dotLab System, Dual Pump from Axela Biosensors
Description:The dotLab System brings together two mature, well-understood technologies: grating-based light diffraction and immobilized capture surfaces. This combination produces a sensitive and very simple technique for the detection of molecular binding events without the use of fluorescent labels. Protein-specific capture molecules are immobilized on the dotLab Sensor surface in eight distinct l...dotLab System, Single Pump from Axela Biosensors
Description:The dotLab System brings together two mature, well-understood technologies: grating-based light diffraction and immobilized capture surfaces. This combination produces a sensitive and very simple technique for the detection of molecular binding events without the use of fluorescent labels. Protein-specific capture molecules are immobilized on the dotLab Sensor surface in eight distinct l...Early Stage: Step 6 - Taxes, taxes, taxes!
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For all the talk-show chatter about cutting government spending and holding the line on taxes in Wisconsin, do state policymakers or the people they represent really want to bite the bullet? Based on what happened last week in the Wisconsin Assembly, and what is likely to happen this week in the state Senate, the answer is a tepid "maybe." Perhaps ambivalence in the Capitol accu...Emergency Services To Face The Axe
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A new study has found that chemical relaxers used to straighten hair are not associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer among African-American women. Hair relaxers can enter the body through cuts or lesions in the scalp. These products are not fully monitored by the Food and Drug Administration, and thus could contain potentially harmful compounds....TAXUS Express2 Over-the-wire Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System
Description:The TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System is indicated for improving luminal diameter for the treatment of de novo lesions = 28 mm in length in native coronary arteries = 2.5 to = 3.75 mm in diameter....TAXUS Express2 Monorail Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System
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