At the end of last month, GE Healthcare signed an agreement to acquire Applied Imaging, a maker of cell imaging products, for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, GE Healthcare is expected to enter the rapidly growing field of cell imaging.
Applied Precision, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, develops and manufactures high-resolution and ultra-high-resolution microscope instruments that enable researchers to study cellular processes on a scale that other types of microscopes cannot.
The resolution of a typical microscope allows researchers to observe objects 200 nm and above. Therefore, for the size of insulin around 10nm, the general microscope can not see. However, with an ultra-high resolution microscope, researchers can see it. The resolution of the electron microscope is similar to that of an ultra-high resolution microscope, but they cannot observe cells in vivo while the latter can do it.
Amr Abid, general manager of cell technology at GE Healthcare, revealed to foreign media that by studying cell function at this level, researchers can have a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of dysfunctional cells. He cited examples such as the use of ultra-high resolution microscopy to study how the HIV virus penetrates cells, which provides information for the development of new drugs.
For centuries, scientists have used optical microscopes to observe structures that are invisible to the naked eye. At present, optical microscopy has become one of the laboratory's must-have experimental instruments, but with the deepening of research, the resolution of optical microscopes It has been impossible to meet the requirements of scientists. In 2008, Nature magazine named ultra-high resolution microscopy technology as the annual technology.
Abid estimated that the entire microscope market is now worth between 2 billion and 3 billion US dollars. Among them, ultra-high resolution microscopes account for about 20%. AppliedPrecision and Leica are the industry leaders in hardware, with their respective market share of approximately 30%-35%.
GE currently does not provide ultra-high resolution microscopes and has not developed them. AppliedPrecision's products complement the GE Cell Analysis product line. GE is also exploring ways to bundle its existing cell research technology with Applied Precision's instruments.
At present, GE's flagship product in cell imaging is the INCell platform that was launched in 2009. The INCellAnalyzer platform provides a comprehensive set of powerful tools for quantitative and in-depth analysis and visualization from automated image acquisition to data to assist the entire high-content analysis process. Not long ago, GE introduced the latest version of the analytical platform - INCell6000.
Applied Precision, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, develops and manufactures high-resolution and ultra-high-resolution microscope instruments that enable researchers to study cellular processes on a scale that other types of microscopes cannot.
The resolution of a typical microscope allows researchers to observe objects 200 nm and above. Therefore, for the size of insulin around 10nm, the general microscope can not see. However, with an ultra-high resolution microscope, researchers can see it. The resolution of the electron microscope is similar to that of an ultra-high resolution microscope, but they cannot observe cells in vivo while the latter can do it.
Amr Abid, general manager of cell technology at GE Healthcare, revealed to foreign media that by studying cell function at this level, researchers can have a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of dysfunctional cells. He cited examples such as the use of ultra-high resolution microscopy to study how the HIV virus penetrates cells, which provides information for the development of new drugs.
For centuries, scientists have used optical microscopes to observe structures that are invisible to the naked eye. At present, optical microscopy has become one of the laboratory's must-have experimental instruments, but with the deepening of research, the resolution of optical microscopes It has been impossible to meet the requirements of scientists. In 2008, Nature magazine named ultra-high resolution microscopy technology as the annual technology.
Abid estimated that the entire microscope market is now worth between 2 billion and 3 billion US dollars. Among them, ultra-high resolution microscopes account for about 20%. AppliedPrecision and Leica are the industry leaders in hardware, with their respective market share of approximately 30%-35%.
GE currently does not provide ultra-high resolution microscopes and has not developed them. AppliedPrecision's products complement the GE Cell Analysis product line. GE is also exploring ways to bundle its existing cell research technology with Applied Precision's instruments.
At present, GE's flagship product in cell imaging is the INCell platform that was launched in 2009. The INCellAnalyzer platform provides a comprehensive set of powerful tools for quantitative and in-depth analysis and visualization from automated image acquisition to data to assist the entire high-content analysis process. Not long ago, GE introduced the latest version of the analytical platform - INCell6000.
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