Microbiology News: Dec 2019

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Microbiology News: Dec 2019

ContraFect's Lysin is a Serious P. aeruginosa Infection Therapeutic Candidate

31 Dec 2019 | Clinical

An engineered Lysin (bacteriophage enzyme) by ContraFect has demonstrated in pre-clinical trials to be an excellent candidate for the treatment in infections caused by the multi-drug resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa. ContraFect begin IND-enabling studies with this new product candidate. more...

Rapid Confirmation Using MALDI-TOF III: a rapidmicrobiology.com Report

18 Dec 2019 | Food & BeverageWater

A rapidmicrobiology.com report on the recent SCI event 'Rapid Confirmation Using MALDI-TOF III', presentations are summarised to convey how each presenter has advanced into this new era of real-time food and water microbiology after implementing MALDI-TOF technology in their laboratories. more...

PREraser BACGene: Reliable PCR Results by Elimination of Free DNA

18 Dec 2019 | Food & Beverage

Eurofins GeneScan Technologies has developed PREraser BACGene for the effective elimination of free DNA from food sample enrichments of various matrices, reducing the rate of culturally unconfirmed positive PCR results during pathogen detection. more...

Monoclonal Antibodies for Diagnostic Tools to SARS and MERS Coronaviruses

18 Dec 2019 | Clinical

ViroStat have 3 new Monoclonal Antibodies to the nucleoprotein (NP) of Coronavirus. These new antibodies are reactive with the NP of both SARS and MERS viruses and are excellent tools for research and diagnostics. more...

New Chapter in Ph.Eur for Bacterial Endoxtin Testing by Recombinant Factor C (rFC)

17 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Recombinant Factor C, the animal-free alternative in Bacterial Endotoxin to Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) has been given a new chapter by the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur) Commission at its recent 165th session in Strasbourg. more...

Accurate Surface Monitoring in Isolators

16 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Isolators and aseptic processing areas, including neoprene gloves, in the pharmaceutical industry need to be regularly monitored to ensure the absence of microorganisms. Discover how to detect low levels of bacterial contamination using ICR swabs. more...

Detection of Low Bacterial Load from Neoprene^® Gloves with ICR Swabs & Contact Plates

16 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

This study was designed to prove the suitability of ICR Swabs (Ref. No. 146529) and lockable TSA w. LTHThio contact - ICR+ (Ref. No. 146783) contact plates, to detect low numbers of different bacterial test strains from Neoprene^® gloves. more...

A Fast and Affordable LAMP Solution for The Carbapenamase Families

12 Dec 2019 | Clinical

A Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) kit that can detect seven of the most common carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) is now available from the Mast Group. The Mast Isoplex® CRE-ART provides rapid results with 15 mins hands-on time and 30 mins run time...... more...

Advances in Enrichment Media for Food Pathogen Testing

11 Dec 2019 | Food & Beverage

Improved Enrichment Media - Food Pathogens

Reducing enrichment times for target food pathogens is the responsibility of Sergiy Olishevskyy, VP of R&D, at FoodChek Systems, he and Sandra Rogoza, talk here to rapidmicrobiology.com about time savings that can be achieved with the latest formulations and future developments in enrichments. more...

Biotia's AMR NGS-Powered Profiling Software Receives VC Boost of $2.4m

11 Dec 2019 | Clinical

New York based biotech start-up Biotia have received a $2.4m boost for its pathogen-profiling NGS-powered AI software, which can give clinicans detailed reports on identification and AMR markers from clinically-cultured samples. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 10 Dec 2019

10 Dec 2019 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Detect low numbers of different bacterial test strains from Neoprene^® gloves, improve data integrity for QC of ATMPs/Cell and Gene Therapies, test for total counts in jams, creams, and fruit preparations, replace CFUs by counting single bacterial cells, detect H. pylori antigen in stool samples. more...

'Track and Trace' Starter Kit for Food Samples

10 Dec 2019 | Food & Beverage

Using the Ziath 'Track and Trace' starter kit is the easy way to set up and maintain an enhanced food sample integrity, tracking and audit trail.
more...

Cherwell Announces New Microbiology Sales Specialist

10 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Thomas Parkhill has joined Cherwell Laboratories to help drive the companies ambitious growth plans. more...

Sweet Temptation - ATP Bioluminescence Rapid Testing of Jams, Creams and Fruit Preparations

09 Dec 2019 | Food & Beverage

Promicol ATP Bioluminescence testing allows the rapid microbial control of jams, creams, and fruit preparations, it is simple to use and saves you time, giving you confidence in the microbial safety of your sweet goods. more...

Rapid Detection of H pylori Stool Antigen

09 Dec 2019 | Clinical

The Sentinel Diagnostics Easy-Card H. pylori test, available from Alpha Laboratories, is a cost-effective method with little or no compromise on sensitivity and specificity. It is designed for rapid detection of H. pylori antigen in stool samples and gives an answer in just 10 minutes. more...

