Region Skåne replaces microscopes with digital imaging in its pathology laboratories – a unique delivery both in its scope and scale, to be supplied by Software Point.

Region Skåne, the authority in charge of primary and secondary public health care for the whole southern part of Sweden, has selected Software Point and LABVANTAGE to deliver a $4 million turn-key solution for digitizing the histopathological workflows in the whole region. The system will be possibly the largest such installation in the world and among the first of its kind in northern Europe.

SP Scientific has announced a new upgraded version of its market-leading Virtis AdVantage Plus laboratory benchtop freeze dryer.

 The Advantage Plus now comes with an elegantly restyled exterior, easier shelving adjustment, and is equipped with the powerful Wizard 2.0 controller, the same process control software used on larger VirTis freeze dryers. The controller provides scientists with the ability to develop a complete freeze drying recipe, together with the flexibility to program and control individual pressure and temperature settings at each step of the process.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific TraceGOLD GC Metal Columns range of gas chromatography (GC) columns, setting a new benchmark in high-temperature performance. These robust, metal capillary columns are designed for higher temperature ranges than standard GC columns and can process highly active samples and analytes without incurring any damage. The new TraceGOLD™ GC Metal Columns are optimized for use in high-throughput analyses because they are resistant to the column breakdown and bleed that is often caused by repeated sample runs. Providing added flexibility for analysts with highly demanding applications, TraceGOLD GC Metal Columns deliver quality separations and excellent value.

Randox Food Diagnostics has developed and manufactured a unique multi-analyte milk testing platform.  Unlike many other commercially available milk testing products, the Randox multiplex platform offers limits of detection that are sub maximum residue/tolerance levels globally.  Up to 675 test results can be achieved in less than 2 hours using the Antimicrobial I Plus Array that can detect up to 14 sulphonamide compounds and Trimethoprim from a single milk sample.

Italian therapeutics firm Siena Biotech has appointed Proteome Sciences as the preferred supplier of protein and peptide biomarker services for its drug development programs. For the first project under the master research agreement (MRA), Proteome will apply its PS Biomarker Services™ platform to provide a detailed analysis of post-translational modifications on a neurological disease-related protein. The resulting map can be used to confirm proof of disease mechanism and/or mode of action of new targeted therapeutics.

PhyNexus and BAC are together launching a range of BAC’s CaptureSelect® ligands in PhyNexus’ PhyTip® column format. They are designed for parallel processing in an automated format.

The columns can be used with any of the manufacturer’s robotic liquid-handling platforms. Pure and highly concentrated samples obtained from the processing are ready for cell-based assays, analytics, or any desired functional test.

The PINK1 gene encodes a serine/threonine-protein kinase located in the mitochondria. Research indicates that PINK1 protects cells from stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Mutations in this gene are linked to one form of autosomal recessive, early-onset Parkinson disease (PD).

The PINK1 gene was initially identified as a causative gene of familial PD in 2004, and interest in PINK1 has grown significantly since.

Hibernation Therapeutics USA, LLC (HT) has partnered with B. Braun Medical Inc. (B.Braun) to introduce an innovative, low-cost syringe pump delivery system for the administration of its patented Adenocaine® Hiberplegia™ solution, the world’s first non-depolarizing cardioplegia.

For the first time, cardiac surgeons at The University of Kansas Hospital (KUMED), Kansas City, KS, USA successfully administered Adenocaine® Hiberplegia™ solution using the B.Braun Perfusor® Space syringe pump to aid in the arrest and protection of the heart during open heart surgery.

 SuppreMol GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and allergies, and Protagen AG, a specialist in in-vitro diagnostics and GMP-compliant protein analysis, today announced a collaboration to identify therapy-related biomarkers in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

 Cellmid Limited (ASX: CDY) has completed technology transfer in relation to its midkine blood test (MK ELISA) and the test kits have been successfully produced in a GMP compliant environment in AsureQuality’s fully accredited facility in Melbourne.