The increased resistance of various bacteria toward available antibiotic drugs has initiated intensive research efforts into identifying new sources of antimicrobial substances. Short antibiotic ...

Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was clear that quick and accurate diagnostic techniques were required to deal with emerging infections and offset the negative impacts of ...

A bottleneck to enabling widespread access to molecular diagnostics, especially in low- and middle-income countries, has been the high cost and complex logistics associated with rapid point-of-care ...

Protein quantitation assays are essential for workflows that include protein extraction, labeling, and analysis. The simplest method for protein quantitation is measuring the absorbance of a protein ...

Modern bioassays tend to fall under three common modalities: colorimetric, luminometric or fluorometric. Colorimetric assays record the amount of light absorbed by a reporter compound. This absorbance ...

New England Biolabs ® (NEB ®) today announced the launch of the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Colorimetric LAMP Assay Kit, a Research Use Only (RUO) product that can be used for the detection of novel coronavirus, ...

Nitrite is a common preservative used in processed meat products. It provides a characteristic pinkish colour and fresh meat flavour to products such as York ham or mortadella. However, nitrite is a ...

This is especially critical for substances like chromium and nitrate, which pose risks to both human and environmental health. In process water applications, such as steam generation, the presence of ...