JAPANESE Encephalitis is an incurable viral infection of the brain, spread by mosquito bites from birds and pigs to humans. It is most common in rural areas of south-east Asia and the western Pacific, and often produces no symptoms or…
ZIKA virus is presently causing significant worldwide concern due its rapid spread across the globe and suggested connection to a neurological birth disorder. The outbreak began in Brazil in 2015 and has since spread throughout South and Central America, and…
Eikonix, a Cambridge, UK-based imaging and life science company, has been appointed exclusive distributor for the Stemmera range of stem cell research products. Stemmera is based in California, USA, with products including kits, culture medium, reagents, antibodies, buffers, solutions, and…
BIO-RAD Laboratories has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AbD Serotec, a supplier of antibodies and reagents, from MorphoSys, for €53 million (about US$70 million) in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed in January 2013. “We are impressed with…
NOTABLE for having the smallest genome of any known organism, Mycoplasma genitalium is a small bacterium which, like other Mycoplasma species, has no cell wall. Residing in the human urogenital tract, it causes urethritis in males and females as well…
VIROSTAT has released several new monoclonal antibodies to the NS1 of Dengue virus. These antibodies recognise the NS1 protein of all four Dengue serotypes and are, says the company, powerful tools for researchers and developers of rapid detection methods. Dengue…
Ureaplasma are very small free-living bacteria that, like the mycoplasmas, have no cell walls. Named for its metabolic utilisation of urea, it possesses a small simple genome. Ureaplasma parvum is the genus found in the human urogenital tract. Its presence has been associated with several conditions including urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, congenital pneumonia and neonatal meningitis. ViroStat introduces a set of new monoclonal antibodies to U parvum that have applications in Elisa and IFA.
LATEST addition to the range of anti-idiotypic antibodies from AbD Serotec are used to target Herceptin (Trastuzumab), an anti-cancer drug. The six new antibodies are useful for monitoring patient serum for Herceptin levels, and have potential applications in preclinical research.…