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Scientists Replicate Hepatitis C Virus in Laboratory

For the first time, scientists have replicated hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the laboratory. The ability to replicate HCV in cell culture will allow researchers to better study the life cycle and biology of this virus and to test potential antiviral compounds, which may lead to new therapies for the liver disease that results from infection with HCV. Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes...

Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment

For the first time, a group of scientists has accomplished the daunting task of evaluating the status of all of the ecosystems on Earth, and the outlook is troubling. Commissioned by the United Nations in 2001, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment program will issue its primary report on March 30 during press conferences in London, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Brasilia, Cai...

New Study from Affymetrix Laboratories Points to Changing View of How Genome Works

Scientists at Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) reported today in Science magazine online that they have completed a high-resolution scan of structure and function for nearly 30 percent of the human genome sequence. In collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, the research team used high-density GeneChip(R) microarrays to study every fifth base, on average, of 10 human chromosomes; they fou...

Innovative collaboration brings Arctic science into the classroom

An upcoming expedition to study the Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers is not simply a research project for R. Max Holmes, an associate scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center. It is also a means to integrate education and outreach into his work. In June and July, Dr. Holmes, an ecosystem scientist with broad interests in the responses and feedbacks of ecosystems to environmental and global ch...

Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory

Scientists in the UK have proved that human embryonic stem cells can develop in the laboratory into the early forms of cells that eventually become eggs or sperm. Their work opens up the possibility that eggs and sperm could be grown from stem cells and used for assisted reproduction, therapeutic cloning and the creation of more stem cells for further research and for the improved treatments for...

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ATP contamination testing from Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.

Description: Mo Bio Laboratories offers the most sensitive ATP-Free certification service that will allow you to certify your products ATP-Free with a high level of accuracy and enable you to deliver them to your customers in a timely manner. Mo Bios ATP detection limit is 3.5 x 10-12 /l, which will allow you to directly compete with the industr...
Company:Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.

Biomek 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation from Beckman Coulter

Description:As the world of discovery races ever faster, you need a partner who can put you on the fast track. So our constant focus is on providing tools and solutions to help accelerate your research. Thats why our Biomek 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation offers a liquid handling platform thats as advanced as it is flexible. By integrating all aspects of liquid handling into a single, automated system...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Hollande's Fixative from ScyTek Laboratories

Description:Hollandes is a fixative useful for routine procedures. Hollandes contains formaldehyde for cytoplasmic fixation. It is stable and will decalcify small bone specimens. Tissue that is fixed with Hollande's can be stained successfully with most stains, and the cupric acetate in the solution stabilizes red blood cell membranes and cosinophil and endocrine cell granules so that less lysis occurs than...
Company:ScyTek Laboratories

Hollande's Fixative from ScyTek Laboratories

Description:Hollandes is a fixative useful for routine procedures. Hollandes contains formaldehyde for cytoplasmic fixation. It is stable and will decalcify small bone specimens. Tissue that is fixed with Hollande's can be stained successfully with most stains, and the cupric acetate in the solution stabilizes red blood cell membranes and cosinophil and endocrine cell granules so that less lysis occurs than...
Company:ScyTek Laboratories

Routine Testing Laboratory from AAIPharma Inc.

Description:AAIPharmas Routine Testing Laboratory (RTL) can provide you with the expertise developed over 25 years. Microbial method development and validation Performance of methods used to monitor the conditions of your GMP manufacturing environment Assurance of quality for manufactured productsWe offer a full spectrum of microbiological services to the pharmaceutical industry. O...
Company:AAIPharma Inc.

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BioRobot MDx standardize your automated protocols in clinical laboratories

The BioRobot MDx is the latest addition to the range of BioRobot workstations and is designed to meet the needs of scientists requiring standardized protocols in environments such as clinical testing laboratories....

Stem-cell study grows too big for one department; UW builds collaborative programs

Clive Svendsen, a professor of anatomy and neurology, said the university will create a regenerative medicine program and a postdoctoral research program focusing on cell-replacement therapies via stem...

Big collaboration links learners to science on a tiny scale

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DEMO 2003 Closes with Focus on Collaboration and Communication

Scottsdale, AZ - DEMO 2003 continued to buzz with innovation and excitement on its closing day, focusing on a myriad of new technologies that included timely next-generation systems designed to protect and defend the national IT infrastructure as well as collaboration tools and evolving email services. In addition to an array of new product demonstrations, technology leaders discussed the possibi...

Japan, Midwest Biotechnology Industry Leaders Identify Steps for Greater Collaboration Between Countries

CHICAGO,IL--Top industry, government and academic leaders in the biotech and life science industries from the Midwest U.S. and Japan gathered Wednesday in Chicago as part of the JETRO Midwest-Japan Biotechnology Summit. The topics covered similarity of challenges faced by Midwest Biotech companies and their counterparts in Japan. The goal was to foster discussion and lay down specific p...

