ForteBio Launches New Biosensor for Kinetic Analysis and Screening of Human IgG Antibodies

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ForteBio(R), Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its Anti-Human IgG Fc Capture (AHC) biosensor for use on the company's Octet(R) i...

NRL partners with industry to develop compact biosensor for wide-ranging applications

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are partnering with industry to develop a sensor system for biomolecules that could make a significant contribution to a variety of fields such as healthcare, veterinary diagnostics, food safety, environmental testing, and national security. NRL ha...

NanoSensors Provides Update on Its Biosensor to Detect E.coli and Salmonella

NanoSensors, Inc., a nanotechnology development company that is developing a biosensor device to detect e.coli and salmonella announced today an update regarding its product development timeline for its biosensor. The Company stated that although it had received multiple prototypes of its e.coli b...

New Electro-chemical Biosensor to Check Food Contamination

Scientists have developed a new electro-chemical biosensor, which detects the presence of very small amounts of atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in agriculture and which also has very long lasting effects on the environment as well as antibiotics in food. The biosensor is f...

New Biosensor Developed To Detect E. Coli Bacteria

Scientists have developed a biosensor to detect the E. Coli bacteria, an infectious agent that causes food borne illness. The biosensor is said to detect the bacteria rapidly and accurately.// The unique technology developed by the University of Rochester Medical Centre uses a protein from the ...

Small Biosensor To Enable Cancer Detection

A small hand-held biosensor is being developed by scientists to enable the easy detection of cancer. Early diagnosis and effective monitoring are two factors which are called for// where cancer is concerned. The University of Newcastle’s researchers led by Professor Calum McNeil are engaged in deve...

SKorean Scientists Develop Technology for Cheap Biosensor

South Korean scientists said Monday they had developed new technology to use transistors in devices for quick diagnosis of diseases such as diabetes. The biosensor technology was developed by a research team at the state-run Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. "We p...

Abbott Introduces Molecular Diagnostic System Intended for Broad Identification of Infectious Agents

...ens, including infectious agents commonly transmitted in hospitals and other clinical sites. PLEX-ID is the next generation of Abbott's Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System and is among an innovative portfolio of instruments and tests the company is featuring this week at the American Association for Clinical Chemi...

A real-time diagnosis for a treatable cancer

...e colon cancer malignancies. The chip is essentially an electrochemical biosensor programmed to recognize and bind to colorectal cancer biomarkers with high ...se sensors used by diabetics are the best example today of a hand-held home biosensor test," says Vernick. In the future, he would like to offer patients a simil...

Clinical Utility of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Highlighted By American Thoracic Society Panel

...e in the physician's office since March 2008. The system uses a proprietary biosensor technology to measure exhaled nitric oxide, a well established indicator of...ent of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) for the management of asthma. The Apieron biosensor technology platform utilizes a patented technology that allows for the high...

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CareFirst BCBS Covers eNO Measurement for Diagnosis, Asthma Treatment

...e in the physician's office since March 2008. The system uses a proprietary biosensor technology to measure exhaled nitric oxide, a well established indicator of...ent of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) for the management of asthma. The Apieron biosensor technology platform utilizes a patented technology that allows for the high...

Isis Announces That OGX-011 Has Shown Overall Survival Advantage in Prostate Cancer Compared to Standard Therapy in a Randomized Phase 2 Study

...is to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the di...

ATL/TV1102 Trial Results Presented at World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

Isis Initiates Clinical Trial of CRP Drug

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

Genzyme and Isis Begin Second Phase 3 Trial Of Mipomersen

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

Echo Therapeutics Initiates Clinical Study of Its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

...kinPrep System, which incorporates patented and leading-edge skin permeation control technology, and wireless transmission and proprietary transdermal biosensor technologies. Echo's Symphony tCGM System is designed to provide both diabetes and hospital patients with a reliable, needle-free, easy-to-use, afford...

Genzyme and Isis Complete Licensing of Mipomersen

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

Isis Highlights Robust Drug Portfolio for Diabetes and Obesity at ADA Conference

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

Apieron, Inc. Begins Customer Shipments of the Insight(TM) eNO System

...d exacerbations or 'asthma attacks'. The Insight eNO System's proprietary biosensor technology accurately measures eNO in parts per billion. Its single-use bre...ent of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) for the management of asthma. The Apieron biosensor technology platform utilizes a patented technology that allows for the high...

Isis Reports Reduction of apoB-100 Levels in a Murine Model Resulting in Up to 92% Reduction of Atherosclerosis

...sis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' majority-owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the dis...

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Liquichek Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (Bayer 800 Series)

Description:... Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (Bayer 800 Series) is a combination control for use in monitoring the performance of blood gas, ion-selective electrode, biosensor and CO-Oximeter (Bayer 270 and 800 series) instrumentation. This control is recommended for use on Bayer 800 Rapidlab Series instruments in CO-Oximete...
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

Liquichek Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (Radiometer)

Description:... Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (Radiometer) is a combination control for use in monitoring the performance of blood gas, ion-selective electrode, biosensor and CO-Oximeter (Radiometer) instrumentation....
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

Liquichek Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (IL Synthesis Series)

Description:...s Plus CO-Oximeter Control (IL Synthesis Series) is a combination control for use in monitoring the performance of blood gas, ion-selective electrode, biosensor and CO-Oximetry analysis on IL Synthesis Series instrumentation....
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Liquichek Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (IL)

Description:...iquichek Blood Gas Plus CO-Oximeter Control (IL) is a combination control for use in monitoring the performance of blood gas, ion-selective electrode, biosensor and CO-Oximeter (Instrumentation Laboratory) analyzers....
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

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UTSA wins $500,000 to develop biosensor and regenerative medicine Ph.D. program

San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced today it will receive $500,000 from The University of Texas System over the next five years to develop a unique Graduate Program Initiative emphasizing biosensors and regenerative medicine. Of the 37 proposals received by the UT...

