CAMBRIDGE, MA —– Knome Inc., the human genome interpretation company, today announced that its Services division will now provide its clients with advanced HLA typing capabilities as part of its whole genome and exome interpretation offerings. These capabilities will be powered by Omixon’s Targeted HLA Typing technologies. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. […]

Omaha, Neb. and Houston, Tex. – Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) and ApoCell, Inc. today announced the results of a research collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that coupled ApoCell’s ApoStream™ platform for isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with Transgenomic’s ICE COLD-PCR technology to detect signature mutations in CTCs isolated from the […]

SEATTLE and CHICAGO — NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced new results from the combined data analysis of the Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group 8 (ABCSG-8) and Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) studies. The results indicated that […]

PRINCETON, NJ, – GE Healthcare today announced at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology its plans for the commercialization of MultiOmyx™, a ground-breaking new pathology platform, using proprietary methodology to analyze multiple proteins at a single-cell level. Traditional pathology uses multiple slices from paraffin-fixed tumor samples and examines them slide […]

HILDEN, Germany, and MARSEILLE, France, – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced two agreements adding promising new biomarkers involving glioblastoma, lymphoma and other cancers to QIAGEN’s expanding portfolio of potential companion diagnostics that is being developed to help doctors use a patient’s genomic information to guide treatment decisions. In the glioblastoma […]

SAN DIEGO and ST OUEN L’AUMONE, France, — Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that it, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM), has entered into technology licensing and marketing agreements with Laboratoire Cerba in France for noninvasive prenatal aneuploidy […]

Austin, Texas – Asuragen Inc., a leading molecular diagnostic company, announced today the launch of its SuraSeq™ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Service in its CAP accredited CLIA Laboratory. The SuraSeq™ 500 Clinical Cancer Panel was designed in response to guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and will be the first of several targeted […]

BUFFALO, N.Y., — Empire Genomics, LLC has been awarded a Phase I SBIR Grant by the National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute to develop a genomic companion diagnostic test for multiple myeloma (MM). This is the first SBIR grant Empire Genomics has been awarded and it will be funded through October 2013. The Company plans […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative genetics research and biomarker solutions to advance molecular medicine, has furthered its commitment to fighting cancer with the launch of a new solid tumour profiling next-generation sequencing service to advance vital research into personalised cancer care. OGT is the first commercial facility in the UK to offer this […]

Jena (Germany), – Analytik Jena AG has received a large order through its Leipzig-based subsidiary AJ Roboscreen GmbH requiring the delivery of systems for the preparation of samples and the detection of various viruses to eleven clinical laboratories in Pakistan. AJ Roboscreen GmbH secured the invitation to tender through a regional sales partner and prevailed […]