Washington D.C. —— New research shows that Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology can dramatically improve the sensitivity, precision, and throughput of a popular assay for telomerase activity, according to a presentation today at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. […]

Branford, CT and Santa Fe, NM –- Core Informatics, a leading provider of data management solutions to the life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and energy industries, and OpenEye Scientific Software, a leading developer of innovative molecular modeling and cheminformatics solutions for molecular discovery, announce a new partnership and the integration of OpenEye cheminformatics software into Core […]

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.,– Hurel Corporation (“Hurel”) today announced that the results of toxicological evaluations performed on HurelStaticDog™, Hurel’s new, patent-pending method of culturing actual liver cells from the canine (dog) species, will be highlighted as a part of UCB’s keynote overview of the current state of the art of in vitro models to use in […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), announced today that it is now offering 100 selected ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene (ProSpec) manufactured recombinant proteins related to stem cell research in its recently launched LifeMap BioReagents™ portal (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com) to researchers worldwide. ProSpec’s innovative recombinant proteins, including growth factors, signaling molecules, differentiation […]

Hyderabad, INDIA –– GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) today announced that it has licensed its Online SAR Database – GOSTAR to the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) at the University of Dundee. GOSTAR, a manually curated database, has been developed over the span of a decade by a team comprising of more than 200 curators. The product […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif — Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and BioDiscovery announce the availability of the Nexus for OncoScan® Software for analysis of whole genome copy number data generated from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) solid tumor samples using the OncoScan® FFPE Express 2.0 Service. Through a joint arrangement, this software, based on BioDiscovery’s flagship Nexus Copy Number™, […]

Roka Bioscience announced today that Marshfield Food Safety, LLC (MFS) has integrated the Atlas® System into its food safety testing operations. MFS, an independent testing laboratory owned by Marshfield Clinic and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has implemented the Atlas System at two of its eleven locations. With adoption of the Atlas System MFS has the […]

GILBERTSVILLE, 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 acquisition of the Epi-Plus® antibody product line from 21st Century Biochemicals, Inc. Epi-Plus® antibodies are widely regarded as the most well validated antibodies available for epigenetics research. All Epi-Plus® […]

Boston, MA and Birmingham, UK –— Cartagenia, the world leader in providing genetic labs and clinicians software-based workflow support for variant assessment, lab reporting, and integration of diagnostic knowledge-bases, announced today that it has signed a license agreement for its cloud-based BENCHlab CNV solution for genetic variant storage and analysis with West Midlands Regional Genetics […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) today reported that based on preliminary financial data, the Company expects total revenue of approximately $78 million for the first quarter of 2013, including revenue of approximately $19 million from eBioscience. The Company expects to report cash-on-hand of at least $38 million as of March 31, 2013. […]