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When you really need nine inches

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 8 Jul 2003

Among products particularly suited to laboratory tissue culture techniques are the big Nine Inch an…

Easier haematology analyser control

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 11 Mar 2003

While eliminating the need to run separate controls, the product also contains assay values for aut…

Still using patients as controls?

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 11 Mar 2003

The introduction of the IVD directive and the ethical question of using patients as controls emphas…

Mixing studies - frozen plasmas

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 27 Feb 2003

Normal pooled plasma designed for use in mixing studies offers a reagent which more closely mimics …

Assessing competency within the blood bank

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 26 Feb 2003

The principles of GLP are particularly important in high risk activities like blood transfusion, ma…

Flow cytometry for FetoMaternal haemorrhage

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 25 Feb 2003

Kit offers solution to the issue of quantification of bleeds in patients with FetoMaternal haemorrh…

Latest development in IFA automation

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 24 Feb 2003

Autoimmune disease system is designed to provide total flexibility with a capacity for up to 16 IFA…

Liquid stable enzyme

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 24 Feb 2003

Angiotensin converting enzyme offers working stability over 12 months for maxmum convenience and re…

Rapid quantitative measurement of D-dimer

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 16 Dec 2002

A complete, compact system including instrument and dedicated reagents for the rapid quantitative m…

Software for platelet aggregation profiler

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 11 Dec 2002

Provides users with a means of archiving test assays and standard curves on a PC, and the ability t…

Improved antigen staining of preserved samples

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 15 Nov 2002

Reagent designed to preserve white blood cells in samples prior to immunophenotyping, has been impr…

New controls for blood glucose testing

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 9 Oct 2002

All the attributes of a whole blood control without the blood and related safety issues is the clai…

Colorimetric lithium

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 12 Sep 2002

Claimed to be the first fully automated, colorimetric assay for the direct quantitative determinati…

Enzymatic endpoint assay

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 11 Sep 2002

Assay for quantitative determination of free fatty acids (non-esterified fatty acids) in serum or p…

Frozen plasma for improved control in haemostasis

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 30 Aug 2002

Extensive range of snap-frozen rather than lyophilised plasmas reflect a closer representation of t…

Advanced liposome-based reagent

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 29 Aug 2002

This liposome immunoassay provides good correlation to Mayer's method and is available in two of ki…

Low false positive occult blood testing

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 15 Aug 2002

In-vitro slide method for the non-offensive, convenient and reliable detection of faecal occult blo…

Non-invasive indicator of DVT, PE and DIC

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 12 Aug 2002

D-Dimer is now a well-established, non-invasive indicator of thrombotic events such as DVT, PE and …

New pipette tip racking system

Alpha Laboratories | Added: 13 Sep 2001

Alpha Laboratories has launched the EasyStak pipette tip racking system, designed for the user that…