AVERILL PARK, NY, February 19, 2010 – Next Advance, Inc., a manufacturer of laboratory instruments for the life sciences, announces the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5, the newest addition to the BULLET BLENDER™ family of homogenizers. Using a patented striking technology, the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5 can simultaneously homogenize 12 samples of up to 1g in size in five minutes or less. Homogenization can be tailored to a wide range of samples, from cell cultures to tough tissue, plant tissue, or whole organisms.
Users simply place cells or tissues, grinding beads, and homogenization buffer in 5 ml tubes, load them into the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5 and then set the duration and speed. Samples remain in separate sealed tubes, without any intrusive probes, so unlike techniques such as sonication and dounce homogenization, cross-contamination is mitigated. Because the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5 can process multiple samples in parallel, results are consistent, reproducible and cost effective.
At a fraction of a price of other high throughput homogenizers on the market, the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5 can process samples just as effectively. Extract protein, DNA/RNA, small molecules and organelles from samples without causing significant heat build up seen in other homogenizer models. The new model includes Air Cooling™ to keep samples cool and prevent heating during homogenization when processing multiple rounds of samples.
More information on the BULLET BLENDER™ BLUE 5 and other Next Advance laboratory instruments are available at www.nextadvance.com.
About Next Advance
Next Advance, Inc. was founded in response to the need for the development of molecular biology laboratory instruments with new or improved capabilities that could be efficiently designed and competitively priced to meet the needs of molecular biologists and biochemists. Additional information can be found at www.nextadvance.com.