Replacing CFU Counts with Single Bacterial Cell Detection

09 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

In less than 30 seconds, the QUANTOM Tx^™ scans up to 10 fields of view to produce accurate single bacterial cell counts. The advanced software can account for the varying shapes, sizes, and arrangements of different bacteria. more...

How Rapid Micro Biosystems Approaches Data Integrity

09 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

rapidmicrobiology.com explores with Rapid Micro Biosystems how to improve QC laboratories approach to regulatory and industry expectations for quality control for ATMPs/Cell and Gene Therapies more...

SMEs at the Wheel as Labguru Breaks Record

06 Dec 2019 | OtherPharmaceutical

Biodata has announced a record-breaking third quarter and attribute this to Labguru; their web-based platform electronic notebook that allows laboratories to become more automated for storage and organisation and to design experiments and workflows. more...

FDA Approves Bacteriophage Bioluminescence Test to Detect MRSA

06 Dec 2019 | Clinical

Roche Molecular Systems Inc., have been granted de novo marketing authorisation for its Cobas vivoDx MRSA diagnostics test that can detect MRSA in nasal swab just 5 hours by new Smarticles technology; a bacteriophage and bioluminescence innovation specific for MRSA. more...

Rapid Microbiological Methods for ATMPs/Gene and Cell Therapies

03 Dec 2019 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

In this rapidmicrobiology special, we showcase options for rapid testing of biotherapeutics such as ATMPs, gene and cell therapies. Includes risks and international regulations for mycoplasmas, how to get Mycoplasma results in under 1 hour, and the fastest way to get production up and running. more...

Reduce Plastic Lab Waste From Disposable Loops With Flame Free Infrared Loop Sterilizer

03 Dec 2019 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Save money and reduce plastic laboratory waste by sterilizing reusable stainless steel inoculation loops, the SteriMax is an infrared loop sterilizer, giving high-speed annealing and sterilizing without flame. more...

Eliminate Cleanroom Cross-Contamination Risks

03 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Can you be sure that no particles will be carried over inside an instrument if you transfer your instruments between different cleanroom classes? Ensure peace of mind by mounting a HEPA H13 exhaust air particle filter to your MAS-100 NT® sampler. more...

How Does Your Method of Storing Environmental Sampling Plates Affect Recovery Rates?

03 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Environmental monitoring using culture media is generally carried out in cleanrooms and then transferred to an outside lab space for incubation and evaluation of the results. Discover whether pre-storage has effect on microorganism recovery rates. more...

Does ESwab^® Maintain Viability of Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Fungi?

03 Dec 2019 | Clinical

Two recent studies evaluated Copan's ESwab™ kits finding them useful to collect specimens for fungal and mycobacterial culture. ESwab™ has a broad capability for the collection and maintenance of microorganisms and is an obvious choice as a multipurpose swab transport system. more...

Take Your EHEC Testing to a New Level! Be Assured of Compliance with USDA FSIS Regulations

03 Dec 2019 | Food & Beverage

Have greater confidence in your testing with the Assurance^® GDS EHEC ID assay for detection of E. coli O157:H7 Tq in raw beef and MicroTally^™ swabs. more...

The Fastest Way to Expand Biotherapeutic Production Capacity

03 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Michelle Stafford, Senior Global Product Marketing Leader, GE Healthcare LifeSciences, talks to rapidmicrobiology.com about how their KUBio prefabricated facilities and FlexFactory platforms are suited for the rapid expansion and growth in the production of biopharmaceuticals. more...

Rapid Sterility: Total Bacteria and Fungi Detection in just 3 Hours!

02 Dec 2019 | Clinical

Get QC results for ATMPs before treatment

Ensure that your ATMPs or R&D cell cultures are free of Bacteria and Fungi. ATMPs and cultured cells can be tested using qPCR that detects a broad range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial and fungal contaminants in just 3 hours. more...

Quantifying Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Aggregation in Gene Therapy Delivery

02 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Adeno-associated viruses can be used as vehicles for gene therapy, however viral aggregates may cause problems, a new applications study reports on how Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation coupled with multi-angle light scattering and Ultraviolet detectors can quantify AAV aggregation. more...

BioFire® Mycoplasma : A Cell and Gene Therapy Game-Changer

02 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Interview with Dr Sylvanie Cassard of bioMérieux Healthcare, on the new BioFire® Mycoplasma test, an internalised rapid mycoplasma test panel that allows ATMP laboratories to perform mycoplasma tests in-house, requiring no molecular expertise and provides results in under 1hour. more...

Testing Biotherapeutics for Mycoplasmas - the Risks and International Regulations

02 Dec 2019 | Pharmaceutical

An in-depth Interview with Helena Windsor of Mycoplasma Experience, the only UK company specialising in Mycoplasmology. Now, in their 4th decade of mycoplasma testing, Helena talks about the fast-moving Cell and Gene therapy market and how mycoplasma testing is vital at this critical juncture. more...

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