Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A), today announced the release of eArray 5.4 online microarray design tool, which enables users to design custom microRNA (miRNA) microarrays. miRNA is a rapidly emerging field of study because researchers are increasingly associating these abundant molecules with some types of cancers, heart disease, other disorders and stem-cell differentiation. Researchers can use […]

MUNICH, Germany, OXFORD, England, January 13, 2009 — Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, has formed a systems integration partnership with Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company selected by R&D, science and engineering leaders for business-critical assignments. Under the terms of the agreement, Definiens will train Tessella consultants to deploy and […]

FREMONT, Calif.–DiscoveRx continues to innovate in field of GPCR signaling assays, tools and services and now has the largest and most comprehensive portfolio of assays and reagents for non-force coupled GPCR analysis. With a portfolio of over 300 validated assays for known and orphan GPCRs along with HitHunter™ second messenger and PathHunter™ ß-Arrestin assays and […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 13 — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced preliminary revenue results for its 2008 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. Based on the company’s preliminary financial results, total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 is expected to be approximately $38 million, with total product revenue of approximately $36 million. […]

Bannockburn, IL. Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce that Douglas Reed, age 49, who joined Leica Microsystems on November 19, 2007 as Vice President for the Life Science Division, North America and has completed his first year in the position. “Our focus has been and will continue to be to allow scientists to extract the […]

Bannockburn, IL. Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce that Douglas Reed, age 49, who joined Leica Microsystems on November 19, 2007 as Vice President for the Life Science Division, North America and has completed his first year in the position. “Our focus has been and will continue to be to allow scientists to extract the […]

Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), announced today that it has launched KNOCKOUT™ SR XenoFree Media for use in the culture of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Until now, most of the research carried out on hESCs has used mouse-derived feeder cells and culture media containing components derived from bovine sources. Ideally, hESCs […]

MADISON, Wis.–Designed to work with difficult samples, Promega Corporation now offers two new Maxwell® 16 Nucleic Acid Purification Systems: -Maxwell® 16 Cell Low Elution Volume (LEV) DNA Purification Kit -Maxwell® 16 FFPE Tissue LEV DNA Purification Kit The new Maxwell 16 Systems give clinical and research laboratories a more comprehensive offering of fully automated DNA […]

BioDtech, Inc. (BDTI) an emerging life science company, today announced the release of EndoPrep™, the first product designed for the safety of genetically engineered and protein drugs. EndoPrep™ allows for the more accurate detection of a toxin associated with the production of antibodies, recombinant proteins and synthetic peptides which are the basis for new cancer, […]