Westbury Diagnostics, Inc is proud to announce that the Practical Handbook of Microbiology, Second Edition was released on August 29, 2008. The book contains 47 chapters, and was written to provide basic knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms, in a clear and concise form. Although of use to anyone interested in the subject matter, the book was intended to especially benefit two emerging groups of microbiologists: people trained as microbiologists that are highly specialized in working with one specific area of microbiology; and people that have been trained in other disciplines, and use microorganisms as simply another tool or “chemical reagent.
The Practical Handbook was published by CRC Press, who are renowned for their nearly 100 years of publishing books in life science, medicine, pharmaceutical science, food science, environmental science, forensic science, engineering, business, technology, mathematics, and statistics.
Dr. Lorrence H. Green, President Westbury Diagnostics, co-edited the book and also personally authored three of the chapters.
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A major pharmaceutical company was developing a new therapeutic agent. As with most new drugs, tens of thousands of compounds had been synthesized and screened. Most of these compounds were found to have little activity for their intended use. The company did not however want to dispose of them, and so they were stored. An R&D director at the company believed that while these compounds might not be active for their intended use, that they might have antimicrobial activity. Westbury was contacted and developed a rapid protocol to quickly and effectively screen compounds for antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microorganisms. Several of the hundreds of compounds tested by us did in fact have antimicrobial activity and this was reported back to the company. |
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Practical Handbook of Microbiology, Second Edition
by Emanuel Goldman (Editor), Lorrence H. Green (Editor)
Providing basic knowledge and practical information in a clear and concise single volume, the second edition of the bestselling Practical Handbook of Microbiology provides in-depth chapters on all aspects of the field, from classical microbiology to genomics. Reflecting the recent, sweeping changes in the field, yet retaining the popular format of the original, this second edition includes many chapter rewrites and more than 20 new or expanded chapters. Various brief taxonomy chapters from the first edition are now complete chapters with descriptions of genus and species, and several tables have been updated and revised along with the addition of a new survey table of selected eubacteria.
R&D gun for hire
Long Island Business News
July 19, 2002
Lorrence Green is known for inventing Long Island’s first biotechnology product, a test kit for measuring streptococcus antibodies. Since 1981, Dr. Green has developed over 40 tests currently used by clinics and hospitals to detect microbes. In March 1999, Green moved Westbury into the Long Island Forum for Technology’s incubator at SUNY Farmingdale and has been there ever since. His invaluable experience in the microbiology sector of diagnostics has led him to commercialize and patent multiple biotech products. In addition, Westbury Diagnostics has a proven track record of outsourcing clinical trials and succesful FDA submissions.
LI drug firm set to brush up on sales
Long Island Business News
December 1, 2000
Frontier Pharmaceuticals hires Westbury Diagnostics to test DioxiBrite - a plaque and bacteria killing toothpaste. The active compound was screened against strep, staph, E. Coli, and yeast. Most toothpastes work by physically removing plaque, the sticky substance on teeth, made up of bits of food, in which the bacteria live. Frontier’s brand, DioxiBrite, actually kills them. Only Colgate-Palmolive has a similar product, Colgate Total, using the antibiotic Tryclosan. “We are better on plaque and just as good on gingivitis,” Frontier says. The findings were reported at the Annual Society for Microbiology.
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