Oxoid offers a range of valuable diagnostic tools for the detection of respiratory disease caused by influenza virus Types A and B.

Traditionally alphanumeric tubes have been manufactured in clear polypropylene. Micronic has introduced a new range of white, flat bottom alphanumeric tubes for storage of blood samples.

Featuring a high displacement pump, the miVac Duo biological sample concentrator removes water up to 40% faster than similar concentrators and is extremely quiet.

Media coverage of clinical trials does not contain the elements readers require to make informed decisions. A comparison of the coverage received by pharmaceutical and herbal remedy trials has revealed the problem.

As the holidays arrive, a group of researchers has identified the precise mechanisms by which binge drinking contributes to clogs in arteries that lead to heart attack and stroke.

A rescue robot exercise was recently held in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders in order to develop a standard suite of performance tests.

Researchers have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in regions of a semiconductor device as small as 10 nanometres across.

In an effort to understand how SARS-CoV may have jumped from bats to humans, a team of investigators has now generated a synthetic SARS-like bat coronavirus.

Researchers have discovered that serious infections caused by gram-negative bacteria can go up as much as 17 percent with every 10 degree increase in seasonal temperature.

Increasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists.

A new national screening strategy in Denmark has halved the number of infants born with Down's syndrome and increased the number of infants diagnosed before birth by 30 per cent.

New study finds the majority of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia relapse cases arise from a cell already present at the time of diagnosis.

Researchers have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

An international team of biochemists has discovered how an experimental drug unleashes its destructive force inside the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.

When mice that lack steroid receptor-2 (SRC-2) - a master regulator gene called a coactivator - fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet.

Researchers have found the molecular machines in fruit flies that yank chromosomes, the DNA-carrying structures, apart when necessary.

Antibiotics are the single largest class of agents that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, reports a new study in Gastroenterology.

Researchers challenge the conventional wisdom that simply having high levels of good cholesterol and low levels of bad cholesterol is necessary for good heath.

Researchers found that lifetime protection is obtained from just one vaccination, even when that vaccination occurred as much as 88 years ago.

A team of scientists from across Europe are embarking on new research to develop a treatment for food allergy.