Simplified screening of individual bacterial species in biosamples

Method saves time and costs when analysing complex microbiological samples

30-Mar-2023 - In medical research and diagnostics, the microbiome, i.e. the microbial colonisation of the intestine, is increasingly gaining attention. A stool sample can be used to precisely analyse the complex microbial ecosystem of the gut. There are basically two methods for this: traditional cultivation ...

Voice-activated system for hands-free, safer DNA handling

Technology protects researchers from dangerous samples

03-Feb-2023 - Smart voice assistants are a popular way for people to get quick answers or play their favorite music. That same technology could make the laboratory safer for scientists and technicians who handle potentially infectious samples. Researchers in ACS Sensors now report a small, voice-activated ...

Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years

Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time - opening a ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the history of evolution

16-Dec-2022 - Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA were found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland. Using cutting-edge technology, researchers discovered the fragments are one million years older than the previous record for DNA sampled from a Siberian mammoth bone. The ancient DNA has been used to ...

A Small Piece Of Jurassic Park

DNA extracted from insects embedded in resin

01-Oct-2020 - For the first time, Senckenberg scientist Mónica Solórzano-Kraemer, together with lead authors David Peris and Kathrin Janssen of the University of Bonn and additional colleagues from Spain and Norway, successfully extracted genetic material from insects that were embedded in six- and ...

Analytik Jena Science Award Honors Outstanding Scientific Articles

28-Jun-2019 - The first two Analytik Jena Science Awards are given to Dr. Carlos Abad of the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, and Natalie Rangno of the Institute of Wood Technology Dresden. With this award, Analytik Jena is honoring scientific articles in which Analytik Jena ...

Molzym Automated Pathogen Enrichment and PCR Test Gets CE Mark for In Vitro Diagnostics

15-Nov-2017 - Molzym announces CE IVD marking of their robotic microbial DNA isolation and direct PCR test, Micro-Dx™, for routine pathogen diagnosis. With Micro-Dx™ Molzym introduces its latest development of products in line with SepsiTest™-UMD which was released in 2008. “By Molzym’s proprietary robotic DNA ...

Innovative technology for the enrichment of free-circulating DNA

13-Jan-2014 - After a two year period of development Analytik Jena has launched an innovative technology to enrich and isolate free-circulating DNA. Free-circulating DNA occurs in plasma, serum, and urine, among other things, but only in small fragments and very low concentrations. In order to isolate them, ...

Rutgers receives $10 million in support of national efforts to track genetic causes of alcoholism

06-Dec-2011 - Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) has received a $10 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to provide DNA extraction, basic genetic testing, and repository services for more than 46,000 saliva samples, in support of national research ...

BIOTECON Diagnostics receives another AOAC certificate for its foodproof Salmonella Detection Kit and DNA extraction kits

22-Oct-2010 - BIOTECON Diagnostics has successfully completed AOAC-RI validation for the foodproof® Salmonella Detection Kit, 5‘Nuclease and corresponding DNA extraction kits. This AOAC-RI approval as a Performance Tested MethodSM expands the already broad range of certified foodproof® real-time PCR ...

New blood tests promise simple, cost-effective diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers

23-Sep-2009 - Promising results from two new blood tests that can aid in the early identification of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers were presented at Europe's cancer congress, ECCO 15 – ESMO 34, in Berlin. The tests will make GI cancer detection simpler, cost-effective, and more acceptable to ...