CE-Marked Testing of Human Papillomavirus, Chlamydia and N. gonorrhoeae – New cobas(R) 4800 System designed to increase laboratory efficiency and medical value PLEASANTON, Calif. — Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of a new clinical laboratory system designed to increase laboratory testing efficiency and to accommodate current and […]

Critical Step Toward Commercialization of Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer Achieved by Arrayit Diagnostics – Signs License Agreement with Wayne State University For Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers HOUSTON — Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrayit Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ARYC – News), today announced that it has signed an exclusive […]

To Develop Real-Time Imaging Agents for Prostate and Ovarian Cancer Surgery Lincoln, Nebraska/Portola Valley, California: LI-COR Biosciences and Spectros Corporation announce a non-exclusive licensing and supply agreement to couple LI-COR Biosciences’ IRDye® 800CW to Spectros’ proprietary targeted biomarkers, and to develop the targeted fluorescent contrast agents for the real-time imaging and treatment of prostate and […]

High sensitivity research-use kit for broad detection of mutations predictive of response to recently developed therapies OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC BB: TBIO.OB) announced today the launch of its SURVEYOR Scan K-RAS kit, the first in a family of mutation detection kits the company plans to offer featuring its proprietary SURVEYOR Nuclease and WAVE® […]

Facility makes it easier for west-coast lab personnel to get hands-on experience with analyzers INDIANAPOLIS — Roche Diagnostics announced today the opening of a new west-coast customer training center in Pleasanton, California, as part of an initiative to make state-of-the-art training on diagnostic equipment more accessible to hospitals and independent laboratories on the west and […]

SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM – News), today announced that Dr. Yves Ville has joined the company’s Clinical Advisory Board. Dr. Ville is a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist and currently serves as professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and fetal medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital at the Paris Descartes University. (Logo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040415/SQNMLOGO) “I am […]

Collaboartion to Develop Microchip Diagnostics Based on Engineered Peptides Partnership Represents the First Step in Realizing Potential Diagnostic Applications for C3-Jian Engineered Peptides, Acting as an Antibody Replacement, on the Matrix Sensors Platform PLEASANTON, CA– C3-Jian, Inc. and Matrix Sensors, Inc. have announced a collaboration in which engineered peptides from C3-Jian will be used on […]

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. — PRNewswire-FirstCall — Abbott’s Ibis technology for detecting and characterizing a vast array of microorganisms has been named one of the top innovations in 2009 by The Scientist magazine. A panel of expert judges evaluated a broad range of life science technologies to determine the year’s top innovations, with the winners unveiled […]

AclarusDx™ Alzheimer’s test now available as a Research Use Only product Strong need for accurate patient characterization in Alzheimer clinical trials Clinical guidance from a world-class Alzheimer Scientific Advisory Board PARIS–Regulatory News: ExonHit Therapeutics (Paris:ALEHT) is pleased to announce that AclarusDx™ Alzheimer’s test (formerly known as EHT Dx21), its blood-based test for the detection of […]

PENZBERG, Germany–The Roche assay for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus detects RNA from the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A virus and provides a rapid means of identification of patients infected with this virus. In order to ensure continued specificity and sensitivity of the Roche’s Influenza A/H1N1 assay, Roche performs sequence comparisons with all available 2009 H1N1 […]