Analytik Jena opens company museum

19-06-2013

Analytik Jena AG's company museum presents the history of analytical measuring technology in Jena to visitors, customers, business partners and interested guests over 70 square meters, and showcases the continuation of instrument development at Analytik Jena up to the present day. More than ...

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04-06-2013

Research describes a simple, instrument-free method for controlling fluid flow in paper microfluidic devices by applying sugar solutions at different concentrations to slow down the flow of liquid. Many diagnostic assays require the addition of several solutions and washing steps in a precise ...

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All assets taken over from insolvent company SIRS-Lab GmbH

08-05-2013

Analytik Jena has acquired all of the assets of the insolvent company SIRS-Lab GmbH as part of an asset deal. SIRS-Lab, a company that develops molecular diagnostics methods and testing systems for life-threatening infections like sepsis, had filed for insolvency in December 2012. Analytik ...

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27-02-2013

Quinten announced the identification of two discriminating biological marker candidates which are indicative of a favorable response to treatment in women suffering from triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In the sub-group with both markers in combination, 86 per cent of women responded to ...

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21-01-2013

Hologic, Inc.announced that a new study published in Radiology, found that the addition of three dimensional mammography screening technology to a 2D breast screening exam significantly increased cancer detection while reducing the number of false positives. The study, "Comparison of Digital ...

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Investor search for Molecular Diagnostics Company started

14-01-2013

SIRS-Lab requested the opening of insolvency proceedings. The company, founded ten years ago, develops molecular diagnostic technologies for life-threatening infections as sepsis, also known as blood poisoning. Sepsis claims 250.000 victims per year in the USA alone. Therefore SIRS-Lab has ...

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14-01-2013

Lab21 Limited announced the sale of its laboratory operations based in South Carolina to Reedy Acquisitions Corp, an entity formed by the existing local management and South Carolina based investors. In addition to an immediate cash benefit for Lab21 Ltd, the sale will remove a loss-making ...

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Half of patients could be diagnosed a year earlier than current clinical practice

05-12-2012

A software tool called PredictAD developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland promises to enable earlier diagnosis of the disease on the basis of patient measurements and large databases. Alzheimer’s disease currently takes on average 20 months to diagnose in Europe. VTT has shown ...

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27-11-2012

All patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lose brain cells, which leads to a shrinking, or atrophy, of the brain. But the pattern of gray matter loss is significantly different in men and women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America ...

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Department of Microsystems Engineering of the University of Freiburg is Coordinating the Research Project DiscoGnosis

23-11-2012

An estimated 220 million people become infected with malaria each year. The disease is often lethal – particularly in tropical developing countries with insufficient health care services. The infected suffer from a high fever. As this is also the case with other germs, however, it is ...

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