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UK government chemist review 2007 published

Government chemist has statutory roles and is appointed by the minister to advise government, industry and others on the dependencies between analytical chemistry, policy, standards and regulation

News from LGC ( 8 May 2008)

Ushering in a new era of nasal inhalers

Melbourn Scientific has been involved in a number of device developments for companies taking a lead in this field, providing a wealth of experience in this new area.

News from Melbourn Scientific ( 5 May 2008)

Quantitative analysis of western blots

FluorChem Q is a fully quantitative imaging system for fluorescent and chemiluminescent western blots and offers flexibility for visualising and quantifying samples from a wide variety of sources

News from GRI ( 5 May 2008)

New method for DNA analysis is 'unique'

LGC Forensics, the UK's largest independent provider of forensic services, is pleased to announce that its latest innovation, DNA SenCE, is now in operational use with several police forces

News from LGC (29 April 2008)

Scientific services enhanced with new R+D staff

Icon has announced the appointments of Tom McCloskey as associate director, cellular immunology, research and development and Alamelu Chandrasekaran to the position of manager, molecular diagnostics

News from Icon (23 April 2008)

Miniaturising electronics to the nanoscale

 Technical background article   As the demand for the miniaturisation of gadgets meets with the quest for infinitely larger memories, the critical limitations are those posed by the traditional silicon chip

News from STFC Daresbury Laboratory (17 April 2008)

ACM-Pivotal increases staff to accommodate growth

ACM-Pivotal has announced a 20 percent growth in personnel across the organisation

News from ACM-Pivotal (14 April 2008)

LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in primates

 Technical background article   Santaris Pharma reports the publication in Nature (Advance Online Publication, AOP) of a groundbreaking peer-reviewed study entitled LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in non-human primates

News from Santaris Pharma (27 March 2008)

GBP45 million to boost UK medical engineering

 Technical background article   Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announce the launch of a joint £45 million initiative to boost innovation in medical engineering within the UK

News from Wellcome Trust (27 March 2008)

Lab21 acquires NPTech

Lab21, a provider of health and environmental diagnostics, has acquired NPTech, an independent clinical laboratory providing diagnostic testing services for the NHS and private healthcare providers

News from Lab21 (26 March 2008)

Inexpensive alternative to method USP 730

Limit test for heavy metals demonstrates that the content of metallic impurities that are coloured by sulphide ion does not exceed the limit specified in the pharmacopeia standards

News from Exeter Analytical (UK) (21 March 2008)

Predictive genetic test for bowel cancer

Amgen UK and Lab21 have announced a partnership to introduce a new genetic therapy test for advanced bowel cancer treatment in the UK

News from Lab21 (18 March 2008)

Liver disease diagnostic development programme

Lipomics is developing blood-based diagnostics for the early detection of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and the ability to distinguish between it and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Nash)

News from Lipomics Technologies (18 March 2008)

X-rays shed light on magnetic bacteria

 Technical background article   Daresbury Laboratory's synchrotron creates highly polarised X-rays to examine bio-nanomagnetic bacteria dosed with cobalt to change in their magnetic properties

News from STFC Daresbury Laboratory (17 March 2008)

Phlexglobal is coming to America

Following a sustained period of growth in the UK, and increasing interest from current and potential clients based in the USA, Phlexglobal is expanding into America.

News from Phlexglobal (17 March 2008)

Cholesterol analysis in minutes: test coming soon

L3 Technology, a spin-out of Daresbury Laboratory, has secured a second round investment of £1.75m, enabling it to commercialise technology that will provide rapid point of care cholesterol testing

News from Daresbury Laboratory (CLRC) (14 March 2008)

Forensic support for Jersey children's home dig

 User application article   Forensic scientists from the victim identification and mass fatalities unit at LGC Forensics are assisting States of Jersey Police in its ongoing investigation at Haut de la Garenne

News from LGC ( 4 March 2008)

Clinphone eliminates common integration headaches

ClinPhone has launched its new combined electronic data capture (EDC) and interactive voice response/interactive web response (IVR/IWR) system

News from ClinPhone ( 4 March 2008)

New equipment expands Quay Pharma's capabilities

Formulation and development specialist Quay Pharmaceuticals has expanded its range of outsourcing services with new extrusion and spheronisation equipment for the production of spheroids and pellets

News from Quay Pharmaceuticals ( 4 March 2008)

Chemist takes part in world's toughest foot race

Not content with the challenges of his day job as an analytical chemist for Melbourn Scientific in Melbourn, Martin Westcott, 30, is about to embark on the biggest test of his life

News from Melbourn Scientific (29 February 2008)

Solid Dose Injector attracts further interest

Glide Pharma has signed an agreement with a leading pharmaceutical company to evaluate its proprietary Glide SDI - Solid Dose Injector - technology for the delivery of a branded peptide product

News from Glide Pharma (28 February 2008)

Trial of potential new therapy for COPD

Argenta Discovery has initiated a Phase II clinical trial with ADC4022 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and steroid-insensitive asthma

News from Argenta Discovery (26 February 2008)

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