Tag: COVID-19
Sample Management of Covid-19 Cryobox Tube Racks
Ziath reports on the widespread adoption of its DataPaq™ Cube rack reader in Covid-19 testing labs for tracking of sample tubes cryogenically stored in cryoboxes.
Keeping track of large numbers of Covid-19 RNA extraction samples can be an onerous task. Many labs around the world...
Rapid 2D Barcode Rack Scanners help lower the cost of COVID-19 PCR Testing
Ziath reports how its super-fast 2D barcode rack readers are assisting leading COVID-19 testing lab – SummerBio LLC (Menlo Park, California, USA) to offer rapid, low-cost, high-volume testing solutions for educational organizations, employers and laboratories.
SummerBio was conceived during the early stages of the...
Matrix Covid LIMS Provides Fast Start for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories
Autoscribe Informatics has announced the release of a LIMS specifically optimized for Covid testing. The Matrix Covid LIMS is pre-configured for fast deployment into laboratories performing Covid testing. The solution has already been deployed in several clinical diagnostic laboratories...
B Medical Systems’ Vaccine Cold Chain Solutions Support Countries Around the World for the...
To be able to run successful and effective COVID-19 immunisation campaigns, governments and organisations around the world need to ensure that a reliable vaccine cold chain for the safe storage and transport of their vaccines is set up to...
What can Biobanks Learn From the Current Pandemic?
More than a year ago, something happened that most of us could hardly imagine. A virus took the whole world more or less firmly in its grip. Pandemic, previously a word that very few of us knew, has now...
Interview with Dr. Tony Cox OBE, CEO at UK Biocentre
UK Biocentre is a not-for-profit organisation providing world-leading sample management and high-capacity bioprocessing services to biomedical researchers. They provide sample collection, sample logistics, processing, nucleic acidic extraction, sample storage, and shipping management.
UK Biocentre is currently commissioned by the UK...
Complement And Coagulation Disorders Associated With COVID-19
Recent structure based comparisons suggest that coronavirus proteins mimic at least 140 human proteins, including those in the complement and coagulation pathways. The complement cascade leading to cell death and inflammation is part of the innate immune system, and...
Genetics Of Susceptibility To Viral Infection
The severity of infectious diseases vary from person to person partly due to individual genetic factors. This can shape genetics at the population level, for example inherited sickle cell disease can protect against malarial infection, and is therefore advantageous...
COVID-19 Risk In Different Ethnic And Socioeconomic Groups Within UK Biobank
Socioeconomic and ethnic factors may influence the risk of viral infection. For example, both economic circumstances and cultural influences may impact the extent to which people can implement distancing measures, thus modifying their risk. The extent to which this...
Vitamin D Status Did Not Predict COVID-19 Infection Risk In The UK Biobank
A recent meta-analysis of 25 clinical trials located in 15 countries conducted by the UK National Health Service (NHS), Institute for Health Research, indicated that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of acute respiratory infection (ARI) from 42% to...
