RECENT NEWS

The worldÆs first commercially available test for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies was released 20 years ago.

Priorclave have the worldÆs first range of sterilisers with the capacity to eradicate bacteria, not only on the inside but also on the outside.

Oxoid are pleased to announce that the ú5,000 first prize in the 2004/2005 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards has been awarded to Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston on Thames, UK.

Now available from Radleys Discovery Technologies (RDT) are special magnetic stirrer-bar designs that provide optimal stirring performance for a range of synthesis vessel shapes and different sample types.

French genomics company IntegraGen has discovered a groundbreaking method of identifying causal disease genes, with the aid of Applied BiosystemsÆ custom assays and the SNPIex genotyping system.

Digital imaging specialists Syncroscopy has announced that SyncroScan, its automated microscope focus and stage control system, is being used at a leading European bone research centre in Cambridge to provide accurate image maps of bones.

SyngeneÆs ChemiGenius² chemiluminescent image analysis system is being used at the University of Warwick to analyse proteins associated with type 2 diabetes, including adiponectin which has been linked with protection against type 2 diabetes.

Another DPC milestone has been reached with the placement of the companyÆs first Immulite 2500 system at a major UK laboratory, the North Middlesex University Hospital, London. This extends the relationship between DPC and the North Middlesex.