CORONAVIRUS NEWS

It’s competition time at INTEGRA Biosciences, and the company is giving away the world’s most affordable and portable 96-channel pipette.

Jackson ImmunoResearch, a manufacturer of secondary antibodies and immunoreagents for the life science market, has announced a new addition to its range of products for scientists developing immunoassays for the serology and diagnostics markets.

In this Opinion feature, Sheri Scott, senior lecturer and course leader for the IBMS-accredited BSc Applied Biomedical Science at Nottingham Trent University, gives her views.

Quanterix has announced the validation of a laboratory developed test (LDT) to quantitatively measure phospho-Tau 181 (pTau-181) in plasma as an aid in diagnostic evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

The IBMS and The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) have collaborated to provide the profession with guidance around the emerging issue with the supply of wax for processing and embedding histopathology samples.

Digital pathology solution provider OptraSCAN has announced that it has received CE-IVDR marking for the OS-Ultra scanners, its high-performance product line of brightfield scanners, including pay-per-scan based OPEX models.

A team of scientists working at North East Innovation Lab has secured a share of £218,000 funding from Cancer Research UK for a consortium project to develop a new diagnostic for the early detection of pancreatic cancer.

PCR Biosystems has launched Air-Dryable Probe 1-Step Mix, described as a versatile all-in-one, air-dryable 4x RT-qPCR reagent mix for ultra-sensitive detection of RNA and DNA sequences.

Roche Diagnostics UK & Ireland has welcomed NICE’s new guidance recommending routine use of placental growth factor (PlGF)-based testing in the NHS in England and Wales to help diagnose suspected pre-eclampsia.

The King’s Fund is hosting a one-day conference in London on 16 November, looking at the future role of diagnostics in the NHS.

Teesside University has announced plans for a new £35m central science and medical building which will provide cutting-edge new laboratories for the sciences and clinical subjects.

A network of drones could soon be playing a vital role in connecting NHS services in Scotland – including pathology laboratories - after the project secured £10.1 million in funding.

‘Point of Care: Innovations’ is a free-to-attend meeting for NHS staff being held in Bristol at The Bristol – Harbourside (Doyle Collection) hotel on 20 September.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has showcased innovative diagnostic technologies, assays and a complement of solutions for researchers developing new diagnostics during AACC 2022 in Chicago.

Merck has opened its first Microbiology Application and Training (MAT) Laboratory in Bangalore, India, with a €200,000 investment.

BIOHIT HealthCare has relaunched its website. This new look and feel is designed to reflect the company’s vision, mission and values, while making it easier than ever for customers and partners to find the information they need.

A new pathology laboratory planned for East Lancashire has prompted a row between senior consultants and the managing director of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration, the Lancashire Telegraph has reported.

Paragraf, the first company to deliver a scalable approach to graphene electronic device manufacturing, has announced a plan to develop a new generation of graphene-based, in vitro diagnostic products that will give results within a few minutes.

Citadel Health will reshape connected pathology services across the Birmingham and Solihull area each year after being chosen to implement and operate its innovative laboratory information management system (LIMS) across eight key sites.

The new MetalFree centrifuge tubes, now available in the UK from Alpha Laboratories, are intended for the storage, high-speed centrifugation and analysis of samples requiring ultra-low trace metal contents.