY TQD System
...g residues at a time at concentrations of less than 10 ng/mL, a big improvement in speed, efficiency, and sensitivity over the traditional seven-plate bioassay method. The USDA chose Waters ACQUITY TQD System based on criteria for a UPLC/MS/MS system with a tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry detector ca...On the trail of rogue genetically modified pathogens
...didate DNA signatures are far more likely to match unseen artificial than natural sequences. The authors say that the next step is to see whether a bioassay design using DNA signatures on microarrays can spot genetically modified DNA in a sample containing a mixture of natural and modified bacteria. The sc...Luminex Corporation Reaches Settlement With Rules Based Medicine, Inc.
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Luminex Corporation Third Quarter Earnings Release Scheduled for October 24, 2007
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Luminex Corporation to Present at Biotechnology Industry Organization Investor Forum
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Luminex Corporation to Present at America's Growth Capital Emerging Growth Conference
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Luminex Corporation to Present at ThinkEquity Partners Investor Conference
...nces industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics re...Uric Acid Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, linear detection range 0.2 mg/dL to 20 mg/dL. Procedure: 20 min....Glucose Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, colorimetric, linear detection range 0.7 mg/dL to 300 mg/dL. Procedure: 10 min....QuantiChrom Zinc Assay Kit from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, detection range 0.78 ug/dL to 65 ug/dL Zn in serum, plasma, urine, saliva etc. Procedure: 10 min....Albumin Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, detection range 0.3 g/dL to 5 g/dL. Procedure: 5 min....Ethanol Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, detection range 0.04% to 4%. Procedure: 30 min....Heme Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, linear detection range 0.6 mM to 100 mM. Procedure: 2 min....Chloride Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, linear detection range 0.7 mg/dL to 35 mg/dL. Procedure: 5 min....Urea Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, linear detection range 6 mg/dL to 100mg/dL. Procedure: 15 min....Hemoglobin Colorimetric Assay Kit, QuantiChrom from BioAssay Systems
Description: One-step, microplate or cuvet, colorimetric, linear detection range 0.9 mg/dL to 200 mg/dL. Procedure: 2 min....Phosphate Colorimetric Assay Kit, PiBlue from BioAssay Systems
Description: assays for phosphatase, lipase, nucleoside triphosphatases (ATPase, GTPase etc). HTS and follow up studies for phosphatase inhibitors. Quantitation of phosphate content in protein, lipids, and DNA....