Mass spectrometry shows potential for fast SARS-CoV-2 recognition Kumar Jeetendra | August 10, 2020 A team from SPI in Marcoule discovered by mass spectrometry, in just 3 minutes and without specific reagents, signature peptides of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples (nasopharyngeal swabs). It hence gives a proof of concept concerning the usage of the technique as a potential option to PCR, now the reference process. Quick but nonetheless …
Flow Cytometry Reagents Line introduced by Cytek Kumar Jeetendra | August 14, 2020 These cFluorM reagents, short for”Cytek Fluorochrome,” will be the culmination of years of expertise comprehension complete spectrum cytometry and the way fluorophores respond together in shape panels. Cytek’s cFluor reagents are all validated on its own Cytek Aurora and Cytek Northern Lights cell evaluation systems to ensure optimum performance for its users at a multicolor …
The Native Antigen Company declares custom agreement administration to create flu An and B antigens Kumar Jeetendra | August 23, 2020 The Native Antigen Company (now part of LGC’s Clinical Diagnostics Division), among the world’s leading suppliers of reagents which enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic infectious diseases, today announced the debut of its custom contract agency to rapidly develop antigen panels for influenza A and B viruses. This new service provides …
Chemists propose another domino response to deliver organic compound against cancers Kumar Jeetendra | October 12, 2020 A group of chemists in RUDN University suggested a new response to produce organic compounds in 1 vessel. The end products proven to be effective against the cells of carcinomas, including drug-resistant ones. The new reaction was explained from the Bioorganic Chemistry journal. For many organic substances synthesis is a multistage process of step-by-step molecule …
Cell Guidance Systems launches Exo-spin 96 kit for exosomes purification Kumar Jeetendra | November 10, 2020 Cell Guidance Systems Ltda specialist in exosome study reagents and services, today announced the launching of a brand new product for the purification of exosomes from blood and other samples. The Exo-spin™ 96 exosome purification kit allows researchers to purify exosome samples in the standard 96 well plate format. The Exo-spin 96 kit is based …
CRISPR-based test could give fast, affordable testing to help control COVID-19 spread Kumar Jeetendra | December 7, 2020 Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and obtaining a read-out on your mobile phone in 15 to 30 minutes which tells you if you’re infected with the COVID-19 virus. This has been the vision for a group of scientists at Gladstone Institutes, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and University of …
Gene panel test empowers exceptionally exact diagnosis of liposarcomas Kumar Jeetendra | February 5, 2021 Scientists have leveraged the latest advances in RNA technology and machine learning methods to develop a gene panel evaluation which allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most frequent kinds of liposarcoma. The new assay is described in The Journal of Molecular Diagnosis, published by Elsevier. Liposarcomas are a type of malignant cancer that is …
New COVID-19 testing innovation is a less expensive, quicker choice to tube-based RT-PCR tests Kumar Jeetendra | May 18, 2021 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain shortages of reagents and test kits have restricted the rapid expansion of clinical testing required to contain the virus. Its accuracy was 100 percent predictive in clinical trials, researchers explain in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier. Sensitivity is critical for early detection of COVID-19 infection where …
New testing protocols for SARS-CoV-2 can handle a huge number of tests inside 48 hours Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 Researchers in the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples in less than 48 hours. The method, called SARSeq, is printed in the journal Nature Communications and might be adapted to many more pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted more than a year and continues to …
Researchers develop another approach to grow little pancreas replicas Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 In collaboration with Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute scientists, engineers from MIT have created a new method to create tiny replicas of pancreas using healthy and cancerous pancreatic cell lines. These models could be used by researchers to test and develop potential treatments for pancreatic cancer. This is one of the most difficult types. Researchers …
