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New Te-Care™ Service Contracts for Detection Instruments 27 Aug 2010: Tecan has recently expanded its range of Te-Care™ Service Contracts with two new options designed specifically for users of Tecan detection instruments. Te-Care Check and Te-Care Depot Repair help to reduce instrument downtime and to ensure reliability of results. Tecan

New Live Cell-Impermeant Far-Red Fluorescing DNA Dye 27 Aug 2010: The new DRAQ7™ from Biostatus Ltd. is a new live cell-impermeant far-red fluorescing DNA dye with the spectral properties that made DRAQ5™ a reagent of choice. For flow cytometry applications, DRAQ7™ rapidly labels only dead, dying and apoptotic cells in cytotoxicity and viability assays, as well as fixed cell preparations. Its far-red emission permits new combinations of dyes to be used in the understanding of apoptosis. Biostatus Limited

VLife Sciences Announces Two Novel Methods Which Enable New Molecule Design and Lead Optimization 27 Aug 2010: GQSAR and VLifeSCOPE from VLife Sciences enables new molecule design and lead optimization using a combination of residual interaction protein ligand studies & fragment based QSAR based approach. GQSAR offers flexibility to study molecular fragments of interest in relation to the variation in biological response. VLifeSCOPE helps to identify key residues in the active site that are involved in modulating the activity of a series of molecules. VLife Sciences Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

New Scanning Electron Microscope for Imaging a Wide Variety of Samples, Including Magnetic Materials 26 Aug 2010: The JSM-7001FTTLS LV Scanning Electron Microscope from JEOL has optics that enable ultrahigh resolution imaging at low kV and high spatial resolution microanalysis and it is designed to enable imaging of a wide variety of samples, including magnetic materials. JEOL USA

Simplifying UV-Vis Spectroscopy Technique for QA/QC 26 Aug 2010: The Evolution™ 200 series of next-generation UV-Visible spectrophotometers from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. feature new INSIGHT software with CUE (Customized User Environment) scripting capabilities. The series is designed for routine QA/QC analyses in the life science, food and beverage and material science industries as well as offering fast data collection rates for kinetics measurements. Thermo Fisher Scientific

IDBS Announces Acquisition of Quantrix 26 Aug 2010: IDBS today announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire Quantrix. As part of the cash acquisition, Quantrix will continue to operate as an independent business unit from its headquarters in Portland, Maine, USA. IDBS

Optimum Flow Smoothness for Microfluidic Applications 26 Aug 2010: The new Mitos P-Pump from Dolomite provides a pulseless liquid flow, using a precise pressure driven pumping mechanism. This pressure driven flow is ideal for microfluidic systems where a highly stable flow is required, including applications such as compartmentalised chemistry. Dolomite Microfluidics

Hollison Technologies Increases Food Safety 26 Aug 2010: Hollison Technologies now extends its products and services to microbiological contamination in finished food products such as cereals, dry pet food and powders. This range expansion increases capabilities for food safety. Hollison Technologies

Standardized Comet Assay System Ensures Reproducible Cancer Research Results 26 Aug 2010: The CometAssay® Electrophoresis System and new CometAssay® Neutral Control cells from AMSBIO enable investigators to consistently optimize neutral Comet assays for highly reproducible results, and to standardize neutral electrophoresis methods between individual users and laboratories. AMSBIO

Eliminate Solvent Handling from Polyolefin Analysis 25 Aug 2010: The new High Temperature GPC-IR instrument from Polymer Char is specially designed for polyolefin analysis and provides its users with an advanced modular design, an improved detection stability and full automation of the analytical process. The fully automated operation process also eliminates the need of solvent handling. Polymer Char