Quintet of proteins forms new, early-warning blood test before heart attack strikes

11-Nov-2008 - A team of Johns Hopkins biochemists has identified a mixed bag of five key proteins out of thousands secreted into blood draining from the heart's blood vessels that may together or in certain quantities form the basis of a far more accurate early warning test than currently in use of impending ...

European Mass Spectrometry Award : Shimadzu awarded for Exceptional Product Line Strategy

29-Oct-2008 - Shimadzu has been awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Mass Spectrometry Product Line Strategy Award. It is presented each year to a company that has demonstrated the most insight into customer needs and product demands. The recipient company should have optimized its product line by ...

NextGen Sciences and Expression Pathology to provide protein biomarker discovery and measurement in tissue

01-Jul-2008 - NextGen Sciences, Inc (Ann Arbor, MI), a provider of biomarker services, and Expression Pathology, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD), a leader in tissue protein analysis, announced that they have signed a commercial agreement to provide protein biomarker services in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) ...

Fluorotechnics appoints Mark Weller to head up their UK Sales and Marketing operation

22-Feb-2008 - Fluorotechnics announced the appointment of Mark Weller as head of their UK Sales team. According to the copmpany, Mark brings to Fluorotechnics a wealth of sales and technical experience, having served as a leading sales specialist and key-account manager for protein analysis at GE Healthcare ...

Malvern Instruments acquires Viscotek Corporation

21-Jan-2008 - Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has acquired Viscotek Corporation, provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins. According to the company, the acquisition of Viscotek brings new and complementary technologies ...

BioInformatics LLC Publishes Study of Preferred Cell Biology Brands

26-Oct-2007 - BioInformatics, LLC released its latest research report: "Brand Positioning: Cell Biology Kits & Reagents." The report is the first in a series of six focused on brand positioning in various life science product categories. "In the cell biology space, we found Sigma-Aldrich and Qiagen to be the ...

Potent Peptides Inhibit HIV Entry Into Cells

Protein analysis at Brookhaven's light source helps researchers in design of new AIDS drugs

10-Oct-2007 - Based in part on protein structures determined at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists at the University of Utah have developed new peptides that appear to be significantly more effective at blocking HIV's entry ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Partnership with Megaware to Deliver New Bioequivalence Solution

13-Jun-2007 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced a new strategic partnership with Megaware, a life science technology organization, to deliver a new bioanalysis/equivalence solution and joint support services for pharmaceutical, biotech and Contract Research Organizations (CROs). Under the terms of the ...

Protagen launches GMP protein analysis services

27-Apr-2007 - Protagen AG has been awarded Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification and has announced that it will be providing customers with protein analysis services in accordance with the international quality assurance guidelines with immediate effect. Protagen is one of the first biotechnology ...

Worldwide standards for clinical proteome analyses

The dream of individual medicine gets the scientific basis

01-Mar-2007 - After the many pitfalls of the GENOMICS-era, the basis for worldwide standards for clinical proteome research aiming towards early detection of live-threatening diseases as well as evaluation of therapeutic success has been set. With the publication of suggested guidelines in PROTEOMICS - ...