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Team AstraZeneca or Team Biontech Pfizer? On social media, many happily vaccinated people are showing off their vaccination status and proudly displaying the vaccine they received. And the pictures are representative of the debate about whether mRNA or vector vaccines are better.

A disease is considered rare if it affects no more than 5 in 10,000 inhabitants. That doesn't sound like much. But a total of about 8,000 rare diseases are known worldwide.

With the first Immunis Sponsorship for Young Science, or Immunis for short, SZABO-SCANDIC and the Next Generation Immunologists NGI, as the young scientists' organization of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology ÖGAI is called, want to support young scientists.

Our supplier Elabscience has been named CiteAb Antibody Supplier to Watch in 2021. This is an exciting award for Elabscience with the largest percentage increase in citations for antibodies.

With the ongoing vaccination programmes, the level of immunisation becomes of vital significance. The detection of both SARS-CoV-2 IgG and neutralizing antibodies are the methods of choice for the screening of patients after the vaccination.

Importing different products from the UK to Austria has become very difficult for many people since the Brexit, especially if the structures for a smooth process in the company are missing. We at Szabo-Scandic were well prepared, therefore the import of goods from the UK works without any problems.

Microwell plate readers are considered to be indispensable in every laboratory. This owes to the fact that they have the capability – depending on the device – to measure signals from chemical and biological reactions of laboratory samples. To ensure that they are not only measuring hot air, but perform according to high standards, a regular validation is necessary. One of the techniques for this purpose is specifically highly regarded by our customer service.

SARS-CoV-2 mutations occurring around the globe add another complexity and challenge to reliable and fast detection of SARS-CoV-2! We offer two new RT-PCR kits for the most common SARS-CoV-2 mutations B.1.1.7 (UK) and B.1.351 (ZA) + B.1.128 P.1 (BRA).

The Revogene® instrument is intended for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in performing nucleic acid testing of specific IVD assays in clinical laboratories. The revogene is capable of automated lysis and dilution of samples originating from various clinical specimen types. Revogene® performs automated amplification and detection of target nucleic acid sequences by fluorescence based real time PCR.

Cytation™ C10 Confocal Imaging Reader from BioTek combines automated digital confocal and widefield microscopy with conventional multi-mode microplate reading in a unique, patented design.