Category: Lab Essentials

Lab Essentials

Bio-Rad Launches Molecular Virology Controls in Europe

Bio-Rad Laboratories’ Exact Diagnostics HBV, HCV and HIV-1 Run Controls are now available to laboratories in Europe.

Lab Essentials

Visby Medical’s STI Panel May Assist with Accurate Treatment Decisions

The STI panel may also reduce time to results, rates of over- and under-treatment, and hands-on-time required to run the Visby test by clinic staff.

Lab Essentials

How COVID-19 Is Driving the Need for Lab Automation

Increased automation is needed more than ever to meet the ongoing demand for COVID-19 testing, particularly in small- and medium-size labs.

Biochemicals & Chemical Reagents

New Sample Transport Reagents Address COVID-19 Testing Lab Risks

Thomas Scientific has partnered with Truckee Applied Genomics (TAG) to distribute its patient sample transport reagents.

Quality Systems

Liquid Stable & Ready-to-Use Total Protein/Albumin Clinical Reference Materials Now Available

Liquid stable and ready-to-use combined Total Protein/Albumin clinical reference materials are now available from Verichem Laboratories.

Lab Automation

Biohackers at the Gate: The Untold Story of How DIY Experimenters Waged War on COVID-19

Will Canine launched a Kickstarter campaign to create robots that automate pipetting, which allows testing of millions for coronavirus worldwide.

Lab Equipment

Olympus scanR High-Content Screening Station Improves Deep-Learning Capabilities

The latest version improves the deep-learning technology’s capabilities to reliably separate objects in biological samples using instance segmentation.

Information Technology

AI Penalties Lead to Better Diagnoses, Study Says

Giving a big penalty to an algorithm for false negatives results in much better precision, UJ researchers find.

Lab Safety

Hospeco Introduces Synthetic Vinyl Gloves

Hospeco Brands Group’s VyBlend Synthetic Vinyl Gloves, available in industrial and exam grade, are the “just right” solution.

Labwear & Consumables

Government Awards $16.2M Contract to Expand Pipette-Tip Filter Supply Chain

Porex was awarded a $16.2 million government contract to increase production of aerosol-barrier filters in pipettes for COVID-19 and other disease testing.