polymer

  • Accelerating Purification

    Porvair has created a purified, porous polyethylene material. Using ActiVyon technologies, the company has chemically modified and activated the polymer to create a series of materials used in the production of a range of BioVyon protein purification…

    polymer | 02 February 2009

  • Fitting "Backpacks" to Cells

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have outfitted cells with tiny “backpacks” that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering. The polymer backpacks allo…

    polymer | 09 December 2008

  • Developing new test for rapid detection of influenza

    The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the development of a new test for influenza, which received 510(k) clearance today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA…

    polymer | 01 October 2008

  • New Polymeric Solid Phase Extraction Sorbents For Viscous Samples

    Phenomenex has released strata -XL and strata-XL-C, two large particle 100 µm polymeric sorbents that offer following: 100 µm particles allows efficient processing of viscous samples under slight vacuum conditions and the processing of human bi…

    polymer | 15 June 2007