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 <title>The Microplate Market Past, Present and Future</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Microplates and the peripheral markets of liquid handling and detection technologies exist within almost all laboratories performing assays. This article discusses what, if any, are their growth expectations and whether there are new technologies on the horizon that could make the microplate obsolete.]]></description>
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 <title>Letting the Target Determine your Compound Acquisition Strategy</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With compound libraries likely to remain the cornerstone of hit and lead discovery for the foreseeable future, this paper seeks to summarise current and future approaches to optimal library design and compound acquisition, using examples and experimental evidence of the success, limitations and weaknesses of target-led approaches in comparison with diversity-screening alternatives.]]></description>
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 <title>Monochromator vs Filter-based Plate Readers; horses for courses, or a winning combination?</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This article is based around feedback obtained in HTStec’s recent Multi-Mode Microplate Reader Trends 2007 Report.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/261855/qpcr_assays_end_user_practices_and_latest_vendor_offerings.html</link>
 <title>qPCR Assays; end user practices and latest vendor offerings</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This review provides an insight into real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays today.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/261930/of_mice_and_men.html</link>
 <title>Of Mice and Men</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The effort to develop drugs that interact with the human immune system (whether by accident or design) has been dogged by a mismatch between the data derived from animal models (mice in particular) and that found in man.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/236307/emerging_realtime_pcr_applications.html</link>
 <title>Emerging Real-time PCR applications</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Since its introduction on the commercial market little more than 10 years ago, real-time PCR has become the main technical platform for nucleic acid<br/>detection in research and development, as well as in routine diagnostics. ]]></description>
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 <title>21st century VACCINES a Development Renaissance</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Human beings have benefited from vaccines for more than two centuries. From eradicating some of the deadliest diseases to nearly eliminating a host of others, including polio, measles, mumps and tetanus – vaccines are one of the world’s greatest lifesavers.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/262156/trends_in_the_microrna_marketplace.html</link>
 <title>Trends in the microRNA Marketplace</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In this article, a recent market analysis is discussed aimed at understanding the market landscape, trends and opportunity in the rapidly-expanding microRNA marketplace. These market analyses are presented in detail in a recently published MicroRNA 2008 market report.]]></description>
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 <title>Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Human genetics is the foundation of disease as well as the response to pharmaceutical agents. Today, promising drugs are abandoned due to the lack of significant efficacy in broad patient populations. Recently, blockbuster drugs have been removed from the market due to unexplained toxicity not revealed in clinical trials. ]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/264871/a_focus_on_molecular_imaging.html</link>
 <title>A Focus on Molecular Imaging</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[By combining cutting-edge biomedical research with the time-proven ability to visualise the unseen, the rapidly emerging field of molecular imaging promises to open new vistas for a wide range of individuals, from basic researchers to scientists working in drug discovery and development and to physicians in medical practice.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/264907/the_importance_of_liquid_handling_quality_assurance_through_the_drug_discovery_process.html</link>
 <title>The importance of liquid handling quality assurance through the drug discovery process</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The tug-of-war between quality and productivity is an issue facing all drug discovery companies, competing in a fierce race to bring breakthrough drugs to market before the competition.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/312933/novartis_vaccines_leading_through_innovation_and_technology.html</link>
 <title>NOVARTIS VACCINES leading through innovation and technology</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Every year, vaccines save millions of lives by preventing major human diseases, protecting individuals and those close to them, and offering widespread public defence against disease.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/312841/compound_storage_evolution_unlocking_the_right_combination.html</link>
 <title>Compound storage evolution: unlocking the right combination</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Delivering the correct compound, at the right concentration, to the correct place, at the expected time across different facilities, should be the aim of all liquid sample management teams. This article discusses how the team at Wyeth, went about streamlining and automating their compound management process.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/310498/microplate_mixing.html</link>
 <title>Microplate Mixing</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Despite general awareness of the significance of microplate mixing, it is still a relatively low priority in most laboratories. ]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/310370/generation_ii_dna_sequencing_technologies.html</link>
 <title>Generation II DNA Sequencing Technologies</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Generation II DNA sequencing has been widely heralded as a disruptive technology, generating tens of millions of random short sequences at efficiencies up to 20,000-fold greater than Generation I (Sanger) sequencing.]]></description>
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 <link>http://ddw.net-genie.co.uk/enabling_technologies/302985/livening_up_hcs_imaging.html</link>
 <title>Livening up HCS Imaging</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With the aid of recent end-user feedback, this article investigates interest in and use of live cell and kinetic HCS imaging; most wanted application areas.]]></description>
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