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MEDICA 2010: Healthy Number of Registrations a Sign of Optimism in the Medical Technology Industry 11 May 2010: Advance registrations for MEDICA 2010, World Forum for Medicine - International Trade Fair and Congress (from 17 – 20 November in Düsseldorf) are a clear sign of optimism in the medical technology industry. Messe Dusseldorf GmbH

Enter Tecan Competition and Win a Party for your Team! 04 May 2010: Send in a photo that captures how important your system is to your team to be in with a chance of winning a huge party for you and 20 of your colleagues. Tecan

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Range of Laboratory Cold Storage Solutions for Critical Samples 26 Apr 2010: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the latest additions to the Thermo Scientific Jewett laboratory refrigerator and freezer range. The new high-performance Jewett® collection incorporates 24 models ranging from the 4.9 cu ft under counter models, through to 51.1 cu ft upright models, providing researchers with a unit for a variety of blood bank, plasma, pharmacy and general applications. Thermo Fisher Scientific

AnaSpec Introduces New MMP Recombinant Proteins 26 Apr 2010: AnaSpec has announced the release of three new MMP recombinant proteins, MMP-1, MMP-9 and MMP-12. These proteins, derived from the catalytic domain of the proteins, are supplied as activated proteins (activation by APMA is not necessary). They can be used as positive controls for the SensoLyte® 520 and 490 assays, for western blot, immunoprecipitation, ELISA or zymography. AnaSpec Inc.

Novus Biologicals Releases Two New VEGF Antibodies 08 Apr 2010: Novus Biologicals announces the launch of two mouse monoclonal anti-VEGF antibodies. The immunogen for cone VG76e is the human VEGF189 isoform expressed in E. coli, whereas BALB/C mice were injected with a recombinant VEGF protein to produce clone VG1. Novus Biologicals, LLC

Optimizing Donor Number for Consistent Pooled Human Liver Microsomes 08 Apr 2010: Human liver microsomes (HLMs) are commonly used as an in vitro reagent for the study of human CYP in the metabolism of a drug candidate. This application note presents an analysis of the CYP activity distributions for over 300 characterized (HLM) samples and predicts the variability in pooled CYP activity as a function of donor number. An optimal donor number based on observed variability can be selected. BD Biosciences

Pathway-Focused Gene Expression Panels Validated for Real-time PCR 07 Apr 2010: Fluidigm Corporation and SABiosciences (a QIAGEN Company) have announced that they have teamed up to create over 100 pathway-focused gene expression panels validated for real-time PCR analysis on the Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis. These kits are named the RT² Profiler™ PCR Arrays for the Fluidigm BioMark system. Fluidigm Corporation

Poole Hospitals NHS Trust First in the World to Evaluate the Full cobas® 8000 Serum Work Area Solution 07 Apr 2010: Roche is pleased to announce that Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first site in the world to evaluate the full serum work area (SWA) capabilities of the cobas® 8000 high throughput clinical analyser. The laboratory at Poole Hospital has now taken delivery of a cobas 8000 SWA platform, incorporating two cobas c701 high throughput clinical chemistry modules together with a cobas e602 immunochemistry module. Roche Diagnostics UK

New Biochrom Amino Acid Analyzers offer rapid protocols 01 Apr 2010: Biochrom launches the Biochrom 30+ Series of amino acid analyzers – the gold standard in dedicated amino acid analysis. Based on ion exchange chromatography with post-column derivatization of samples using ninhydrin, these instruments accurately identify and quantify free amino acids, as well as the amino acid composition of proteins and peptides. The application areas are widely used in hospitals, industry, and veterinary, research and pharmaceutical laboratories. Biochrom Ltd

SANYO Launches the Tutela Monitoring and Recording System in Conjunction with Next Controls Ltd 29 Mar 2010: Tutela is a fully validated and FDA/MHRA compliant automatic monitoring and recording service to the Medical, Biomedical, Laboratory and Healthcare markets. Tutela gives you the ability to automatically monitor your facility and critical equipment in clinical laboratories, pharmacy, blood and tissue banks, liquid nitrogen storage, incubators and clean rooms. Sanyo E&E Europe BV