GE Healthcare to Invest in Enhanced Training for Over Two Million Health Professionals Globally by 2020

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK, AND WAUKESHA, WI, USA – 29 July 2015 – In developed countries like the U.S., Europe and parts of Asia, healthcare leaders are trying to optimize efficiency, systems integration, data analytics and achieve greater productivity. In emerging economies, enabling access to affordable, basic primary care is often the most pressing concern.... Read more

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Demonstrates Solutions to Balance Better C…

Standardized Processes and Improved Operational Efficiency Move Healthcare Forward   BREA, CALIF. — (July 24, 2015) — Beckman Coulter Diagnostics will be showcasing its comprehensive portfolio of high-productivity analytical and workflow systems at the 2015 American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo in Atlanta, Ga., July 28-30, 2015. Clinical Lab... Read more

Molecular Devices Introduces EarlyTox Cell Viability Assay Kits

Sunnyvale, California, July 15, 2015. Molecular Devices today announced the launch of six EarlyTox™ cell viability assay kits, a new family of fluorescence-based reagents optimized for microplate readers to assess cell viability, cell proliferation, and apoptosis events in mammalian cells. Cell viability assays are critical to a broad spectrum of research areas ranging from understanding... Read more

New Publications Highlight Utility of Single Molecule, Real-Time Sequencing for Structural Variation Detection, Haplotype Reconstruction and De Novo Human Genome Assembly

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A number of new scientific publications demonstrate the growing momentum for using Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing to capture genetic variants that other technologies miss, according to Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System. This has been demonstrated through... Read more

National Basketball Association and GE Healthcare Collaborate to Promote Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Research to Benefit NBA Player Health

NEW YORK, NY and WAUKESHA, WI, July 8, 2015 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) today announced a collaboration to promote orthopedic and sports medicine research benefitting the health and wellness of NBA players as well as athletes of all levels across the general population. The multi-year alliance will focus... Read more

GE Healthcare’s DoseWatch Explore quantifies the invisible by providing dose data for improved patient care

Waukesha, WI – June 16, 2015 – Today, GE Healthcare announced the launch of its new introductory dose management solution, DoseWatch* Explore, which is now available on select GE Computed Tomography (CT) systems in the U.S. http://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/ge-healthcare%E2%80%99s-dosewatch-explore-quantifies-invisible-providing-dose-data-improved Read more

Pollen Prevails as JEOL Names Spring Image Contest Winners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Patricia Corkum, Marketing Manager978-536-2273 • pcorkum@jeol.com • www.jeolusa.com June 15, 2015, Peabody, MA — Pollen season 2015 has been one of the worst, but also produced two of the best micrographs that recently won the monthly JEOL Electron Microscope Contest held for the second year in a row. April’s winning image of hibiscus... Read more

Improving Axial Resolution in Confocal Microscopy with New High Refractive Index Mounting Media

Resolution, high signal intensity and elevated signal to noise ratio (SNR) are key issues for biologists who aim at studying the localisation of biological structures at the cellular and subcellular levels using confocal microscopy. The resolution required to separate sub-cellular biological structures is often near to the resolving power of the microscope. Read more