Thermo Fisher Scientific Partners with China Doping Control Center
December 30th 2007Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, MA) announces that the China Doping Control Center (CDCC) has selected Thermo Scientific instruments and software for its sports testing program at the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing. The CDCC has been accredited by the Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to conduct all doping control analyses during the 2008 Olympic Games.
Millipore to Provide "Stem Cell Tested" Products
December 30th 2007Millipore Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) announced its initiative to provide "Stem Cell Tested" products. Many of Millipore's filter products will be validated for use on stem cells. Millipore's Stericup with Express PLUS membrane is the first available under this initiative. After filtering media through a Stericup with Express PLUS membrane, stem cells are passaged five times and tested for pluripotency with no negative effect.
HPLC Studies Relationship Between Preterm Infants and Intraventricular Hemorrhage
December 12th 2007BMC Pediatrics reports on a study characterizing total homocysteine (tHcy) levels at birth in preterm and term infants and identifing associations with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and other neonatal outcomes such as mortality, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and thrombocytopenia.
German Scientists Develop Multi-Step Reactor
December 12th 2007Gerald Drager and colleagues from University of Hannover in Leibniz, Germany, have developed a system that enables immobilization and purification of enzymes in the same reactor, which can then be used for a variety of enzymatic syntheses. Using this technique it is possible to obtain ready-to-use enzyme reactors from crude protein mixtures within minutes.