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Cholestech LDX® System
The Cholestech LDX System brings a wealth of benefits to healthcare professionals and patients. The LDX System delivers the ability to measure a complete lipid profile and glucose, ALT, AST, and hs-CRP and it does it all in 5 minutes per test cassette (6 minutes for hs-CRP).

The accuracy, speed and broad menu of tests available for the Cholestech LDX make it an invaluable tool in the fight against heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Best of all, the rapid results allow for immediate testing, counseling and treatment decisions. more...


New Products
ImageAssist™ Digital Specimen Radiography System
Faxitron X-Ray
Faxitron X-Ray LLC announces an enhanced version of ImageAssist as part of the latest v. 1.5 SR software for DX-50, MX-20, and LX-60 Digital Specimen Radiography Systems. Enhanced ImageAssist combines Automatic Exposure Control with an expanded post-image processing suite. Along with Automatic Window Leveling and Auto-sharpen, ImageAssist now includes Automatic Contrast Enhancement providing improved depth and structure in images. ImageAssist provides optimal imaging with a single click.

Another new time-saving feature of Version 1.5 is Split-screen Image Review. The tool allows for immediate comparison of orthogonal views of surgical specimens.

For a free upgrade or to schedule an online demo via Faxitron On Call™, visit www.faxitron.com or call 888-465-XRAY (9729).
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VIDAS Compact Immunoassay Systems
bioMerieux, Inc.
VIDAS systems are compact, easy to use immunoassays analyzers that allow batch or multiple assay testing. Cost effective; Single test reagent strips with no sample or reagent preparation "Just Load and Go". Flexibility to run 12 or 30 assays. True reagent rental program. Excellent CVs and a mean time between failure rate > 1,000 days. Minimal maintenance.
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News
Professor Receives Grant to Develop More Rapid Technology for Screening Blood Samples
Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new method ...
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Laboratory Transforms Manual Urinalysis with Automation and More
In today’s era of automation and Lean Six Sigma processes in laboratory medicine, the manual urinalysis test may be ready for a major makeover. Such a development would be welcome because, in the ...
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Many Doctors Overuse Pap Testing: Survey
Many U.S. primary care doctors are out of step with guidelines on Pap testing for cervical cancer -- largely because they overuse the test, according to a study published ...
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superDimension Launches Second Generation iLogic?Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy System to Detect and Diagnose Lung Cancer
superDimension, Inc.®, a private company that develops minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices, announced today the launch of the iLogic System for early lung cancer detection and ...
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Lung Cancer Diagnosis Breakthrough from superDimension Receives Category I® CPT Reimbursement Codes
superDimension, Inc.®, a private company that develops minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices, announced today that The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new Category I ...
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Clinical Labs Make Money By Using Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is hitting the radar screen at the nation’s best-managed clinical laboratories. That’s because shrinking reimbursement makes it imperative for clinical labs and ...
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Technology Spotlight
Microscopy: A View To a Cell and Beyond
Microscopy has made great advances since the founding fathers of biology first ground bits of glass to peer into the cellular world. While microscopes helped these early biologists to characterize the structure of various cells and tissues, today’s researchers are using microscopes and imaging systems to visualize molecular interactions, gene expression, and protein localization.
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Featured Products
Glucose 201 Analyzer - HemoCue
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QBC STAR Centrifugal Hematology System - QBC Diagnostics
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Stat Profile pHOx® Analyzers - Nova Biomedical
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LeadCare II Blood-lead Analyzer - RNA Medical
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Model 853 VES 12-Place Horizontal Centrifuge - Drucker Co.
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Events
World Congress of Gene-2009
December 1 - 7, 2009
Foshan, China
The WCG of today, firmly established as the premier international forum for research in all areas of life sciences and biotechnology
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Journal Updates
ALDH1A2 (RALDH2) Genetic Variation in Human Congenital Heart Disease
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Variation in Cytokine Genes can Contribute to Severity of Acetabular Osteolysis and Risk for Revision in Patients with ABG I Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Genetic Association Study
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Genetic Evidence for the Aggravation of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria by Interleukin 4
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A Periplasmic Thioredoxin-Like Protein Plays a Role in Defense against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Candidate Genetic Analysis of Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis
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