HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation for life sciences, announced today that it is building a system for an undisclosed laboratory in Shanghai, China. The new system will be installed in the fall of 2010 by HighRes and Tekon Biotech Ltd, the Asian distributor representing HighRes in this region. “Tekon is proud to be [...]

GE Healthcare has extended its ReadyToProcess™ platform of ready-to-use systems with the launch of ReadyCircuit disposable flow path assemblies and ReadyKart, a mobile processing station for the quick setup of sterile fluid processing systems. All new products are used in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. ReadyCircuit’s range of over 250 bags, sensors, filtration devices, tubing and [...]

Health information exchange (HIE) – in particular the electronic sharing of laboratory results are a matter of concern.  In lieu of the same, The National Academy for State Health Policy, U.S., has launched State and national initiatives using HIE which are gaining momentum in the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that provides [...]

Oxford & Porton Down, UK – Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today it will be attending Arab Health 2010 between 25 – 28 January at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and will demonstrate the Enigma ML system’s capability to detect swine H1N1 influenza from a swab sample [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Gently rocking embryos while they grow during in vitro fertilization (IVF) improves pregnancy rates in mice by 22 percent, new University of Michigan research shows. The procedure could one day lead to significantly higher IVF success rates in humans. Researchers built a device that imitates the motion that embryos experience in the body [...]