Ipswich, MA – New England Biolabs (NEB) announces the release of the NEBNext® Microbiome DNA Enrichment Kit, which uses a novel method to separate microbial DNA from host DNA, thereby reducing the high cost of sequencing microbiome DNA to a more practical level. Microbiome samples are commonly dominated by host DNA (up to 99%). This […]

NEWTON, Mass.—PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, is introducing the newest version of Lead Discovery for the TIBCO Spotfire® software platform at the Company’s Revolutionaries for Global Health Summit. The new functionality of Lead Discovery 5.1 combined with the TIBCO Spotfire® software’s advanced data […]

Omaha, Neb.- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 and provided a business update. First Quarter Financial Results Net sales for the first quarter of 2013 increased by $0.2 million, or 2%, to $7.4 million compared to $7.2 million for the same period in 2012. The […]

IRVINE, Calif., — GeneTex, Inc., a leading manufacturer of antibodies and antibody-related reagents, is introducing a new mouse monoclonal antibody to the human Ten-Eleven Translocation 1 (TET1) protein. The discovery in 2009 (Tahiliani et al, 2009) that this enzyme can convert the DNA methylation mark 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) helped to usher in a […]

Matsudo, Japan,- Precision System Science, Co., Ltd. (PSS) has received a termination letter from Roche regarding the agreement that was concluded in December, 2012 to develop and manufacture a fully automated emulsion PCR instrument for next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. PSS understands this action taken by Roche is in line with the announced reorganization related to […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that it has appointed Warren C. Kocmond to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Operations, effective May 6, 2013. Mr. Kocmond joins Cepheid from Lam Research Corporation, where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Operations, responsible for globally dispersed operations including a multi-billion […]

Austin, TX — Bioo Scientific introduces the NEXTflex™ qRNA-Seq™ Kit for high precision gene expression analysis by RNA-Seq. Developed in conjunction with Cellular Research Inc., this new kit efficiently generates libraries equivalent to conventional RNA-Seq libraries, but with the added feature of Molecular Indexing™ technology. Similar to conventional RNA-Seq, sample RNA is converted to cDNA […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) and subsidiary, LifeMap Sciences, today announced the release of the enhanced LifeMap BioReagents™ portal (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com/) featuring an improved user interface, product descriptions, and customer support options, as well as the addition of new PureStem™ progenitor cells to the site. These novel progenitors provide new and unique tools […]

SAN DIEGO, — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, announced today that Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has signed a three-year contract with Accelrys, extending the companies’ long-standing strategic partnership. The agreement continues the global deployment of the Accelrys Enterprise Platform, Pipeline Pilot, Cheminformatics Suite and Modeling & Simulation […]

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced financial results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. First-quarter reported revenues were $499.7 million, up 2.8% compared to $486.3 million reported for the first quarter of 2012. These […]