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Image: Liquid handling products from Hecht-Assistant (Photo courtesy of Glaswarenfabrik Karl Hecht).

Glaswarenfabrik Karl Hecht Celebrates 100-year Anniversary

In 1919, Karl Hecht laid the foundation for the Glaswarenfabrik in Sitzendorf-Unterweißbach in Thuringia, Germany. Over the decades the company continuously specialized in production and distribution of precision glass instruments for physicians and laboratories. More...
11 Mar 2019
Image: A male and a female gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum (Photo courtesy of Professor David Baker).

Saliva-based Test Detects Infectious Subclinical Malaria

Low-density subclinical infection with Plasmodium falciparum among defined population subsets has been shown to be an important but cryptic facet of malaria transmission. Typically, these individuals are not readily detected by currently available point-of-need (PON) rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) or microscopy. More...
27 Feb 2019
Image: The cf-DNA/cf-RNA Preservative tubes (Photo courtesy of Norgen Biotek).

Storage Tubes for Analysis of Circulating NAs Evaluated

Circulating nucleic acids such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) have become increasingly important in serving as potential novel biomarkers for a variety of human diseases. More...
26 Feb 2019
Image: The Saliva Glucose Biosensor that measures glucose in saliva rather than blood (Photo courtesy of iQ Group Global).

New Glucose Biosensor Introduced for Diabetes Management

The world’s first saliva-based glucose test for diabetes management that measures glucose in saliva rather than blood has been introduced. More...
11 Feb 2019
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Direct Blood PCR Detects Thromboembolism-Associated Mutations

Routine genetic testing is recommended in several clinical circumstances, particularly in patients with venous thrombosis at younger age, a strong family history of thrombotic disease, or in women with a history of venous thrombosis during pregnancy. More...
11 Feb 2019
Image: The GeneXpert HIV-1 Qual is a highly sensitive HIV qualitative test is needed for detecting HIV infection in pediatric patients 18 months of age or younger (Photo courtesy of Cepheid).

Infant HIV Near Point-of-Care Test Field Evaluated

Perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection contributes to an increase in morbidity and mortality among children in their first years of life, and lack of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and late ART initiation has seen more than half of the infants infected with HIV die before their second birthday. More...
30 Jan 2019
Image: A sketch of µLAS chip with two independent channels actuated with the same pressure and voltage. Each channel contains a funnel region that functions to separate and concentrate DNA in line (Photo courtesy of University of Lausanne).

Genetic Methods Rapidly Diagnoses Huntington's Disease

People with Huntington's disease suffer from jerky body movements and decreasing mental abilities. The condition usually leads to death 15 to 20 years after diagnosis. The cause of the disease is a region in the Huntingtin gene (HTT) that is absent in healthy people. More...
23 Jan 2019
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