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      <title>Platform for high throughput gene data analysis</title>
      <description>Applied Biosystems and Integromics have developed a fully integrated, large-scale data management and analysis platform, together with Novartis Pharma.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Website covers mammalian cell transfection</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories has added Gene Transfer Protocols to its Gene Expression Gateway website, dedicated to researchers working with mammalian cells that are difficult to transfect</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Automating DNA isolation from cereal crops</title>
      <description>The final DNA elutes from 48 samples can be prepared within 90 minutes, and are of sufficient quality to give accurate amplification of many different microsatellite loci</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tecan Group</category>
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      <title>DNA purification system is now CE marked</title>
      <description>Promega reports that its Maxwell 16 DNA purification system is now CE marked in accordance with the requirements of Directive 98/79/EC IVD</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nucl:Cyto segmentation in HCS imaging</title>
      <description>Scientific presentations at the recent HCA Europe conference in Prague confirm the nucleic acid-binding dye Draq5 as counterstain of choice for cell-based imaging HCS assays</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>New general manager for Flowgen Bioscience</title>
      <description>Lindsay Smart's appointment is part of Flowgen Biosciences's increased activity in providing innovative solutions for genomics and proteomics research</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Flowgen</category>
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      <title>Win prizes playing the gene transfer game</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories launches the Gene Transfer Game, by BioCompare - the online buyer's guide for life scientists - to create awareness of its range of gene transfer solutions and collect protocols</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>New tools for studying gene expression</title>
      <description>The TaqMan Express Plates are 96-well reaction plates containing dried-down assays selected from more than 50,000 of Applied Biosystems TaqMan Gene Expression Assays, in customised sets.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
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      <title>Real-time PCR technology for forensic DNA analysis</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the availability of bulletin number 5563, 'Biotechnology Explorer Crime Scene Investigator PCR Basics Kit: A Real-Time PCR Extension'</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Study describes evaluation of cancer biomarkers</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad researchers evaluated the Bio-Plex suspension array system's ability to detect the levels of nine biomarkers, which were selected for their potential clinical relevance to cancer development</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Effects of vitamin E on prostate cancer</title>
      <description>Scientists at East Tennessee State University have detected proteins associated with cytotoxic effects of vitamin E on prostate cancer cells, using Dymension, Syngene's 2D gel image analysis software</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
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      <title>Efficiency in targeted quantitative proteomics</title>
      <description>Applied Biosystems and MDS Analytical Technologies announce the availability of a suite of integrated mass spectrometry-based solutions for conducting targeted quantitative proteomics studies</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/apa/apa271.html</link>
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      <title>Technical paper compares affinity columns</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad says its technical bulletin 5574A proves Bio-Rad's Bio-Scale Mini Profinity cartridges offer comparable or better yield and purity to other commercially available prepacked affinity columns</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Detecting proteins connected to spinal cord injury</title>
      <description>By identifying a protein's presence, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre (DHMC) researchers hope to determine which drugs most effectively treat the pain caused by peripheral nerve injury</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
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      <title>Monitoring drug abuse by analysing wastewater</title>
      <description>Scientists at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Barcelona have developed a new method for monitoring the consumption of drugs of abuse in the general population</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Manufacture of diagnostic oligonucleotides</title>
      <description>Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)  has been awarded ISO 13485:2003 certification at its Coralville facility, for its new business unit called Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing (CCM)</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Integrated DNA Technologies</category>
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      <title>Fluorescent detection to boost Western blot</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the availability of technical note 5723A, which describes the application of multiplex fluorescent detection that is used to increase western blot throughput</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>High spec gel documentation imaging at a low price</title>
      <description>Syngene announces the availability of its new U:Genius, an affordable gel documentation system for accurately recording DNA and protein gels images</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
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      <title>miRNA profiling gives answers for disease research</title>
      <description>Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) announces the launch of a new microRNA (miRNA) profiling service designed to help researchers accelerate their discoveries</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>OGT</category>
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      <title>Cell culturing to advance regenerative medicine</title>
      <description>Tecan's new solution will control all necessary cell culture steps, including the isolation, seeding, proliferation, harvesting and analysis of cell lines and primary cells</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tecan Group</category>
