RECENT NEWS

The research group of Hugo Snippert, Oncode Investigator at the Center of Molecular Medicine at UMC Utrecht, reports the first detailed insights into the pace and patterns by which genetic alterations are generated by tumours.

Avacta Life Sciences’ diagnostics division has achieved ISO 13485 certification for the quality management system for the manufacture and distribution of Affimer reagents for lateral flow, ELISA and immunodiagnostic in vitro diagnostic devices.

INTEGRA is now offering Low Retention GripTips in its popular ECO Racks format. These racks significantly reduce the amount of plastic used in the laboratory, and save space.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) West Coast Metabolomics Center has announced the launch of The Center of Excellence in Clinical Metabolomics.

While commonly used air-displacement pipettes are accurate for most pipetting applications, their performance is adversely affected by the physical properties of the solutions handled, such as viscosity, volatility, surface tension and temperature.

Serosep manufactures EntericBio, a molecular assay for the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens. The UK operation has seen rapid growth, with EntericBio now the gold standard test for enteric pathogens in the UK clinical diagnostics market.

Kettering General Hospital has embarked on a major medical records digitisation project with System C, IMMJ Systems and SPS, with over 220,000 medical records securely scanned into the IMMJ Systems MediViewer Electronic Document Management System.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has selected Indica Labs to aid in digitisation of the pathology workflow. Indica Labs will deliver HALO AP software fully integrated with existing hospital systems, alongside Hamamatsu Nanozoomer scanners.

Tecan has announced a software upgrade for its Fluent Automation Workstation. The new FluentControl Scheduler offers features designed to simplify day-to-day laboratory automation for significantly increased throughput and workflow efficiency.

CheckUp Health is a brand-new digital healthcare provider offering private GP video and audio appointments to all UK residents from anywhere in the world, along with an array of rapidly growing services.

CrestOptics has been selected by Akoya Biosciences, The Spatial Biology Company, as a premier microscope provider to jointly develop new spatial biology and spatial phenotyping applications.

British medical technology company Moletest (Scotland) is calling for clinicians and service managers to consider assessing nomela, a professional rule-out screening test for melanoma.

Doris-Ann Williams, CEO of the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA), has welcomed Sajid Javid, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to his position in government.

Olympus has announced that its Provi CM20 incubation monitoring system has won a Bronze Edison Award in the Cellular Research and Disease Prevention category for its innovative design that automates the cell culture workflow.

Linkam Scientific Instruments, a market leader in temperature-controlled microscopy, is showcasing its CMS196V3 and Modular Force (MFS) stages at the Microscience Microscopy Conference (MMC) 2021.

Biotage has launched the Biotage PhyPrep, a new automated platform for plasmid DNA purification that releases laboratory staff from the tedium of a repetitive, manual procedure.

Torrey Pines Scientific has announced its new EchoTherm Model HS65 Programmable Digital Stirring Hot Plate with five stirring positions for use in situations where reproducible, accurate, hands-off sample preparation and experimentation are a must.

Paige, Oxford University and NHS regional partners in the UK have won the Phase 4 Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care award from the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative to study Paige Prostate in a cancer laboratory setting.

Genmed has announced a four-year collaboration with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to provide a vendor-neutral managed genomics laboratory service within Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

The Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species PCR Assay receives approval by AOAC International (AOAC-OMA claim) for a broad range of foods and selected environmental surfaces, including challenging, high-risk matrices and large sample sizes.