Life Science

A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on tumors in the body and how the brain operates. Purdue University researchers created technology that uses optical imaging to better help surgeons map out tumors in the body and help them understand how certain diseases affect activity in the brain. The work is…

Miele, manufacturer of laboratory glassware washers, recently unveiled six new models for North America that offer maximum cleanliness, reliability, consistency and flexibility to meet stringent safety and sanitary demands of productive laboratories. Offering lab professionals fast and effective reprocessing of contaminated glassware and equipment, the new models from Miele include a plug & play, 115V…

ProCulture, the new workflow-minded product line for cell culture from Bel-Art and Wilmad-LabGlass brands, covers multiple steps of the cell culture process from isolation to harvesting. Products include an array of Shaker Flasks, Spinner Flasks with a unique impeller that increases aeration and eliminates dead spots, and an Orbital Shaker Platform that converts an existing…

Legit, a virtual collaboration platform ​for the life sciences, launched a free version of their product to help life sciences and biotech companies collaborate virtually during uncertain times. The platform allows individuals to identify experts in the field and connect with them within 24 hours. During times like these, where COVID-19 forms a barrier to…

Scientists no longer need to limit routine trace element analysis workflow productivity with the launch of a new series of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) instruments for food and beverage, consumer safety, industrial, environmental and pharmaceutical laboratories. The Thermo Scientific iCAP PRO Series ICP-OES platform is designed to provide a fast, sensitive range…

By Mike Williams   Rice University and Canadian global health design firm Metric Technologies have developed an automated bag valve mask ventilation unit that can be built for less than $300 worth of parts and help patients in treatment for COVID-19. The collaboration expects to share the plans for the ventilator by making them freely…

Owlstone Medical, maker of Breath Biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine today announces the appointment of Neil Tween as its new Chief Financial Officer. Owlstone Medical is in the unique position of establishing a new diagnostic modality in breath that has substantial advantages over blood as a core sample type for…

PerkinElmer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Company’s New Coronavirus RT-PCR test. Clinical laboratories certified under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) can immediately begin using this kit to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. PerkinElmer’s RT-PCR test is marketed as an in…

Bioengineering graduate students Kathryn Kundrod and Mary Natoli went online to order supplies for their Rice University lab late last week and were surprised to see a banner ad offering discounts for coronavirus testing materials. “We saw the kits were available for research use at the same time that we were seeing headlines that said…

Since the first reports of a new coronavirus disease in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe, threatening a pandemic. Now, researchers from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, have issued a special report in ACS Central Science. In the report, they provide…

Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Center for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The team, led by Prof. Zhanfeng Cui and Prof. Wei Huang, have been working to improve test capabilities as the virus spreads internationally. The new…

JEOL USA, developer of instruments used to advance scientific research and technology, highlighted its latest key strategic partnerships at Pittcon 2020:  Mass-Spectrometry: NETZSCH integrated Thermal Analysis GC/MS system  Electron Microscopy: Acquisition of Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc.  NMR Spectroscopy: RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center and the Kyoto University Bob Pohorenec, JEOL USA’s President commented: “JEOL is committed…

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today it has signed an agreement with Janssen Biotech, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to co-develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) in oncology. The CDx will support clinical trial enrollment globally. Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific will collaborate with Janssen Research & Development scientists to validate…

A drug discovery scientist typically screens up to 10,000 compounds in the early stages of developing one FDA approved drug. During this high-throughput screening, candidate compounds are initially tested on cell and tissue samples. Such experiments are conducted using so-called multi-well plates where each of the wells acts as a test tube. Much of the…

It might not start a fashion trend, but Sandia National Laboratories is designing a wearable brain imager. The National Institutes of Health has granted Sandia $6 million to build the prototype medical device that would make magnetoencephalography (MEG) — a type of noninvasive brain scan — more comfortable, more accessible and potentially more accurate. “This…

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus sending panic around the globe it may well seem as if the world is on the back foot in our fight against it. However, R&D tax credit specialists, RIFT Research and Development Ltd., has looked at how R&D is helping in the fight against it, not only as…

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used Summit, the world’s most powerful and smartest supercomputer, to identify 77 small-molecule drug compounds that might warrant further study in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is responsible for the COVID-19 disease outbreak. The two researchers performed simulations on Summit of more…

Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that its Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer is now commercially available in the U.S. with the Cascadion SM 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D assay. Designed to deliver accurate, traceable measurements of vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol), this serum assay reports total vitamin D results alongside its components. Clinical laboratories can…

Qosina is the trusted supplier of enteral components for medical devices, offering over 250 off-the-shelf products including a wide selection of legacy feeding tube connectors and fittings. Also included in Qosina’s enteral application product line is its robust collection of ENFit connectors, caps and plugs, stopcocks, spikes, and syringes. ENFit components comply with the ISO…

Only a select number of state and local laboratories have permission from U.S. health officials to use diagnostic tests for COVID-19, a coronavirus-caused disease. If the virus is spreading nationwide, most communities do not have access to the necessary tests. Purdue University biomedical engineers have developed a handheld paper device that quickly and accurately detects…

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery that could help explain our risk for developing chronic diseases or cancers as we get older, and how our food decomposes over time. What’s more, their findings, which were reported recently in the Proceedings of the National…

Lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals are increasingly present in water systems around the world due to human activities, such as pesticide use and, more recently, the inadequate disposal of electronic waste. Chronic exposure to even trace levels of these contaminants, at concentrations of parts per billion, can cause debilitating health conditions in pregnant women,…

Legit​ announced today the launch of their new collaboration software geared towards the life sciences. This first of its kind enterprise software allows companies to identify, connect, and collaborate with internal and external experts within the life sciences. The platform’s primary goal is to address the collaboration barriers within the life sciences caused by compliance…

A joint project between Monash University and Eastern Health’s Turning Point, are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline the coding of national suicide-related ambulance data to help paramedics respond more effectively and ultimately prevent potential suicide rates. Ambulances are often the first point of contact in a crisis, making ambulance clinical records a unique data…

In 2016, the Containerized Bio-Containment System (CBCS), developed by Kansas City-based MRIGlobal — with support from HHI Corp., GPA Services L.L.C., the U.S. State Department, and The Paul G. Allen Ebola Program — was named one of the R&D 100 winners. The system is a first-of-its-kind, flyable medical transport unit and features full biocontainment. It…