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Ex Vivo Metrics™: How Drug Studies in Reanimated Human Organs Could Revitalize the Drug Development Process

An editorial by Gerald Curtis, PhD

Fallout from the catastrophic phase I clinical trial of TeGenero’s monoclonal antibody TGN1412 in March 2006,1 in which 6 volunteers suffered life-threatening “cytokine storms,” includes newly tightened regulations in the United Kingdom and renewed concern worldwide about first-in-human trials, particularly for compounds with novel targets or mechanisms of action. 

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DNA Genotyping from human FFPE Samples

In this feasibility study, Applied Biosystems demonstrates how the combined 
use Recover All Total Nucleic

Acid Isolation Kit and TaqMan SNP Genotyping 
Assay can result in high quality, reproducible, and reliable genotyping 
data..  Read more
Millipore has launched the CellCiphr Cytotoxicity Profiling Assay Kit using human HepG2 cells. This assay panel detects drug-induced hepatotoxicity and is expected to be used early in the drug discovery process. read more

Cartesian Gridspeed, Ltd. announced the opening of its new sales, marketing and technical support subsidiary, SLIM Search, Inc. in Mission Viejo, California.
  SLIM Search, Inc. is marketing its SLIM Search genomic search tool to universities, government research, and research and development departments of biotechnology corporations and individual contributors. read more

The new Variant Reporter Software from Applied Biosystems automates detection of variants and streamlines data analysis process. The software uses proprietary algorithms to identify genetic variations based on standardized or user-defined parameters. Results are presented for validation in a visual format that allows researchers to simultaneously compare multiple quality control metrics. More information and a free trial version are available at: read more

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Millipore has launched the CellCiphr Cytotoxicity Profiling Assay Kit using human HepG2 cells. This assay panel detects drug-induced hepatotoxicity and is expected to be used early in the drug discovery process. read more

Cartesian Gridspeed, Ltd. announced the opening of its new sales, marketing and technical support subsidiary, SLIM Search, Inc. in Mission Viejo, California.  SLIM Search, Inc. is marketing its SLIM Search genomic search tool to universities, government research, and research and development departments of biotechnology corporations and individual contributors. read more
The new Variant Reporter Software from Applied Biosystems automates detection of variants and streamlines data analysis process. The software uses proprietary algorithms to identify genetic variations based on standardized or user-defined parameters. Results are presented for validation in a visual format that allows researchers to simultaneously compare multiple quality control metrics. More information and a free trial version are available at: read more
Applied Biosystems has established The SNPlex global genotyping service provider programme for research laboratories that do not have access to capillary electrophoresis (CE) genetic analysis instrument systems. The programme aims to provide these researchers with a comprehensive service for genotyping research.
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Caliper Life Sciences launched the Caliper LabChip EZ Reader Series, delivering a complete range of products for in-house kinase profiling.
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Sigma-Aldrich has launched the ProteoPrep20 LC Column to simplify biomarker discovery by removing more biological "noise". This tool allows proteomic researchers to delve deeper into the plasma proteome and save significant time with less fractions to assess in the analysis phase. read more
Applied Biosystems TaqMan assays for microRNA
(miRNA) analysis have just been released. ABI reports that these are the first such assays that are configured in an array format. read more
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has opened a new RNAi Discovery and Therapeutic Services laboratory at its RNAi research and production center in Lafayette, Colorado, USA.  read more
Tecan’s REMP SSS fully automated storage and retrieval system allows walk-away operation for sample retrieval and processing steps read more
IO Informatics, Inc. is forming a working group on semantic applications for hypothesis generation in translational research. Semantic software applications use the "RDF"
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s Biomarker Research Initiative in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) center has expanded its capabilities
Thermo Scientific Pierce SILAC Protein Quantitation Kits are now available for identification, characterization and quantitation of proteins.
GE Healthcare has launched several new kits in its illustra line of nucleic acid purification and amplification products for use with blood, cells, bacteria and animal tissue and other samples.
The FlashQuant platform from ABI and Sciex is expected to be the first commercially available system 

Beckman Coulter, Inc.’s new GenomeLab Human STR Primer Set 

FlexiTube siRNA for Analyzing Small Numbers of Human or Mouse Genes 

Updated ABI/MDS SCIEX 4800 MALDI TOF/TOF and ProteinPilot Software

New Service for RNA Isolation and Preparation from Whole Blood
FlashQuant Mass Spectrometry Platform Will Combine Quadrupole and MALDI
Access Inhibin A for Dimeric Inhibit A Levels in Serum
ExpellPlus Filter Tips Designed to Provide Highest Pipetting Safety and Consistency
Ingenuity Pathways Analysis 5.0 for Biomarkers and Tox
Twister II Microplate Handler Plus LightCycler 480 RT-PCR
Labeled Secondary Antibodies from Millipore
Immuno-Catch Kit for Mass Spectrometry
BigDye XTerminator
DNA Array Analyzing Copy Number Variation (CNV) Launched by Illumina
First Available Multi Channel Starter Kit, CappAero, Introduced by Capp
IVIS Spectrum System from Caliper Combines Advanced Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Imaging 

 

 



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