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Nycomed and Trenzyme in cooperation agreement
The companies Nycomed and Trenzyme, both in Konstanz, have signed multi-year cooperation agreement for services in the areas of molecular biology, protein expression, and protein purification
News from Trenzyme (10 January 2008)
Electrophysiology and hERG screening from Argenta
Argenta Discovery has entered into an alliance with NeuroSolutions to gain preferential access to its specialist electrophysiology and hERG testing services and expertise.
News from Argenta Discovery ( 8 January 2008)
Intertek opens petroleum laboratory in Singapore
The new laboratory provides comprehensive laboratory testing services to support Universal Terminal tenants' needs as well as Intertek's regional customers
News from Intertek Caleb Brett (19 December 2007)
Healing power of maggots unlocked by scientists
The therapeutic benefits of maggots have been exploited since the Napoleonic Wars, when live maggots were placed on soldiers' wounds to clean up dead tissue and speed up healing
News from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) (14 December 2007)
New cardiac model to test compound assays
CRO PhysioStim has recently developed a cardiac model to help test for pharmaceutical-induced toxicity outside the body to provide an overall view of cardiac physiological mechanism
News from PhysioStim (11 December 2007)
Five-year outsourcing contract from Limburg
Agreement transfers all laboratory activities from Waterschapsbedrijf Limburg (WBL) to Intertek's Analytical Technology Centre, Polychemlab, in Geleen, near Maastricht
News from Intertek Caleb Brett (11 December 2007)
'Best supplier' of scientific reference materials
Formerly LGC Promochem, LGC Standards has recently been voted the best company in the Spanish Pharmaceutical industry for the supply of crucial Reference Materials
News from LGC (11 December 2007)
Acrongenomics to buy Molecular Vision
Acrongenomics has signed a letter of intent to buy 100% of Molecular Vision, a private UK company that specialises in the development of miniaturised point-of-care (POC) medical diagnostic devices
News from Acrongenomics (22 November 2007)
First UK lab to offer Copley Breath Simulator
Melbourn Scientific is the first UK contract analytical services laboratory to offer method development, validation and routine testing using the BRS1000 and one of the few using the NGI impactor
News from Melbourn Scientific (14 November 2007)
Extension to Genentech drug discovery deal
Argenta Discovery, a pharmaceutical R+D group, has extended its integrated contract drug discovery agreement with Genentech for a further two-year period
News from Argenta Discovery ( 9 November 2007)
Intertek buys Plastics Technology Laboratories
PTLI provides polymer testing services to major producers and end-users of plastics, elastomers, composites, packaging and films in the aerospace, automotive, medical devices, and other markets
News from Intertek Analysis Services ( 5 November 2007)
Commercialising a gene expression analysis method
PlexPress, a Finnish spin-off company of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, will commercialise a method developed by VTT for high-throughput, high-content gene expression analysis
News from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (24 October 2007)
Validating ingredients in bilberry extracts
User application article Anthocyanins, the poliphenols responsible for the beneficial proprieties of bilberry, are useful in the prevention and treatment of conditions associated with fragility of blood vessels and eye health
News from Indena (18 October 2007)
Warwick team to contend for genomics X Prize
User application article The Archon X Prize for genomics, following the success of the Ansari Space X Prize, will be awarded to the first team that can build a device which can sequence 100 human genomes within ten days.
News from University of Warwick (12 October 2007)
Importance of oxygen in plant-based bioprocesses
Technical background article Annika Wilhelmson used gene technology to study the role of oxygen in the growth and hyoscyamine production of Egyptian henbane hairy root cultivations and in the malting of barley
News from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ( 9 October 2007)
Beagle 2 and Rosetta technology is back on Earth
Technical background article "If you can build instruments rugged enough to look for life elsewhere in the Solar System, you should be able to crack the problem of detecting TB bacteria in the lung of a patient"
News from Wellcome Trust ( 5 October 2007)
Kit used to assess tumour mutation status
User application article DxS K-Ras mutation detection kit used to assess tumour mutation status prior to treatment with Amgen's Vectibix
News from DXS (27 September 2007)
Detecting mycotoxins in grain
Farmers Weekly has recently reported that 90% of grain samples tested were infected with Fusarium species resulting in a high number of load rejections
News from Genon Laboratories (21 September 2007)
Drug discovery centre established in Hamburg
Technical background article ScreeningPort fills a missing link in Europe between academic research and the pharmaceutical industry, to accelerate development of new therapeutics from the results of basic research
News from Evotec (11 September 2007)
Pharmaceutical testing in West Lothian
A new £4 million pharmaceutical testing facility that will help to boost Scotland's capabilities in the life sciences sector was officially opened in Livingston this week
News from Tepnel Life Sciences (10 September 2007)
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