Nano-tetherball biosensor precisely detects glucose

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using hollow structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored to gold-coated "nanocubes." The device resembles a tiny cube-shaped tetherball....

Carnegie Mellon scientists develop fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging, biosensor design

PITTSBURGH Scientists at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center have developed new fluorogen activating proteins (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created at Carnegie Mellon. The FAPs, which can be used to monitor bio...

New field-deployable biosensor detects avian influenza virus in minutes instead of days

Quick identification of avian influenza infection in poultry is critical to controlling outbreaks, but current detection methods can require several days to produce results. A new biosensor developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) can detect avian influenza in just minutes. In ...

UCLA/VA partners with ASU to advance biosensor technology for urinary tract infections

Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, GeneFluidics Inc. and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have received a five-year, $3.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health to help rapidly d...

A new portable biosensor detects traces of contaminants in food more quickly and cheaply

Scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in cooperation with the CSIC, have developed a new electro-chemical biosensor which detects the presence, in food, of very small amounts of atrazine –one of the most widely used herbicides in agriculture and which also has very long lasting...

A biosensor layered like lasagna

In a mixing of pasta metaphors, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have used electrostatic attraction to layer reactive biological molecules lasagna-like around spaghetti-like carbon nanotubes. This configuration can accommodate a wide range of applications, from ultra-precise bloo...

Aptamer-based Biosensor screens Air Force personnel and equipment

Air Force personnel will soon know within minutes if they or their equipment are contaminated with a biological agent, thanks to a new technology developed by the Air Force and a national laboratory. Personnel will use the biosensor system to collect and isolate samples, detect and identify agen...

Reveal the enemy

... the aptamers fit closely against the walls of the carbon nanotubes. If the biosensor is put into a salmonella-containing sample, the microbes stick to the aptam...sible down to a concentration of about 1000 salmonella per milliliter. This biosensor is specific: it does not react to bacteria other than Salmonella typhi . "...

Toxin detection as close as an inkjet printer

...nnan and his research team at McMaster University, working with the Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network, describe a method for printing a toxin-detecting biosensor on paper using a FujiFilm Dimatix Materials Printer. The researchers demonstrated the concept on the detection of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhib...

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ArunA Biomedical Submits Contract Proposal to Further Develop Environmental Biosensor for National Security

ArunA Biomedical Submits Contract Proposal to Further Develop Environmental Biosensor for National Security ATHENS, Ga., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- ArunA Biomedical, Inc., a leader in human embryonic stem cell derived products, announced today that it has submitted a Department of De...

ArunA Biomedical Awarded Department of Defense Contract to Further Develop Environmental Biosensor for National Security

ATHENS, Ga., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- ArunA Biomedical, Inc., a leader in human embryonic stem cell derived products, announced today that it has been awarded a Department of Defense contract to develop an environmental biosensor utilizing its human stem cell technology. (Logo: http://w...

U.S. Genomics Awarded $9.1 Million Contract for Development of Advanced Biosensor by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

WOBURN, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Genomics today announced the award of a $9.1 million contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate. The Phase IIIX contract under the Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors (BAND) program will enable U...

NASA Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor Helps Detect Biohazards

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water...

When proteins, antibodies and other biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell

When biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell. A new and deceptively simple technique has been developed by chemists at Vanderbilt University that can measure the interactions between free-floating, unlabeled biological molecules including proteins, sugars, antibodies, DNA and...

When proteins, antibodies and other biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell

When biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell. A new and deceptively simple technique has been developed by chemists at Vanderbilt University that can measure the interactions between free-floating, unlabeled biological molecules including proteins, sugars, antibodies, DNA and...

Material world: Graphene's versatility promises new applications

...e atomic layer geometry and low capacitance promise a significant boost for biosensor applications. Such applications are a central topic of interest for Tao, wh... causing a huge change in the properties of the electrons. One possible biosensor application under consideration would involve functionalizing graphene's su...

ForteBio Launches Two Revolutionary High-Throughput, Label-Free Instruments: The Octet(R) RED384 and the Octet QK384

...4-well detection, 16-channel simultaneous readout, biosensor regeneration and re-racking, and automation capabi... of running ForteBio's label-free Dip and Read(TM) biosensor assays in high-throughput mode, while enabling fas... regeneration and re-racking of biosensors. Online biosensor regeneration drives the cost per sample down while...

NCIIA Honors Top Collegiate Biomedical Engineering Teams

...a; cutting down recovery time; and resulting in less scarring. Third prize, $1,000 in cash, was given to the Brown University team working on a biosensor to detect vitamin D levels. Although current research suggests that vitamin D deficiency can lead to health problems including osteoporosis and cance...

SPO Medical Expands Professional Product Offering

...8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SPO Medical Inc. (SPOM), a leading developer of biosensor and microprocessor technologies for use in portable monitoring devices, ann... About SPO Medical: SPO Medical (SPOM) a leading developer of biosensor and microprocessor technologies for use in portable monitoring devices to c...

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Custom Epitope Peptide Microarray from LC Sciences

Description:... Microarrays designed for immunological studies, vaccine development, and biosensor development built on the flexible and powerful Paraflo microfluidic on-chip synthesis platform. These microarrays are available as part of our compreh...
Company:LC Sciences

Epitope Peptide Microarray - Comprehensive Service from LC Sciences

Description:...lysis service utilizing high density peptide microarrays synthesized on Paraflo microfluidic chips for immunological studies, vaccine development, and biosensor development. This comprehensive service includes assistance with your sequence designs, binding assays using sample(s) provided by you, single or dual...
Company:LC Sciences