Vitl Life Science Solutions Blog

Browse our blog to stay up-to-date on the latest news from Vitl Life Science Solutions, including product launches, exhibitions, company developments and useful resources on how to use and maintain your laboratory equipment.

Potential Causes of Lab Inconsistency

There are two main reasons your results may not be consistent: error and uncontrolled conditions. Once you learn about these and how to plan for them, most of the time, this type of frustration can be avoided, and your experimental results will be more similar than not.

Meet Melanie, Vitl’s New Sales Representative

We are thrilled to introduce the newest member of our team, Melanie Lombardi, the new Sales Representative for the ITL Group.

Using CRISPR Technology for Accurate Sample Preparation and Transfection

There are many dimensions to the CRISPR technique and these should be carefully considered and executed in order to obtain the required results. But sometimes adoption can precede understanding, as with the case with many other innovative technologies.

My Time at ITL Virginia - Paige

Paige Moynihan, a rising junior at the University of Richmond Robin’s School of Business, has spent the last 3 months as a Business Development and Marketing intern at our facility in Richmond, Virginia.

Hydrogels – Taking the Fight to Cancer

Cancer is the number one cause of premature death in the UK. A recent study conducted by Ahmad et al. (2015) found that over half of people who are currently adults under the age of 65 years will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Improving PCR performance through smart temperature control

One of the most widely used techniques in molecular biology is polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method used to amplify small sections of DNA or RNA in a sample by adding primers, nucleotides, DNA polymerase and other reagents.