Hudson, New York and Hyderabad, India, – Taconic, a leading provider of life sciences solutions, and Vivo Bio Tech Ltd., a full-service contract research organization, announced they have entered into an agreement under which Vivo Bio Tech will gain rights to breed and distribute select Taconic mouse and rat models in India. Through this arrangement, […]

The Promega PowerPlex® Y23 System is now approved for use in laboratories that generate DNA records for the National DNA Index System (NDIS). NDIS is the US national database containing over ten million offender profiles used to help authorities in solving criminal investigations nationwide. Launched in July 2012, the PowerPlex Y23 System is a rapid […]

The NEXTflex™ 16S V4 Amplicon-Seq Kit has been developed to simplify bacterial metagenomics studies using Illumina® HiSeq and MiSeq platforms. This kit allows users to go from sample to sequence in two hours, making it the fastest library prep kit available. Using specialized NEXTflex primers that target the V4 region of the 16S subunit, a […]

New York, NY and Toronto, Ontario, — Axela Inc. announced it has appointed AmeriTech Advisors healthcare investment banking team to respond to recent strategic interest from life science industry companies. This involves licensing or sale of rights to certain of the company’s recently developed multiplex tests and proprietary platform technologies. Over the last 2 years […]

Worthington Biochemical’s NEW 2013-14 Catalog & Product Guide features enzymes, biochemicals and primary cell isolation kits for applications in Life Science Research, Diagnostics & Biotechnology. New and existing products are included for applications in Primary Cell Isolation & Cell Culture, Protein Sequencing, Enzymology & Molecular Biology. New products include Animal Origin Free (AOF) STEMzyme™ Collagenase/Neutral […]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND, : Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of oligonucleotide reagents and precursors, has announced Zirench Technology Co. Ltd as distributor in China, the first Asian distributor for its comprehensive range of products. Located in Dalian City, Zirench Technology will represent Link Technologies in China, expanding their reach across the country and providing invaluable […]

Madison, WI, USA and Penzberg, Germany — Roche announced today the global launch and availability of a new comprehensive suite of SeqCap EZ Reagent kits for application in single or multiplex target enrichment experiments prior to DNA Sequencing. Designed to maximize customer convenience and streamline the DNA preparation workflow, the new kits provide customers with […]

NOKOMIS, Fla.– New research indicates that 3-D cell culturing technology developed by Rainbow Coral Corp. (OTCBB: RBCC) partner Nano 3D BioSciences (n3D) could make toxicity tests for airborne chemicals faster and more effective than ever before. In collaboration with scientists at Rice University, Dr. Glauco Souza of n3D led a research study that demonstrates the […]

Huntsville, AL – transOMIC technologies announced today that it has partnered with Clontech (a Takara Bio company) to launch the MGC premier™ Tagged ORF collections for gene and protein analysis. Over 40,000 human, mouse and rat genes are represented in these new genome-scale ORF collections, making transOMIC technologies the largest provider of gene content for […]

BOYERTOWN, PA. – Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on antibodies and antibody-based tools for basic research, assay development, and preclinical studies, today announced the release of Host Cell Protein (HCP) antibodies that detect high, medium and low molecular weight proteins. Host Cell Proteins are process-related impurities derived from a host cell expression system […]