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Biocare Medical Launches 7 Novel IVD Antibodies for Clinical Diagnostic and Cancer Research Applications with a Focus on Immuno-Oncology

February 13, 2020 – Biocare Medical, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) reagents and instrumentation, announces the launch of seven novel IVD IHC antibody markers for clinical diagnostics and research applications.The most recent launch focuses on several immuno-oncology markers, critical in aiding early-stage cancer drug developments and patient [...]

13
Feb

Blog News & Press

Biocare Medical Announces Launch of a New p16 INK4a IVD Monoclonal Antibody for use in Immunohistochemistry

New p16 INK4a [BC42] monoclonal antibody with exceptional sensitivity and specificity San Francisco, CA, September 3, 2019 – Biocare Medical, LLC, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) instrumentation and reagents, announces the release of a new mouse monoclonal antibody, p16 INK4a, for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in [...]

04
Sep

Blog Cancer Awareness News & Press

Cancer Awareness – Gallbladder Cancer Facts

Approximately 12,000 men and women in the United States are diagnosed with gallbladder cancer annually, leading to an annual estimated 4,000 deaths.1 Gallbladder and other biliary cancers are comparatively rare in the United States, with about 0.7% of new cancer cases classified as gallbladder, contributing approximately 0.6% of cancer deaths [...]

27
Feb

Blog News & Press

Beyond the HIER 30-Slide Barrier

Beyond the HIER 30-Slide Barrier The adoption of heat induced epitope retrieval, or HIER, as a standard enhancement technique for IHC has framed the use of IHC as a valuable tool for the examination of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue for the past few decades.1 The mechanical requirements of [...]

19
Feb

Blog News & Press

BIOCARE MEDICAL UNVEILS THE VALENT® – THE FIRST EVER OPEN, FULLY AUTOMATED IVD STAINING PLATFORM

The VALENT, the Market’s Only Open, Fully Automated IVD Platform that Delivers Industry-Leading Throughput and Quality to Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Research Customers San Francisco, CA, January 24, 2019 – Biocare Medical, LLC, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) instrumentation and reagents, announces the release of the VALENT IVD [...]

24
Jan

Blog Cancer Awareness

Cancer Awareness – Cervical Cancer Facts

Approximately 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, leading to an annual estimated 4,000 deaths.1 Cervical cancers are comparatively rare in the United States, with about 0.8% of new cancer cases classified as cervical, contributing approximately 0.7% of cancer deaths yearly.1 Worldwide, cervical cancer is [...]

15
Jan

Blog

Heat-Induced Epitope Retrieval

Formalin has been used since 1893 as the standard fixative for tissue processing in histopathology.1 Due to formalin’s superior preservation of morphological detail, criteria for pathological diagnoses have been established through the observation of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Although many other fixatives exist, none [...]

30
Dec

Blog Cancer Awareness

Cancer Awareness – Early Detection and Tumors of Unknown Origin

Biocare Medical takes great pride in our promise of “Fighting Cancer, One Slide at a Time.” Our focus in the fight against cancer is realized through our high-quality immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) reagents and instrumentation. Specifically, our sensitive and specific antibodies, molecular probes, and detection chemistries support [...]

19
Dec

Events

Biocare Medical Excellence in Patient Care Award at NSH 2018

Utah Gastroenterology is the 2018 recipient of the Biocare Medical Excellence in Patient Care Award. The Utah Gastroenterology Histology Lab is a relatively new, small, private practice histology lab in Salt Lake City. The lab was nominated by the group of pathologists that provide diagnosis for the biopsies taken at [...]

09
Oct

Tech Talks

Multiplex IHC – Tech Talk
July 27, 2018

Early on, Biocare recognized the market need for evaluating morphologically distinct markers to aid in solving complex clinical problems and simplifying interpretation, all while conserving precious patient tissue. The most glaring clinical need was determined to be the ability to differentiate between prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) and carcinoma of the [...]