BMG Labtech: FLUOStar Omega an important PARP tool

BMG Labtech has said that its FLUOstar Omega has proven to be an important tool in the screening of Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors.

In a post on its official website, the company explains that the multi-detection microplate reader has the capacity to perform the complex assays required for the evaluation of PARP inhibitors.

BMG Labtech states: "The capability of the FLUOstar Omega to read numerous detection modes – including fluorescence, luminescence and absorbance – facilitates simple and rapid measurement of all aspects of PARP inhibitor evaluation using a single machine."

The firm notes that PARP inhibitors have been pushed to the cutting edge of many areas of cancer research due to research that has shown them to potentiate the cytotoxcity of anti-cancer drugs.

As such, they are "extremely interesting" target compounds for research into cancer, the company concludes.

The FLUOstar Omega features black and clear 96 well plates from Fisher and a bicinchoninic acid protein detection kit from Sigma-Aldrich.