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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Secure key bit rates exceed 1Mbit/sec</title>
      <description>Researchers at the Cambridge Research Lab of Toshiba Research Europe announced that they have increased the bit rate of quantum key distribution (QKD) more than hundred-fold. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Toshiba</category>
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      <title>Biopartners presents growth hormone trial data</title>
      <description>Biopartners has presented three-year safety and efficacy trial data in children with growth hormone deficiency for its once-a-week, sustained release recombinant human growth hormone.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Biopartners</category>
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      <title>Toshiba Fellowship Programme hunts science talent</title>
      <description>Toshiba is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Fellowship Programme and is looking for the brightest scientific minds in the UK to take part in research at one of its R and D centres in Japan. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reed's School discovers scientists of the future. </title>
      <description>A GBP32,000 donation from Toshiba Information Systems will help poor but academically gifted children study science and maths A-Levels at Reed's School, Surrey.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>LML buys advanced laser tool from OpTek Systems</title>
      <description>Enhancing its high quality laser manufacturing capabilities, Laser Micromachining (LML) Denbighshire, UK, has recently purchased a TX6400 fully integrated laser machining center from OpTek Systems</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Optek Systems</category>
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      <title>Rentschler sells pharma to focus on biotechnology </title>
      <description>Rentschler Holding has sold all of the shares of Rentschler Pharma to Riemser Arzneimittel in Greifswald/Isle of Riems, eastern Germany</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Rentschler Biotechnologie</category>
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      <title>Extended capacities for mammalian cell culture</title>
      <description>Rentschler Biotechnologie, a full-service contract manufacturer for the production of biopharmaceuticals in mammalian cells, has started operation of a 2500-litre multi-process production suite</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Rentschler Biotechnologie</category>
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      <title>Custom synthesis of hydrocarbon-stapled peptides</title>
      <description>The innovative technique of hydrocarbon stapling in peptides is introducing valuable new functionality to peptide-related research</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>AnaSpec</category>
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      <title>More than just an assay development service</title>
      <description>Randox Laboratories says it can design, manufacture and package a reagent control kit tailored to your exact specifications, and provide a product that is tailor made for your needs</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Randox Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Shimadzu to sell FEI electron microscopes in Japan</title>
      <description>FEI has selected Shimadzu, developer of analytical measuring and technology systems, as a sales agent in Japan</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Innovative Micro Technology (IMT)</category>
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      <title>Cooperation with Boehringer Ingelheim</title>
      <description>Rentschler Biotechnologie and Boehringer Ingelheim, both companies in biopharmaceutical development and production, have signed a preferred partnership agreement</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Rentschler Biotechnologie</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/reh/reh104.html</link>
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      <title>Baculovirus expression, individually tailored</title>
      <description>Oxford Expression Techologies (OET) has launched Baculoxpress, a new comprehensive custom baculovirus expression service that can be tailored to individual requirements</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Oxford Expression Technologies</category>
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      <title>Conductive coatings span the visible and near-IR</title>
      <description>The new conductive coatings with indium tin oxide, induced transmission silver, and induced transmission gold, all deliver high transmission within selected wavelength ranges from 400nm to 2500nm.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Deposition Sciences</category>
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      <title>Alphabet soup: MIT and IMT work to weigh molecules</title>
      <description>IMT-MIT collaboration was among 18 papers published in Nature throughout 2007 that were selected as 'favourites' by the prominent scientists and technologists serving as Nature's manuscript editors</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Innovative Micro Technology (IMT)</category>
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      <title>Award will help target C Difficile infections</title>
      <description>Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has awarded Novacta Biosystems £3.5 million as part of the its Strategic Translational Award programme</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Novacta Biosystems</category>
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      <title>Millions to target C Difficile infections</title>
      <description>Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has awarded Novacta Biosystems £3.5 million as part of the Trust's Strategic Translational Award programme</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Novacta Biosystems</category>
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      <title>PolyPeptide Laboratories acquires NeoMPS</title>
      <description>PolyPeptide Laboratories, a provider of custom and generic GMP-grade peptides for a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications, has bought peptide manufacturing group NeoMPS from Isochem</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>PolyPeptide Laboratories</category>
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      <title>Micro-filling system has 50% increased throughput</title>
      <description>Capsugel will unveil successor to Xcelodose system for micro-dosing drug powders into capsules and vials at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) meeting in San Diego this month</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Capsugel</category>
