Making a positive impact on the world: Next Advance Bullet Blender homogenizer used in study explaining predominance of COVID variant
Next Advance, a leading provider of top quality, user-friendly, affordable laboratory instruments for the life sciences located in Troy, NY, is helping researchers make a positive impact on the world. Our flagship product, the Bullet Blender® homogenizer, was recently cited in an important new study that showed how a specific variant of COVID-19 can enhance binding of the virus particles to the human cell-surface receptor (ACE2) found on human epithelial cells. Results of the study provide an explanation for the global predominance of the variant that is currently circulating. The study was collaboratively done by scientists from prominent research institutes in the USA, Germany and Switzerland. Read the study in Nature, February 26, 2021 https://rdcu.be/chUfv . For more information about the Bullet Blender and other Next Advance laboratory instruments, please visit www.nextadvance.com or call us at (518) 674-3510.