• VH Bio proud to support local mental health charity
    31st July 2018News

    VH Bio proud to support local mental health charity

    "VH Bio Ltd were looking for a charity to support: a small, local charity that the whole team could connect with, fund raise for and volunteer for.   "Everyone was asked for [...]

  • Simple, reliable and accurate sizing of DMPK expansions up to 200 repeats – all within a single day

    New Asuragen product delivers simpler testing for Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1)

    Testing for myotonic dystrophy has been out of the reach of many labs – until now. The launch of the new AmplideX PCR/CE DMPK Kit from Asuragen, available exclusively through VH Bio [...]

  • LABScreen™ Autoantibody – Expanding the Antibody Detection Repertoire

    LABScreen™ Autoantibody – Expanding the Antibody Detection Repertoire

    Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) has traditionally focused on HLA as the major polymorphic antigen to which alloantibodies can effect a negative outcome, whether it be graft loss in transplantation or an adverse [...]

  • Achieving an international scale for standardising and interpreting molecular response in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia patients

    Achieving an international scale for standardising and interpreting molecular response in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia patients

    Advanced technology from Asuragen enables labs to reliably monitor leukaemia patients’ response to TKI therapy by reporting data on the international scale, ensuring effective CML treatment Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) affects 1.2 [...]

  • The importance of selecting the right DNA polymerase for your PCR application
    5th April 2018Molecular Biology, PCR

    The importance of selecting the right DNA polymerase for your PCR application

    Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used widely in molecular biology applications as a method capable of amplifying a single DNA molecule to generate millions of copies of a specific target [...]

  • Magnetic bead-based methods of Nucleic Acid isolation

    Magnetic bead-based methods of Nucleic Acid isolation

    Nucleic acid extraction is a critical part of molecular biology and is routinely used in many areas of biological and medical science. Its basis – the universal principle of all nucleic extraction [...]

  • VH Bio receives award from One Lambda
    20th February 2018News

    VH Bio receives award from One Lambda

    VH Bio has picked up an award from one of its key supply partners after achieving growth across a range of product lines in 2017.   VH Bio received the award from [...]

  • Special offer: Terasaki trays
    26th January 2018News

    Special offer: Terasaki trays

    Buy 5 packs of 100 terasaki trays and get 1 pack free   Terasaki trays are effective products for cytotoxic assays such as antibody screening and complement-dependent cytotoxic (CDC) crossmatching, in addition [...]

  • Introducing Molecular Biology Technical Sales Specialist, Kirsty
    16th January 2018Meet the VH Bio Team

    Introducing Molecular Biology Technical Sales Specialist, Kirsty

    Kirsty Boden has recently joined VH Bio as a Molecular Biology Technical Sales Specialist covering the South UK territory. She recently completed her PhD in Alzheimer’s research at the University of Nottingham [...]

  • FlowDSA-XM™ – A new addition to the HLA toolbox

    FlowDSA-XM™ – A new addition to the HLA toolbox

    VH Bio's HLA Technical Specialist, Ben Adams, describes the benefits and clinical utility of FLOWDSA-XM™ - a Flow Cytometry based crossmatch assay optimised for the detection of leukocyte antibodies.   Solid organ transplantation has [...]

  • Benefits of using cell lines versus primary cells
    21st December 2017Cell Lines

    Benefits of using cell lines versus primary cells

    The use of cell lines as compared to primarily cells is one that the scientific community often debates due to the many complicated factors that must be taken into account in order [...]

  • True walk-away automated RNA and DNA extraction from FFPE samples
    30th November 2017News

    True walk-away automated RNA and DNA extraction from FFPE samples

    The process of extracting DNA and RNA from samples that have been frozen or preserved in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) can be laborious and time-consuming. It is, however, a process that can made [...]