PARIS – Exonhit (Paris:ALEHT), a biotech company focused on personalized medicine, and BGI, the world’s largest genome organization, are pleased to announce the successful completion of a project dedicated to expanding Exonhit’s Genome-Wide SpliceArrayTM to an additional strategic preclinical animal model species. To answer the need for a comprehensive understanding of gene deregulation and the […]

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – OraSure Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will acquire privately-held, DNA Genotek Inc., a leading provider of oral fluid sample collection, stabilization and preparation products for molecular diagnostic applications, for approximately US $53 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of this […]

New Orleans, LA – Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for industrial biotechnology, life science, and drug discovery research, today announced its participation in the Integrated Phenotype-Genotype (IPG) project. IPG is an industry-led research consortium of companies in the biotechnology industry, including Evonik Industries and GATC, as well as the Bielefeld University Center […]

WARREN, N.J. – Roka Bioscience announced today that it will be participating in the 2011 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Conference. The conference will be held at the Frontier Airlines Convention Center, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 31 through August 3, 2011. Roka will be located at booth #821. At the conference, the company […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. – OriGene Technologies, Inc., a gene-centric life sciences company known for its development of cDNA clones, human full length proteins, antibodies, and other molecular tools for multiplex research introduces its major breakthrough technology High-Density Protein Microarray Chip for the quality control of its (TrueMAB™) monoclonal antibodies. The new chip enables OriGene to screen […]

ST. LOUIS – Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the expansion of its CompoZr® Oncology Disease Model portfolio with the release of the first in its collection of breast cancer-specific knockout and knockin cell lines for drug discovery and research. These modified epithelial cell […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the Thermo Scientific AssayAssure sample collection, transport and storage products. AssayAssure™ is the one of the most flexible, widely applicable and longest-acting universal preservative currently available, and it is compatible with the broadest range of cellular, bacterial and viral targets. […]

Exonhit (Alternext: ALEHT), a biotech company focused on personalized medicine, and BGI, the world’s largest genome organization, are pleased to announce the successful completion of a project dedicated to expanding Exonhit’s Genome Wide SpliceArray™ to an additional strategic preclinical animal model species. To answer the need for a comprehensive understanding of gene deregulation and the […]

Somerset, NJ. LABVANTAGE today announced that its C5-LIMS by SoftwarePoint has been chosen by a major regional public health care authority in Northern Europe. The goal of the project is to completely digitize and automate all of their pathology laboratories. The system will eventually become one of the largest such installations in the world and […]

LANSING, Mich. – Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) has announced the development of a breakthrough pathogen detection and identification technology that provides next day, DNA-specific test results for seven pathogenic E. coli strains. The technology could be adapted to target almost any bacterium of concern in almost any food sample type. Neogen’s new NeoSEEK™ pathogen DNA […]