MADISON, Wis.–Promega and TOP srl have combined their industry leading technologies to provide the most sensitive tools for monitoring apoptosis in live mammals, an important biomarker in cancer studies. Under the agreement, the two companies are promoting the VivoGlo™ Caspase 3/7 Substrate for use with transgenic repTOPTM reporter mice. The tools allow the direct visualization […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of 5kb and 10kb long-range PCR protocols for its Access Array™ System. Researchers interested in targeted re-sequencing projects for large cohort studies can use these new protocols and the Fluidigm Access Array System to amplify up to 48 samples per array. Long-range PCR enables new applications […]

Japanese CRO selects Instem’s Provantis solution for their Kashima and Kumamoto Facilities CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – — Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today that Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation (MCM) has purchased the Provantis preclinical software solution. Following an extensive competitive evaluation MCM decided to replace its existing data collection systems […]

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — GeneGo announces the release of the first set of tools and content to come out of its industry-FDA MetaTox™ partnership program. The MetaTox partnership is developing a unique comprehensive systems toxicology suite designed for compound safety assessment in chemical and pharmaceutical R&D. ToxHunter will be made available as an add-on to […]

Hyderabad, India and Gaithersburg, MD, USA — Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics solutions company, today announced that David U’Prichard, President at Druid Consulting LLC, has joined the company’s Board of Directors effective immediately. Dr. U’Prichard holds several board positions in life sciences companies globally that include Life Technologies, Inc., Oxagen, Cyclacel and Silence Therapeutics […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma® Life Science, an innovative brand of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL – News), today extended its portfolio of knockout rat models with the announcement of a new suite of models designed to facilitate more predictive absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADME/Tox) studies. This extension of the Company’s product offering, the first ever models […]

Rapid, Cost-Effective Screening Using Data from Drug-Treated Rat Liver Cells FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SAN DIEGO–Entelos, Inc., a simulation and modeling company focused on human health, and RegeneMed, Inc., a tissue-based drug discovery and regenerative medicine company, announced today the release of iToxFX™. “For companies with little toxicogenomics expertise or small research budgets, iToxFX provides […]

Bringing Statistics to Biologists – Supporting Billions of Data Points and Up to Hundreds of Users, Technology-agnostic Data-mining Platform Integrates a Variety of Data Streams into One Easy-to-use Analysis System Salt Lake City, UT — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced Genedata Analyst™, an […]

NEW YORK — Epigenetic specialists at Epigentek have developed a next generation technology which significantly improves DNA bisulfite conversion speed and efficiency to assist in DNA methylation studies. This technology is incorporated into its new product, the BisulFlash(TM) DNA Modification Kit (https://www.epigentek.com/bisulflash), which completely converts unmethylated cytosine into uracil in only 30 minutes. Aberrant DNA […]

Collaboration with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to Battle Breast Cancer and Support Life Science Researchers Throughout North America CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the Corning Lab for the Cure™ program, a first-of-its-kind corporate sponsorship agreement with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Under terms of the agreement and through […]