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Assay Development: Vaccines

June 4, 2019

Developing specialized assays to assess vaccine efficacy, exposure, and safety

Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Creatures Illuminate the Effectiveness of New Cancer Therapies

February 14, 2019

A study presents a new, less expensive, and more accurate way to engineer and monitor immune system cancer therapies

Siemens Healthineers Transforms Care Delivery with Innovative New Tests for Diagnosing Heart Attacks Faster

August 30, 2018

The Siemens Healthineers High-Sensitivity Troponin I assays can detect lower levels of troponin compared to conventional assa...

Red or Yellow? A Simple Paper Test Detects False or Substandard Antibiotics

August 22, 2018

Researchers have put chemistry to work on a simple, inexpensive way to identify counterfeit antibiotics—a serious probl...

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Unveils Next-Generation Analyzer and Shares Research on IVDs for Application in Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Endocrinology

August 16, 2018

At the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Ortho showcased its new VITROS® XT 7600 Integra...

Addressing Needs Unmet by FDA-Approved Assays

July 16, 2018

The ins and outs of lab-developed tests.

A Promising New Tool to Measure Antibodies Against Malaria

July 9, 2018

The quantitative suspension array assays developed by ISGlobal researchers could simplify sero-epidemiological studies and va...

Bio-Techne Expands RNAscope® Assay Services Portfolio to Shorten Development Times and Save Costs

June 29, 2018

Validated tissue bank and pre-collected immuno-oncology datasets speed up investigative research projects through to clinical...

BAX® System Assays Now Meet New ISO 16140-2 Standard for All AFNOR-Approved Methods

June 27, 2018

Key European standards organization grants extension to now cover 10 BAX® System PCR assays for Salmonella, E. coli O157:...

Hamilton Robotics and Waters Corporation Introduce STARWorks for Waters Assay Ready Workstations

June 7, 2018

Automated, end-to-end workflows provide hands-free convenience with unrivaled assay sensitivity and robust system performance...

Trends in Capillary Electrophoresis

May 11, 2018

Nancy Allbritton, PhD, discusses some of the recent changes and challenges in capillary electrophoresis

Horizon Discovery Introduces Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard for EGFR Mutations to Support Liquid Biopsy Assays

December 5, 2017

First-to-market cfDNA Reference Standard specific for EGFR gene mutations adds to Horizon’s existing portfolio of cfDNA...

Promega Launches NanoBRET™ Target Engagement Intracellular Kinase Assay, First to Quantitatively Measure Drug-Kinase Interactions in Live Cells

November 28, 2017

NanoBRET TE uses bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) and allows measurement of drug binding to protein targets i...

DiaSorin Molecular Receives FDA Clearance for Reliable C. Difficile Assay on LIAISON® MDX Platform

September 12, 2017

The new assay runs on the company’s LIAISON® MDX qPCR system, a scalable benchtop instrument that delivers qualitat...

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