Cardiff, UK –– EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics business, announces that EKF Molecular Diagnostics will launch four new PointMan™ DNA enrichment kits at the Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting (AMP 2013), 14-16th November, Phoenix, AZ. The new kits for the Research Use Only market, with planned diagnostic registration in Europe in 2014, offer highly […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Terumo BCT has released updated software for the Quantum system as part of its ongoing goal to aid cell therapy companies and research organizations in current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and compliance with Part 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). KEY FACTS ABOUT QUANTUM SOFTWARE 2.0 •Automates traditional manual reporting […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced SureFISH ALK, ROS1 and RET break-apart translocation probes, expanding its offering of oligonucleotide-based fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) products. Agilent now offers more than 450 FISH probes The majority of FISH probes available on the market use BAC technology. BAC probes target repeat regions, […]

PHOENIX, Arizona; REDWOOD CITY, California; and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has begun enrolling molecular diagnostics laboratories in an Early Access Program to complete the development of a new web-based solution to deliver faster, easier-to-use and high-confidence clinical interpretation and reporting of observed gene variants in […]

PHOENIX — Maverix Biomics Inc., today announced at the Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2013 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona that the company has signed a non-exclusive strategic co-marketing agreement with QIAGEN to streamline the interpretation of raw next-generation sequencing (NGS) data into meaningful and actionable insights. The Maverix Analytic Platform will complement QIAGEN’s sample-to-insight […]

BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has added a High-Precision Chromosomal Copy Number Variation (CNV) Measurement application to its industry-leading RainDrop™ Digital PCR System. The latest application provides researchers with a simple and highly accurate method of detecting low frequency chromosomal CNVs and trisomy events from circulating tumor cells or cell-free […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced it is collaborating with Baylor College of Medicine’s Medical Genetics Laboratories to provide customized CGH (comparative genomics hybridization) microarrays to researchers worldwide. Six new microarray designs unite the power of Baylor’s data-rich expertise in genetics research with Agilent’s microarray manufacturing capabilities to enable advanced […]

Norwalk, CT. – Cerno Bioscience has today announced a new version of its flagship MassWorks software product. More than any previous improvements and enhancements, the new Version 4 adds DirectRead™ data support for three high resolution MS systems: Thermo Orbitrap or FT ICR MS, Agilent TOF, and Waters TOF, while expanding unit mass resolution direct […]

New York — The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), Thomas Jefferson University (Jefferson) and Taconic have collaborated to create, validate and distribute a valuable pre-clinical research tool: a genetically engineered rat with fluorescent dopamine-producing neurons – neurons that are affected in Parkinson’s disease. This unique nonprofit, academic and industry partnership provides easy […]

LANCASTER, Calif. — Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE:WX), China’s largest contract research organization (CRO), has obtained a multiyear license to ADMET Predictor™, Simulations Plus’ flagship structure-to-property prediction software. John DiBella, vice president of marketing and sales […]