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News Release from: Syngene
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 27 May 2002
Major reagent manufacturer chooses
GeneGnome
KPL endorses system as 'best in class' for chemiluminescent detection after comparing two rival systems
Syngene says that KPL, a major US reagent manufacturer, is exclusively using the GeneGnome chemiluminescent imaging system because it offers proven increases in productivity when testing chemiluminescent substrates In a recent study, KPL compared two other systems with the GeneGnome
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 27 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The results showed that the GeneGnome's dynamic range of 65536 black/white levels and its true 16 bit performance CCD camera made image capture using this system 500% faster than its nearest rival.
KPL chose to install the GeneGnome on the basis of these results and also because the system offered simple to use, intuitive software, which automatically analysed captured images to provide accurate quantitative information.
Tom Stanton, R&D manager at KPL said: "Using blots stained with Lumiglo chemiluminescent substrate in the GeneGnome, we are able to capture a very bright image after just five minutes.
However, when we compared the same blot with two different systems from major image analysis companies, one system did not see anything and the other took over 25 minutes and multiple exposures to get any results at all, which was unacceptable to us.
Since our reagents are used in important research it is imperative we produce the most sensitive substrates possible, so now we only use the GeneGnome because it is the best system to help us do this.
In addition, Syngene service is exceptional.
Another manufacturer's analyser that we previously used took days to respond to a service question.
Whenever we call Syngene we get a response that day." Paul Ellwood Syngene's sales and marketing director added: "We are very pleased such a well-respected manufacturer has recognised how much their product development can benefit from using a system which is dedicated to chemiluminescence. Request free introductory details about products from Syngene ...
KPL's independent endorsement clearly tells scientists that only a GeneGnome will significantly enhance their results by capturing the entire spectrum from chemiluminescent blots.".
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