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      <title>Therapeutic vaccination against cat fibrosarcoma</title>
      <description>Preliminary results indicate that anti cancer immune therapy with Magnetofection reduces the relapse of cat fibrosarcoma from 75% to nearly 40%.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>PlasmidFactory</category>
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      <title>New LPCVD process is able to coat complex shapes</title>
      <description>Deposition Sciences (DSI) develops, manufactures and applies highly specialized, durable coatings onto complex shapes and multifaceted substrates</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Deposition Sciences</category>
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      <title>Warnex to market a leukemia diagnostic service</title>
      <description>Warnex has announced an exclusive agreement with Ipsogen SAS, a company committed to developing tests to improve the disease management of cancer patients</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Warnex</category>
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      <title>Rentschler commissions new manufacturing suites</title>
      <description>With the commissioning of two new 500 litre GMP manufacturing suites, Rentschler Biotechnologie says it looks forward to completing the first phase expansion of its operations</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Rentschler Biotechnologie</category>
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      <title>Everything you ever needed to know about lapping</title>
      <description>Lapping is a form of polishing or grinding used to produce components that are flat to extreme tolerances, often with very highly polished surfaces, says Paul Kingscott, sales director of Engis (UK)</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Engis (UK)</category>
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      <title>Form flows with function in benchtop NMR project</title>
      <description>When Oxford Instruments embarked on the development of its MQC benchtop NMR analyser, it turned to designer Crucible Industrial Design and precision toolmaker Midas Pattern to help make it a reality</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Midas Pattern</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/mvi/mvi100.html</link>
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      <title>IMT introduces getter deposition services</title>
      <description>Innovative Micro Technology has begun offering getter deposition services for wafer-level packaging of Mems and other devices that require hard vacuum for device performance</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Innovative Micro Technology (IMT)</category>
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      <title>DSI launches two new HeatBuster hot mirrors</title>
      <description>Deposition Sciences (DSI), manufacturer of highly durable thin film optical coatings and specialised coating deposition services announces two new additions to its advanced HeatBuster hot mirror line</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Deposition Sciences</category>
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      <title>High quality gears give clearer ultrasound picture</title>
      <description>BCF Technology once again turned to Reliance to provide fine pitch precision gears and precision geared assemblies for its new internal ultrasound product, Duoscan</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Reliance Precision</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/rel/rel103.html</link>
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      <title>Expert design, prototyping, test, and production</title>
      <description>Pacer USA has announced that its North American customers can now benefit from a new optoelectronics design centre, offering full design and production services for LED, laser and sensor products</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Pacer USA</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/pde/pde101.html</link>
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      <title>Thin film coatings of Spectral Metal </title>
      <description>Deposition Sciences (DSI), a manufacturer of highly durable thin film optical coatings, announces an innovation in optics with the HeatBuster Spectral Metal product line</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Deposition Sciences</category>
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      <title>Custom-slit metal ribbon from Goodfellow</title>
      <description>Goodfellow, known throughout the world for its selection of metals and materials for research and industry, offers a wide variety of metals in ribbon form, custom slit to meet customer specifications</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Goodfellow Cambridge</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/god/god106.html</link>
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      <title>The EU's role in the hospital infection threat </title>
      <description>This article by a bio-chemist working in the field of infection control biocides is offered as a background information source for the professional as well as the thoughtful general public</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bio-Tech Solutions</category>
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      <title>Antibacterial coating service has no licence costs</title>
      <description>UK finishing company offers new service to help improve hygiene standards, and prevent bacterial infections in a range of industry sectors - without the added costs of expensive licences or permits</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Pickersgill Electroplating</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/ppg/ppg100.html</link>
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      <title>Micro technology produces high-accuracy nozzles</title>
      <description>Micro-part specialist Tecan has developed technology which produces high-performance ink-jet printer nozzles using proprietary photo-electro forming (PEF) technology</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tecan</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tez/tez101.html</link>
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      <title>Management team buys Oxford Lasers</title>
      <description>Oxford Lasers, a provider of lasers for micromachining and imaging-based instrumentation, has been wholly acquired by its management team</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Oxford Lasers</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxf/oxf111.html</link>
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