Alliance seeks animal test alternatives
Scottish biotech firm CXR biosciences and Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have entered into a collaboration with Geron to develop a new technique that promises to reduce the need to test drugs on animals.
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Invitrogen launches first proteome array
Invitrogen subsidiary Protometrix is gearing up to launch a microarray containing nearly all the 6,200 or so proteins in the proteome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a commonly used organism in genomics research.
Vaccine preservative safety questioned
The safety of thiomersal, a preservative that is used in vaccines, has come under scrutiny once again after a study found that it causes damage to nerve cells in newborn mice.
Automation meets process optimisation
Switzerland's Chemspeed has launched a new workstation that allows up to six reactions to be carried out in parallel, which should speed up process R&D.
FDA takes aim at CFC-based MDIs
The US Food and Drug Administration has suggested removing essential-use status for metered dose inhalers (MDIs) used to deliver the asthma drug albuterol (salbutamol) which use chlorofluorocarbon propellants.