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Linkam Scientific Instruments has launched a new Water Circulation Pump (WCP), designed specifically to provide optimised water cooling to its range of temperature and environmental control stages.

The second Olympus Discovery Summit, a free two-day event, will take place on 26–27 October 2021. Click on this story for the link to register.

Healthcare professionals and those working in clinical research can now benefit from a new range of fully compliant and sustainable refrigerators designed specifically for the cold storage of blood and blood-related products and samples.

Professor Tony Rhodes recently took over editorship of the British Journal of Biomedical Science. Here he gives some thought to the task ahead and the role of open-access publishing.

Nerbe plus Premium Surface low-retention pipette tips are now available in the UK exclusively from Alpha Laboratories.

Laboratories are preparing for future challenges after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and technology is a critical piece of the puzzle, says Carola Schmidt, global director of automated solutions at PerkinElmer.

Researchers have discovered a potential advancement in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which they hope will one day offer an improved option for treating patients with this form of blood cancer.

UPM Biomedicals has entered into an agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences to act as a distributor of the GrowDex and GrowDase range of products.

Building on the success of SMART Automation, Sakura Finetek Europe continues to innovate with the launch of ‘Bridge’, a new implementation consultancy service that connects professionals in the laboratory with Sakura’s SMART Automation technology.

CliniSys has won a major contract to deploy a single laboratory information system across Northern Ireland as part of a modernisation programme to create a world-class pathology service for the country.

CrestOptics, a manufacturer of advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, has launched DeepSIM, a super-resolution module designed to enhance the imaging capabilities of confocal microscope systems.

Immunovia has received final approval to begin patient testing for the IMMray PanCan-d test – the first blood test on the market dedicated to the early detection of pancreatic cancer.

The Early Booking Discount for attendance at the IBMS Congress in 2022 (14–17 March 2022) is due to expire on 30 October 2021.

The EchoTherm RHB20 Series from Torrey Pines Scientific was designed for use in robotic systems. As such, it is a small, self-contained unit that runs off 12 volts DC.

Paige, a leader in AI-based diagnostic software in pathology, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorisation for Paige Prostate, a clinical-grade AI solution for prostate cancer detection.

An innovative trust will deploy WinPath Enterprise as a hosted solution and use the implementation to create clinical pathways in which diagnostics play a full role in safe and efficient patient management.

Beckman Coulter has announced the results of a study which found that monocyte distribution width, together with white blood cell count with differential, can detect the risk of sepsis and severe infection upon patient presentation in A&E.

Biotium has announced the release of infrared CF850 and CF870 dyes – long-wavelength dyes that are the first commercially available fluorescent dyes with emission maxima greater than 850 nm.

INTEGRA Biosciences offers a full range of electronic pipettes, pipetting robots and media dispensers tailored to allow gentle pipetting for cell-based liquid-handling tasks.

ViroStat has released a new set of monoclonal antibodies specific to the nucleocapsid of the canine distemper virus. Select antibody pairs can be used for the detection of the virus by immunoassay methods including IFA and ELISA.