ST. LOUIS, — Effective January 1, 2013, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) will align its organization into three market-focused business units that are defined by the customers and markets they serve. This new organization will enable Sigma-Aldrich to better address the needs of its global customers and to further drive global sales growth. Frank Wicks will […]

Ipswich, MA – New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) launched their new NEBNext® “Ultra” kits at the recent American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting. These kits provide streamlined, low-input methods to prepare DNA and RNA libraries for Illumina® next generation sequencing. The supplied protocols and reagents are designed to maximize useful data from a […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., — MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in soil, stool and microbial nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerFecal™ DNA Isolation Kit. The kit is optimized for isolation of high quality DNA from stool, gut material and biosolids, and provides high quality DNA for use in characterizing the human microbiome. The […]

MADISON, Wis.–Promega Corporation celebrates the opening of a new facility for its China operations. The new site for Shanghai Promega Biological Products, Ltd. both replaces an existing molecular biology reagent production site and it provides additional research, development and cGMP manufacturing capabilities for molecular diagnostics products for the Chinese market. Since its purchase in June […]

ALAMEDA, Calif.— BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) and its subsidiary LifeMap Sciences have announced the launch of LifeMap BioReagents™ (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com/), a new portal offering researchers access to BioTime’s research product lines including PureStem™ human progenitor cell lines, PureStem™ packages, clinical and research grade human embryonic stem cell lines (hES), HyStem® hydrogels, culture media, and cell […]

Zurich, – An innovative new test is now available to detect TSE (scrapie and mad cow disease) in sheep and goats. With the Prionics®-Check PrioSTRIP SR, Prionics brings to the market the first test to achieve high diagnostic sensitivity on preclinical TSE cases. The test was approved today by the European Commission for use in […]

DNA2.0, the leading bioengineering solutions provider, today announced a collaboration with the Gene Therapy Program at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, to evaluate the impact of gene optimization on in vivo protein expression. DNA2.0’s patented GeneGPS™ technology will be utilized to optimize in vivo protein expression. The research partnership will primarily support […]

CARSON CITY, Nev.,– Millions of laboratory tests and biological assays are conducted every year to explore cellular processes. Quantum Materials Corporation has now developed tetrapod quantum dots, improved fluorescent markers that can more effectively gain knowledge of how body systems function and chronic conditions and diseases such as cancer metabolize and impact health and longevity. […]

Hubbard, OH — NanoLogix (OTC Markets: NNLX) is the subject of a featured news article released last week by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The article covers the progress of an ongoing Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) in place between the EPA and NanoLogix. The objective of the CRADA is to develop a comprehensive […]

ROCKFORD, Ill.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Winter/Spring semester application deadline for its Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship program, which provides educational opportunities and $80,000 in scholarships annually to the future generation of scientists. Winter/Spring semester applications are being accepted through December 14, 2012. Applications and scholarship award […]