WASHINGTON –– Speaking at the U.S. News & World Report Hospital of Tomorrow forum Tuesday, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Amy Caro, vice president of health IT programs, said advances in genomics and more widespread use of molecular data will enhance healthcare and improve health outcomes but ensuring the security of personal data is key to […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Safer and more effective anticancer drugs may soon be developed thanks to a Small Business Innovation Research contract recently awarded to HemoShear by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). HemoShear, LLC, is the pharmaceutical industry’s leading developer of the most advanced human biology systems for […]

LONDON, UK — Leading sample management software provider, Titian Software, is pleased to announce that it is a founding sponsor of ELRIGfr for the French speaking community, a new division of the special interest group for laboratory automation and robotics. ELRIG has had great success across Europe, particularly the UK, building a strong scientific network […]

VANCOUVER – STEMCELL Technologies announced today that the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) will provide up to $1.5 million in financial support for the development of cell isolation technology that will further basic and translational HIV research as well as broader research in infectious disease. Despite significant progress in understanding […]

SAN DIEGO — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite consisting of Accelrys BioRails DM 4.5, Accelrys BioRails PTO 4.5 and Accelrys Morphit 3.0. The Accelrys BioRails assay data management and project tracking/optimization applications […]

Harvard Apparatus has recently teamed up with FISO Technologies, Inc to introduce a new option for life science researchers with their fiber optic pressure sensing systems: FISO-LS. FISO Technologies, Inc. has long been known for their clinical and industrial lines of fiber optic pressure sensors and has perfected the miniaturization of their clinical catheter line, […]

ChemEssen has released MOLinstincts, a database that contains property data and molecular information of chemical compounds for industrial applications. This tool will prove useful for many science and engineering professionals, and has undergone more than three years of a quality assurance and accuracy verification process to ensure that it is meeting the highest standard of […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. — ViGene Biosciences, Inc., a leading provider of viral gene-delivery systems, today announces the launch of its world’s largest collection of premade human full-length cDNA ORF and miRNA adenoviruses. The collection features over 1,240 pre-packaged human miRNA precursor adenoviruses and 6,000 pre-packaged human full-length cDNA adenoviruses. Its introduction will significantly boost high throughput […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX), an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenge of drug resistant organisms and hospital acquired infections, announced today that Mark C. Miller has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Miller currently serves as Executive Chairman and director of Stericycle (NASDAQ: […]

Random mutagenesis is a powerful tool for life science research. AquaMutant can chemically modify nucleobases in vitro and in vivo. By treating biological samples, such as DNA, bacteria, and eukaryotic cells researchers can create mutant libraries. Random mutagenesis is widely used for analyzing wild-type protein function and creating proteins with new or improved functions (e.g., […]