Laboratory Equipment and Lab Product News

Yeast Species Identification from Positive Blood Culture in just 20 minutes

Alpha Laboratories

20/11/2013

New Candida QuickFISH™ BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test Now Available The new Candida QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test can positively identify C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis, directly from yeast-positive blood cultures in just 20 minutes. The CE marked, nucleic acid–based test enables the microbiologist to report pathogen-identification results 2 to 5 days earlier than conventional methods. This enables clinicians, consultant...

Safe, Accurate, Easy Repeat Dispensing

Alpha Laboratories

28/10/2013

The Ripette® Stepper Dispenser, now available from Alpha Laboratories is the perfect tool for economical yet high performance repeat liquid dispensing. Its lightweight but robust construction makes routine pipetting over long series easier and reduces the risk of repetitive strain injury. Working on the principle of positive displacement, the Ripette uses disposable tips fitted with internal pistons, which make direct contact with the liquid during aspiration and...

New LineGene 9600 Real Time Thermal Cycler with Fibre Optic Technology

Alpha Laboratories

03/10/2013

The new Bioer LineGene 9600 series of instruments, now available from Alpha Laboratories, provides the latest in Real Time PCR systems, using advanced Ferrotec Peltier, fibre optic technology. With a larger sample capactity, more detection channels and wider temperature range it provides an excellent solution for scientific research and clinical applications.LineGene 9600 instruments offer precise quantification for performing high-throughput real time PCR reactions with...

Alpha launches new website dedicated to Calprotectin

Alpha Laboratories

01/05/2013

Calprotectin.co.uk is a new website that is dedicated to raising awareness amongst Clinicians and Laboratories about the value of testing for Calprotectin.Faecal Calprotectin is a new biomarker which is helping to save money for the NHS by preventing unnecessary procedures on patients by screening out those with IBS who do not therefore require endoscopies.The symptoms of functional disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and organic inflammatory intestinal...

Radiation free analysis of phosphorylated proteins

Alpha Laboratories

19/03/2013

Phosphorylated substances and stabilising phosphorylated compounds were previously difficult to measure due to chemical instability. Now they can be readily detected using the Phos-tag™ acrylamide, agarose, biotin and MS kit available exclusively in the UK from Alpha Laboratories.Protein phosphorylation has a prominent role in signal transduction and the versatile Phos-tag has been adapted to create a number of tools for phosphorylation analysis. This novel...

High Quality, Consistent and Economical, Simulated Whole Blood Controls

Alpha Laboratories

04/03/2013

Providing cost effective, dependable quality control materials for ABO, and Rh antibody screening standardisation in automated blood grouping methods, Alpha Laboratories is proud to introduce the new ALBAcheck® DUO simulated whole blood controls. With twice the stability of standard controls and a higher useable sera volume, ALBAcheck DUO gives you more tests for your money. Produced by leading manufacturer, Alba Bioscience, they have a consistent phenotype enabling...

Get More Intact, Viable Cells with BAMBANKERTM Cell Freezing Medium

Alpha Laboratories

25/02/2013

The unique, patented formulation of BAMBANKER serum-free cell freezing medium has been optimised to give excellent recovery for cryogenically preserved cells. Now available from Alpha Laboratories, it protects even delicate cells during medium and long term ultra low temperature storage, BAMBANKER has been tested with established cell lines, primaries and stem cells. Both human and animal cells have been successfully preserved, demonstrating excellent survival...

Bring Anti-epileptic drug Monitoring back in-house?

Alpha Laboratories

21/02/2013

Compatibility with most common clinical chemistry platforms, means no new equipment or specialist training is required, to introduce the ARK Diagnostics range of Anti-epileptic Drug Monitoring assays into your laboratory. Measuring serum drug concentrations provides valuable information to aid clinical decisions about patient dose. ARK Diagnostics immunoassays, for new generation drugs such as levetiracetam, lamotrigine, gabapentin, topiramate and zonisamide, are now...

New Standards for Molecular Parasite Assays

Alpha Laboratories

05/02/2013

Now you can standardise your molecular assays for parasitic diseases such as malaria, with a new range of synthetic controls that provide stable, consistent, safe and abundant material. The new Simply Molecular® G-Sphere® range of standards from Phthisis Diagnostics, exclusively available in the UK from Alpha Laboratories, contain double stranded DNA gene(s). These have been designed and synthetically created for use as genetic surrogate control material in...

Nanoject II Performs Ultra Delicate Nanolitre Injection Procedures

Alpha Laboratories

08/01/2013

The Drummond Nanoject II Auto-Injector, now available from Alpha Laboratories, is specifically designed to perform ultra-delicate nanolitre injection procedures into cells, including oocytes and embryos. Positive displacement technology and precision microcapillaries together with new features enhance the ease of use, precise delivery of sample and protection of cells. The automated microprocessor control, delivers volumes from 2.3nL up to 69nL with complete accuracy...