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A Breath Test Has Potential to Detect Liver Disease

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered that three breath volatiles have excellent capabilities to diagnose liver disease. Methanol, 2-pentanone and limonene levels are...

Biomedicine

BioChain Presents a Totally Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Platform

BioChain has released the AnaPrep (Automated Nucleic Acid Preparation System), a nucleic acid extraction platform based on magnetic beads technology. The process consists of three...

Blog

Bruker Launches the Opterra II™ Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope

Bruker has announced the release of the Opterra II™ Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope. The Opterra II™ is a high speed, quantitative live-cell miscroscope characterized by low photo-toxicity and...

Equipment

3D Printing of Brain-like Tissues to Improve Drug Tests

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) have developed a multi-layered structure of primary neural cells that imitates the brain structure. The...

3D bioprinting

Grenova´s Pipette Tip Cleaner is Economical and Ecological

Grenova has launched the Tipnovus, a benchtop washing device that enables labs to wash used pipette tips. The tips can be washed and reused several times before...

Equipment

First 3D Printed Drug Approved by FDA

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals has announced the FDA approval of the SPRITAM® levetiracetam, a drug to treat epilepsy. The tablets were produced by their proprietary ZipDose® Technology platform....

Biomedicine

High Res 3D Bioprinting Startup Looks for Investors

Poietis has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the WiSEED platform. The company plans to provide on-demand fabrication of human-tissues. 3D bioprints will have applications in research as predictive...

Bioengineering

Ultrafast Photonic PCR Amplifies DNA in 5 Minutes

Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new technique to do PCR experiments at ultrafast speed. Plasmonic photothermal heating allows results within...

Equipment