Cell Biology
Simultaneous, Formalin-Free Preservation of Tissue Biomarkers and Morphology for Biomarker Discovery and Biobanking
June 17, 2013 11:47 am | Webinars | CommentsIn this webinar, PreAnalytix will introduce a new technology, the PAXgene Tissue System, which preserves tissue morphology, DNA, RNA, miRNA, proteins, and phosphoproteins in the same sample without cross-linking of biomolecules or damage to the tissue architecture or histomorphology.
PUMA Available to Tackle Cancer
April 23, 2013 12:46 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPreclinical Oncology Services Ltd. has launched PRECOS Unique Models of Acquired resistance (PUMA). Derived from cell lines and proprietary PDX models, PUMA models provide a unique bespoke collection of clinically relevant and validated models of resistance.
Medicyte Licenses Life Tech Technology
April 22, 2013 12:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMedicyte has signed a licensing agreement for the rights to use Lentiviral vector technology from Life Technologies to develop and market next generation, cell-based upcyte cell products to the biopharma and academic research markets.
Quantifying Apoptosis Via High-throughput Screening
April 12, 2013 3:49 pm | by David Guffey, MS, Senior Technical Service Consultant; Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis | Articles | CommentsApoptosis, or programmed cell death, plays an essential role in organismal development and tissue homeostasis. During development, apoptosis is critical for the sculpting of organs and the elimination of unnecessary structures. Many cells die an altruistic death daily to secure homeostasis of the whole organism.
Assessing Cardiac Toxicity Using Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes
April 11, 2013 4:02 pm | by Oksana Sirenko, Research Scientist; Carole Crittenden, Application Scientist; Evan F. Cromwell, Director of Assay Development; Molecular Devices LLC, Sunnyvale, Calif. | Articles | CommentsPredicting the side effects of drugs remains one of the industry’s greatest challenges, with a large percentage of new drugs failing in clinical studies due to cardiac toxicity. The overall success rate from Phase 1 studies is only 11%, with 30% of these failing for safety reasons.
Biosearch Adds RNA FISH-based Technologies
April 11, 2013 12:31 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBiosearch Technologies Inc. has announced the acquisition of exclusive worldwide rights to continuing Stellaris RNA FISH-based inventions from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Ex-Vivo Systems Guide for IPL Techniques
April 8, 2013 12:28 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThis new guide from Hugo-Sachs Elektronik-Harvard Apparatus GmbH, includes systems for all model species (mouse through pig), full respiratory mechanics in one system, new pig lung system for translational research and modular systems that allow custom configuration.
Zenascope PC1 Measures Biomarkers
March 22, 2013 11:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsZenalux Biomedical Inc. is now offering the Zenascope PC1, a biological tissue spectrometer that reliably, quickly and non-destructively measures biological tissue characteristics that reflect underlying function and composition.
Roche, BioLamina Collaborating on Cell Culture
March 13, 2013 11:41 am | Product Releases | CommentsRoche and BioLamina have signed a research and development agreement to jointly develop cell culture systems for various applications, including stem cell research.
Aspect System Useful for 3D Preclinical Imaging
March 12, 2013 12:11 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAspect Imaging has launched its M2 3D MR-based histology system for in vivo and ex vivo toxicological imaging. The M2 3D MR-based histology system is a compact, high-performance MRI instrument for high-throughput in vivo and ex vivo imaging of preclinical samples.
System Replaces Film-based Western Blots
February 21, 2013 2:14 pm | Product Releases | CommentsLI-COR Biosciences announces the launch of the C-DiGit Blot Scanner. C-DiGit Blot Scanner is a digital replacement for film-based chemiluminescent Western blots that eliminates the need for a traditional darkroom.
Automated Incubator
January 14, 2013 12:20 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced the Cytomat 10, a fully automated incubator and storage module for high-capacity cell growth and assay incubation.
3D Cell Culture
January 10, 2013 12:10 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBio-Assembler Kits utilize magnetic levitation to culture cells in 3-D. Available in single, six and 24-well configurations, the kits supply magnetic drivers, low-binding dishes/plates, and Nanoshuttle-PL solution in quantities and volumes appropriate to kit size.
Cryopreservation Reagents
January 10, 2013 11:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced its HyClone HyCryo and HyCryo-STEM cryopreservation media, enabling researchers to maximize the preservation, recovery, and growth of post-thaw cells for general cell culture and stem cell applications.
3D Culture Plate
January 8, 2013 11:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe 3D culture matrix coated 96-well plate from Trevigen is coated with a reconstituted basement membrane matrix to provide a suitable environment for epithelial or endothelial cell types.
Image Acquistion
December 21, 2012 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMolecular Devices have announced the release of their MetaMorph Super-Resolution System with synchronized image acquisition and processing, enabling analysis of object details smaller than 250 nanometers in fixed and live cells.
Cell Invasion Assay
December 19, 2012 12:03 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe need for more physiologically predictive cancer invasion models has driven the development of the 3500-096-K 3D cell invasion assay from Trevigen.
Biologics Software
December 17, 2012 12:09 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSARvision|Biologics from Altoris is a tool developed to allow scientists to relate biopolymer sequences to bioactivity or physical properties, generated in protein engineering, antibodies, or peptide therapeutics programs.
Microplate Analysis Software
December 13, 2012 10:24 am | Product Releases | CommentsMolecular Devices LLC has launched SoftMax Pro 6 GxP Software, for data acquisition and analysis from microplate readers in regulated environments. The software additionally supports the SpectraMax Paradigm multi-mode detection platform and FilterMax F3/F5 microplate readers.
Cell Culture Vessels
December 12, 2012 12:09 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe CELLSTAR cell culture vessels from Greiner Bio-One have a cell-repellent surface developed to prevent the attachment of semi-adherent and adherent cell lines.
Real-time PCR
December 11, 2012 11:45 am | Product Releases | CommentsLife Technologies Corporation has launched its Applied Biosystems QuantStudio Dx real-time PCR instrument designed to meet the specific needs of clinical diagnostic laboratories. The instrument is CE-IVD marked for use in Europe.
High-Volume Microplate
November 14, 2012 11:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsOffering 24 high-volume (3.1 mL) wells in an industry standard 96-well plate footprint, the Krystal 24 from Porvair Science provides a large surface area per well, enabling robust cell growth.
Microcarriers
November 7, 2012 12:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsCorning Incorporated announced a line of microcarriers for large-scale vaccine and cell therapy manufacturing. The microcarriers simplify the scale-up of attachment-dependent cells by providing a premeasured, sterile, ready-to-use product for direct transfer into bioreactors.
ECM Mimetic Library
November 1, 2012 12:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAmsbio has launched an extracellular matrix mimetic library for engineering surfaces to direct receptor binding specificity, signalling, and growing cells in 3D.
Cell Electroporation System
October 31, 2012 12:23 pm | Product Releases | CommentsCellectricon has announced the Cellaxess ACE adherent cell electroporation system which allows in-situ transfection of any adherent cell type.