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Laboratory Testing Can Identify Risk of Pre-Term Labor and Delivery

A test for fetal fibronectin can predict whether a pregnant woman is at risk for early labor and delivery. Those at high risk for pre-term births are women with previous pre-term deliveries, those with multiple gestation pregnancy, and those who suffer from diabetes and/or hypertension. The current approach for finding whether a woman will go into premature labor is the use of a clinical scoring...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to challenge patents on drug

Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will continue to aggressively challenge patents on drugs in the US despite the recent denial of a 180-day marketing exclusivity to its generic Omeprazole 40 mg capsules by the US Food and Drug Administration. Omeprazole is indicated for the treatment of duodenal and gastric ulcers. The FDA granted the marketing exclusivity to Andrx group of the US....

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launches Hyalosy

The Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Hyalosyn (sodium hyaluronate), an intra-articular injection that provides relief from knee-joint stiffness and immobility among patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a widely prevalent disease. More than 90 per cent of people above the age of 45 are estimated to show signs of this disease, and it is the leading ca...

AAI Pharma Files Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has been slapped with a lawsuit for patent infringement by the US based AAI Pharma Inc for the generic version of the anti-depressant drug Prozac. DRL has a 180 days exclusivity to sell the drug's 40 mg dosage form along with Barr Laboratories that holds the exclusivity for the 10 and 20 mg dosage forms. DRL expects this to be a routine move as the para IV filing af...

Abbott Laboratories to buy Biocompatibles' cardiovascular stent business

Abbott Laboratories said it has agreed to acquire the cardiovascular stent business of Biocompatibles International PLC for $234.5 million in cash. Abbott said the deal will strengthen its portfolio of products and will expand its international presence in the vascular business for polymer-coated stents - tiny metal tubes that keep blood vessels open.// Abbott has been the exclusive U...

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Danker Laboratories, Inc.

Description:Danker Laboratories, Inc. combines a half-century of innovative manufacturing experience with state-of-the-art precision lathe equipment to provide the highest quality rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses to eyecare practitioners....
Company:Danker Laboratories, Inc.

Classic Optical Laboratories Inc.

Description:Classic is proud to provide top-quality vision eyewear to physicians, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and numerous state and federal government programs. Classic Laboratory produces over 1500 pairs of eyeglasses per day....
Company:Classic Optical Laboratories Inc.

Essilor Laboratories of America

Description:Essilor Laboratories of America is the largest, and most trusted, spectacle lens lab network in the United States of America. With in-house Crizal coating centers, Essilor offers you speed service and ensure premium quality on the best-selling anti-reflective coated lens....
Company:Essilor Laboratories of America

Conforma Laboratories

Description:Pioneers in aspheric designs and developments. Conforma offers custom RGP contact lenses. Keratoconus and other irregular corneal topographies can be fitted with Conforma's custom lenses. Conforma responds to specialty lens requests of major clinics, universities and independent contact lens practitioners . Consultation service available to discuss the custom options available from Conforma....
Company:Conforma Laboratories, Inc.

AccelNet Laboratory Automation Network

Description:The AccelNet Laboratory Automation Network seamlessly combines two Synchron CX9 ALX clinical chemistry systems, an automated sample processor, Accelspin centrifuge and DataLin data manager to create a single, powerful workstation. This modular automation solution is ideal for laboratories that need a space- and cost-efficient way to automate front-end sample processing....
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc.

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New Quality Control Systems for Every Laboratory Application

Quality Control (QC) materials and procedures are key to meeting the needs of doctors and patients by verifying accuracy and precision of analytical methods. Vendors of these systems can be a valuable resource, designing customized QC materials and protocols to help lab managers ensure that analytical error st...

Immunoassay Systems - Your Laboratory Workhorse

Although new and innovative technology has enabled more and more laboratory testing to occur at the bedside or physicians office, the central laboratory is hardly threatened with extinction. National volume data suggest that medium and large labs are busier than ever before, and the huge range of their capabilities, gold standard reliability and ability to handle very large volumes of tests a...

Common Preterm Labor Drug Has More Side Effects Than Alternative, Finds Study from Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 29, 2007 - The drug mostcommonly used to arrest preterm labor, magnesium sulfate, is morelikely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious sideeffects in pregnant women, according to a study from researchers atLucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University Schoolof Medicine. Their findings suggest that, since the effectivenessof...

Columbia Laboratories Reports Positive Results from Multi-dose Pharmacokinetic Study of Vaginally-administered Lidocaine

LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - ColumbiaLaboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) today announced positive resultsfrom a recently-completed multi-dose pharmacokinetic study ofvaginally-administered lidocaine, which the Company is developingto prevent and treat dysmenorrhea. This 42-subject study was designed to provide data on bloodlevels associated with the Company's bioadhesiv...

Millipore Corporation Announces New ReNcell Data from Collaboration with ReNeuron

BILLERICA, Massachusetts --- June20, 2007 --- Millipore Corporation today announced the release ofnew data concerning its ReNcell neural stem cell lines. Theresearch was conducted by the Department of Physiology atUniversity College London and ReNeuron Group plc, whose ReNcelldistribution agreement with Millipore was announced in 2006. The data will be presen...

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Labor

to the outside world. There are two stages...