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      <title>2D gel imaging at Singapore's new Smart centre</title>
      <description>Yngene's first Dyversity 6 2D gel imaging system has been installed at the prestigious new, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Smart) Centre, by distributor Insta BioAnalytik</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
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      <title>Detailed brochure on Bio-Plex suspension array</title>
      <description>The system is composed of all of the products necessary for a complete workflow, from sample preparation reagents and diluents to sophisticated data analysis software</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Reconstructing Oetzi's family tree</title>
      <description>Since the discovery of Oetzi, a neolithic man, in 1991 and his extraction from the glacier in Alto Adige in Italy, Europe's most famous mummy has been the subject of intensive scientific study</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Roche Applied Science</category>
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      <title>Sponsoring Chikungunya fever arbovirosis research</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories announces the availability of a reprint of an article that describes research that improves the ability to detect and diagnose Chikungunya fever virus</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie241.html</link>
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      <title>Accelerating biomarker discovery</title>
      <description>"Careful standardisation is extremely important for reproducible analysis so we always process all of our chips under identical conditions using the HS 4800 Pro hybridisation stations"</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tecan Group</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tec/tec195.html</link>
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      <title>What is best approach for sequencing human genomes</title>
      <description>Baylor College of Medicine is to use Applied Biosystems's Solid System genetic analysis technology as a central part of the ambitious 1000 Genomes Project</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/apa/apa269.html</link>
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      <title>Chromatographic method monitoring technical note</title>
      <description>Technical note demonstrates how the Experion and Pro260 kit can be used to accelerate the process of developing a purification scheme for an antibody or other protein</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie240.html</link>
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      <title>Quick, easy downloads of food testing methods</title>
      <description>Applied Biosystems unveils its new iMethods web portal to share downloadable, turnkey food testing methods for Cliquid software, attempting to emulate the success of iTunes</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/apa/apa268.html</link>
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      <title>Bio-Rad's two new absorbance microplate readers</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced the iMark absorbance microplate reader and the xMark absorbance microplate spectrophotometer, as well as the Microplate Manager 6 (MPM6) software</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie238.html</link>
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      <title>Filter and lighting selector is web-based</title>
      <description>New site from Syngene contains information on the best imaging conditions to use with any Syngene image analyser for over 160 commercially available chemiluminescence, fluorescence and visible stains</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/syn/syn182.html</link>
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      <title>Profinity Exact fusion-tag brochure now available </title>
      <description>The bulletin demonstrates the one-step purification and tag cleavage mechanism of the system, while comparing it to conventional, more tedious methods of tag removal</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie237.html</link>
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      <title>Resin to purify and process fusion-tagged proteins</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories publishes a six-page bulletin that describes its new purification resin, a way of purifying and processing fusion-tagged proteins using Profinity eXact fusion-tag system</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie236.html</link>
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      <title>MicroRNA analysis tools advance cancer research</title>
      <description>TaqMan reagents speed up workflows and enable analysis of trace amounts of RNA in cell and tumour samples</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/apa/apa267.html</link>
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      <title>Save time achieving 21 CFR and GMP</title>
      <description>Syngene has produced new software and validation information for its Dyversity, G:Box and GeneGnome range of image analysis systems</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Syngene</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/syn/syn181.html</link>
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      <title>Taking routine clinical diagnostics off your hands</title>
      <description>Tecan's IVD-D compliant Freedom Evolyzer has proved to be a highly reliable tool for automated Elisa processing in clinical diagnostics for more than ten years</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tecan Group</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tec/tec193.html</link>
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      <title>Transfection of primary and difficult cells</title>
      <description>Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the availability of a poster (number 07-0883) that was displayed at the Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities Annual Meeting held in February 2008</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bie/bie235.html</link>
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      <title>Protein purification systems promises reliability</title>
      <description>Technical note bulletin 5514A compares Bio-Rad's Profinia protein purification system with the Aktaprime system from GE Healthcare, for the purification and desalting of His-tagged proteins</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Rad Laboratories</category>
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