AOAC Grants Performance Testing Methods Status to Salmonella Rapid Culture Method that Delivers Results in Less than 48 Hours WALTHAM, Mass. (April 3, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced availability of a testing method that it has developed to help food producers detect deadly Salmonella contamination in […]

— TrueAllele Interpretation Proves More Informative Than Other DNA Mixture Methods — CYBERGENETICS TRUEALLELE® DNA MATCH USED IN HOMICIDE CONVICTION — TrueAllele Interpretation Proves More Informative Than Other DNA Mixture Methods — Cybergenetics is pleased to have provided objective TrueAllele® computer interpretation of the DNA evidence in the trial of Pennsylvania state trooper Kevin Foley […]

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — (April 3, 2009) – Beckman Coulter, Inc. introduces the PA 800 plus Pharmaceutical Analysis System, a next-generation capillary electrophoresis (CE) platform designed in collaboration with biopharmaceutical development and QC groups. System advances provide users with a robust and easy-to-use characterization platform that integrates quantitative, qualitative and automated solutions for analysis of […]

sWOBURN, Mass., April 2 — Covaris Incorporated today announced the introduction of DNA shearing service using Covaris instruments and technology. Over the past few years, Covaris instruments have become the gold standard for DNA shearing application, as a sample preparation step for next generation sequencing. The Covaris process is validated and compatible with all next-gen […]

New Protein Expression Kit Enables Serum-free, Stable Cell Line Development under cGMP Guidelines CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of the GIBCO® OptiCHO™ Protein Express Kit, a new integrated solution for simple and efficient development of serum-free, stable cell lines for biotherapeutic development. This is the first kit of […]

PALO ALTO, Calif.–StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets and liabilities of Stem Cell Sciences Plc (SCS) for 2,650,000 shares of StemCells common stock and approximately $700,000 in cash. The shareholders of SCS approved the transaction at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday, March […]

GOLDEN, Colo.–Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the introduction of “Tools for Stem Cell and Drug Development™” at the recently held Society of Toxicology meeting in Baltimore, MD. These products are designed to support stem cell and cancer research specifically targeting mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and a new type of stem cell […]

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND–(April 1, 2009) – Biomatters, Ltd., a global provider of bioinformatics software for the management, visualization and interpretation of sequence data for laboratory scientists, announced today that the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has chosen Geneious software to support research at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics (SICG). […]

HERCULES, CA –April 1, 2009 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc, (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the SsoFast™ EvaGreen® Supermix, the first member of Bio-Rad’s next-generation family of high-performance, real-time PCR reagents. Through instant polymerase activation, optimal primer binding, and […]

PENZBERG, Germany–Following the launches of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument and the RTCA MP Instrument last year, Roche Applied Science has now completed its xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer product line with its newest model, the RTCA DP Instrument. The xCELLigence system measures impedance-based signals both in label-free cellular analysis and in cell invasion/migration assays. The […]