Merck sells its Flow Cytometry unit for €62.5 million

19-Oct-2018 - Merck announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its Flow Cytometry unit to Luminex Corporation for €62.5 million. The closing of the transaction, expected by the end of 2018, is subject to customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the transaction, Luminex will own the flow ...

Beckman Coulter Cytometer accepted by WHO prequalification of in vitro diagnostics programme

01-Dec-2015 - Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced that their Aquios CL flow cytometer has been accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) Prequalification of In Vitro Diagnostics Programme. It can now be used specifically for the immunologic assessment of patients having, or suspected of having, ...

Raman’s narrower fingerprint set to broaden utility of flow cytometry

27-Feb-2009 - Andor Technology plc announced that researchers have successfully tested the first proof-of-concept of a Raman Spectral Flow Cytometer (SFC), thanks to its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera NewtonEM. Raman Spectral Flow Cytometry promises to revolutionise cell characterisation by allowing ...

Cytometers in Space

Novel cytometer design opens door to zero gravity readings

21-Jul-2005 - A research journal article* written by scientists at Wyle Laboratories and NASA's Johnson Space Center, both in Houston, USA and published in Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry), describes how Guava Technologies' novel flow cytometric technology offers the potential for ...

Cornell researchers make synthetic DNA 'barcodes' to tag pathogens, providing an inexpensive, off-the-shelf monitoring system

16-Jun-2005 - A supermarket checkout computer can identify thousands of different items by scanning the tiny barcode printed on the package. New technology developed at Cornell University could make it just as easy to identify genes, pathogens, illegal drugs and other chemicals of interest by tagging them with ...