Archives for December 18, 2003

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Cleanroom on the bench

A UK company has introduced a clean manufacturing environment that fits on top of a bench as a low-cost alternative for companies that do not want to invest in a full cleanroom facility.

Hiking resolution in gene expression studies

A combination of a microarray technology developed by Switzerland's Zeptosens and signal processing software from US firm ViaLogy has provided a quantum leap in the sensitivity of gene expression testing in a new study.

Degussa lauded by F&S

Germany's third-largest chemicals company Degussa has won the Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award for its L-hydantoinase enzymatic process for single-step production of L-amino acids, used in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.

All things oligo from febit

German biotechnology company febit has started shipping its geniom one instrument - the first benchtop system that handles the entire process of oligonucleotide microarray synthesis, hybridisation and data analysis in a single instrument.