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Cell Culture Observation
The BioStation CT allows imaging experiments to be conducted without removing the cells from the incubator. Get a "bird's eye" color macro view from above. ... continue |
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Informing Personalized Medicine
 Personalized medicine—the use of genetic and genomic information to predict, prevent, and treat disease—is receiving widespread attention from both the public and the scientific community. To fulfill the promise, what must be done to bridge the gap between old-school and new-school drug development?
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 Drug Discovery
A Quantum Leap
 Quantum dots push the boundaries of fluorescent tagging for microscopic analysis of cellular processes. They are used in computing applications, photovoltaic devices, light-emitting devices, and, since the year 2000, have seen increasing use as a fluorescence-based label for microscopic analysis of cells.
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Building Bundles of Biomarkers
Groups of biomarkers tracked over time help to unravel diseases, and this requires multiple approaches to identify and validate new markers.
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Technology in Action: Real-time Cellular Response
Label-free optical biosensors can shed new light on cell biology.
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Emerging Trends in Cell Biology Research 2008
Drug and life science researchers report on current practices, trends, and research challenges in cell biology.
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Emerging Trends in Cell Biology - Why Do You Study Cells?
 Researchers reveal the diseases, conditions, and pathways they study, as well as the biological questions they are asking.
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Genomics & Proteomics
Protein Sequencing: We're Not Done Yet
Genome-speak left the message incomplete: genes lead to proteins, yes, but there’s something more beyond translation. You need the protein sequence.
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Sequencing Workflows
Invitrogen Corporation introduced the SequalPrep System; a complete sample enrichment and normalization solution for next generation sequencing technologies that consists of the SequalPrep Long PCR Kit and the SequalPrep Normalization Plate (96) Kit.
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Targeted Genome Resequencing
Roche NimbleGen, a company of Roche Applied Science launched its NimbleGen Sequence Capture technology for selecting targeted regions of the genome for high throughput sequencing.
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Automated Microarray Processing
The Geniom RT Analyzer from febit enables the fully-automated processing of microarrays on the company’s Geniom biochips. The compact all-in-one device, which employs microfluidics, provides users with high sample throughput, excellent reproducibility.
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Gene Expression Kits
 Beckman Coulter, Inc. introduced two kits for multiplexed, quantitative gene expression analysis on their GenomeLab GeXP Genetic Analysis System.
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Policy & Projections
Genetic Snake Oil?
 A growing number of scientists, academics, and lawmakers are urging stricter regulation of the genetic testing industry, especially manufacturers and distributors of increasingly popular direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing kits.
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Atomic Force Microscope
Agilent Technologies Inc. offers the Agilent 5600LS, a high-resolution atomic force microscope that uses a fully addressable 200mm x 200mm stage to image large samples in air or smaller samples in liquid.
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Imaging Data Delivery
NanoImaging Services, Inc., offers NanoImaging Data Browser, a data delivery service that provides its customers access to the massive data sets generated by image-based structural investigations.
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Transmission Electron Microscope
FEI Company offers a high-throughput, cryo transmission electron microscope (TEM) that combines high-throughput sample handling with state-of-the-art electron optics.
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Slide Scanners
 Biomedical Photometrics Inc., introduces panoramic confocal fluorescence and brightfield slide scanners, the TISSUEscope 4000, for the genomics and general microscopy markets.
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Fluorescence Stereomicroscopy
 The Leica M205 FA and M165 FC stereomicroscopes are Leica Microsystems‘ latest addition to its M series for fluorescence applications in developmental, molecular, and cellular biology.
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Diagnosing Tuberculosis Using a Microscope
 Together with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Carl Zeiss has developed a special microscope to improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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Live Cell Monitoring of cAMP Kinetics
Promega Corporation offers GloSensor Technology cell-based biosensor technology for real-time monitoring of cAMP kinetics.
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 Survey Says …
How important is technology in your research process? We asked life science researchers. See what they had to say—and how your facility compares in the 2008 Life Science Technology Trends Reader Survey. Read now…
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Improvements in organic synthesis, reaction vessels, and more promise to speed up manufacturing of small-molecule pharmaceuticals.
Phenomenex Inc. introduces Gemini-NX C18, the next generation in its family of chromatography media for use in demanding environments.
The keynote line up for the 13th Annual Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress in Boston includes scientific, business, and controversial topics.
The Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics exhibit hall offers a comprehensive display of drug discovery technology, including technologies used from drug discovery to clinic.
