Cancer
Study Unravels Biological Pathway That Controls the Leakiness of Blood Vessels
December 17, 2012 10:52 am | by Mayo Clinic | News | CommentsA research team has decoded the entire pathway that regulates leakiness of blood vessels — a condition that promotes a wide number of disorders, such as heart disease, cancer growth and spread, inflammation and respiratory distress. They say their findings suggest that several agents already being tested for other conditions might reverse vessel leakiness.
Biologists Engineer Algae to Make Complex Anti-Cancer ‘Designer’ Drug
December 17, 2012 9:57 am | News | CommentsBiologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic drug used to treat cancer. Their achievement opens the door for making these and other “designer” proteins in larger quantities and much more cheaply than can now be made from mammalian cells.
New Technology Allows Scientists to Capture and Preserve Cancer Cells Circulating in the Bloodstream
December 17, 2012 9:27 am | by RIKEN Advanced Science Institute | News | CommentsScientists report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors and are circulating in the bloodstream. This new nanotechnology could be used for cancer diagnosis and give insight into the mechanisms of how cancer spreads throughout the body.
Will Epigenetics Help Overcome Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian Cancer?
March 29, 2012 12:24 pm | by Nicole Kelesoglu | Articles | CommentsEpigenetics researchers apply sophisticated techniques and rational multidimensional analyses to discover biomarkers for ovarian cancer.
Asuragen and Life Technologies Launch Leukemia Test
August 4, 2010 10:25 am | by Edited for tone and content by Lily Barback | Articles | CommentsAsuragen, Inc. and Life Technologies Corporation announced that they have completed CE-marking and commercial launch in Europe of the BCR/ABL1 Quant Test, Asuragen's clinically validated and cGMP manufactured test intended to aid clinicians in the monitoring and treatment of individuals afflicted with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
Rethinking the Classics
March 26, 2010 12:04 pm | by Jeffrey M. Perkel | Articles | CommentsThe classic view of cancer is that it arises from the progressive accumulation of mutations. The cancer stem cell model, however, theorizes that tumors derive hierarchically from one or more progenitor cells.
Cancer Biochip for Sequence Capture
August 26, 2009 12:43 pm | Product Releases | Commentsfebit launched a human cancer biochip for HybSelect, febit's automated technology for sequence capture, enabling targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS).
Single Cell Genome Amplification Kit
July 21, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsRubicon Genomics released its PicoPlex Single Cell Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) kit?a more rapid, accurate and reproducible method for amplifying single genomes than current technologies.
SIRT1 Assay
July 21, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSIRT1 belongs to the class III family of HDACs, which are NAD+ dependent enzymes. SIRT1 modulators have been shown to play a beneficial role in treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, metabolic disease and inflammation, making them attractive targets for the development of new drugs.
Active Kinases
June 15, 2009 8:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsSigma-Aldrich introduced Precisio Kinases, a new collection of high quality active kinases that is expected to enable scientists to achieve greater insight into protein phosphorylation and cell signaling.
Cancer Research: Genomics Enters the Fray
February 18, 2009 6:28 am | Product Releases | Commentscaption Inset, President Nixon signing the National Cancer Act, December 23, 1971. (Source: NCI)
Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer: A Proteomics Approach Using 2-D Gel Analysis Software
February 18, 2009 6:28 am | Product Releases | Commentscaption Figure 1: Analysis of 2-D gel by Dymension software showing proteins that are up or down-regulated three hours after delta-tocotrienol treatment.
Genotyping Reagent Solution
January 22, 2009 9:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsApplied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies, announced the availability of a new universal genotyping reagent solution that accelerates the generation of high-quality genotyping data for a host of life science applications.
PAR ELISA Assay
January 14, 2009 9:50 am | Product Releases | CommentsTrevigen introduces a highly sensitive, quantitative and validated assay to measure the effectiveness of PARP inhibitors in cell and tissue lysates for anticancer drug screening.
ECM-coated Tissue Culture Plates
December 17, 2008 6:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsMillipore has introduced a new line of tissue culture plates pre-coated with a selection of matrices that enhance cell growth and differentiation for stem cell, cancer, cell signaling, and other critical research applications.
Benchtop Flow Cytometry System
December 1, 2008 5:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsA range of assays, kits, flow cytometry systems, and service plans are available in an integrated benchtop flow cytometry portfolio.
With this assay, ADP is directly detected by a specific monoclonal antibody labeled with Eu
December 1, 2008 5:34 am | Product Releases | Commentscaption Fig.1: (a) Assay principle: HTRF Transcreener ADP assay principle: during the enzymatic step, the kinase catalyses the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to a substrate. For ATPase, ATP is converted into ADP and inorganic phosphate. Then in the detection step, native ADP and d2 labeled ADP compete for the anti-ADP antibody labeled with Eu3+ Cryptate. The signal is inversely proportional to the concentration of ADP in the sample. (b) Standard curve: The standard curve is based on a mixture of ATP and ADP. ATP solutions are serially diluted in ADP solutions in order to mimic the conversion of ATP into ADP (from 0 to 100%): ADP concentration ranges from 0 to 100 µM final.
2D Gel Image Analysis Software
October 17, 2008 6:04 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis 2D gel imager can analyze silver stained proteins derived from a prostate cancer (LNCaP) cell line treated with delta-tocotrienol, (a form of Vitamin E). Users can obtain meaningful data through manipulation of the gel images being produced to find out what is happening at the molecular level.
Plates For Genetic Case-Control Studies
October 17, 2008 6:03 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis product line for disease case-control studies of DNA consists of 180 cases and 180 matched controls in ready-made 96- and 384-well plate formats with de-identified covariate data. Samples for diabetes, obesity, breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer are available.
Antibody And Immunoassay Reference
September 17, 2008 10:59 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis Antibodies and Kits Product Guide provides a comprehensive coverage of Millipore’s antibodies, immunoassay products and recombinant proteins for over 2500 unique targets.
miRNA Assay Solutions
August 21, 2008 12:34 pm | Product Releases | CommentsTwo ready-to-use microRNA (miRNA) assay technologies are simplifying and standardizing gene-regulation research. miScript miRNA Mimics® and miScript miRNA Inhibitors® are ready-to-transfect for use in gene regulation and cellular pathway analysis.
Rabbit Monoclonal HER2 IHC Test
August 21, 2008 12:34 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThis rabbit monoclonal antibody is for c-erbB-2. It is a derivitive of the HER2/neu gene and is over-expressed in breast, ovary and some other carcinomas. The c-erbB-2 antibody is available as an ASR in the United States.
Cancer Antibodies (BAGE-1, GnTV)
July 30, 2008 12:36 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBAGE-1, also known as B melanoma antigen, is a secreted protein expressed in 22% of melanomas, 30% of infiltrating bladder carcinomas, 10% of mammary carcinomas, 8% of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, and 6% of non-cell lung carcinomas.
Plates For Genetic ?Case-Control Studies
July 30, 2008 12:36 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThis product-line for disease case-control studies of DNA consists of 180 cases and 180 matched controls in ready-made 96 and 384-well plate formats with comprehensive, de-identified covariate data such as age, gender, diet, body mass index (BMI) and race.
Primary Human Epithelial Cell Cultures
May 19, 2008 12:22 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSupplied as complete kits that include specialized media for their propagation, these primary cell cultures provide an enriched population of progenitor cells from skin, cornea and bladder epithelia.
