BILLERICA, Mass.–Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL – News), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced it would support President-elect Barack Obama’s plans to review and possibly reverse an executive order that currently restricts federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The comments were made by Millipore Chairman, President […]

SAN PEDRO, Calif.–Celprogen Inc. has announced that they have successfully De-DIFFERENTIATED Human Somatic Cells (primary skin fibroblast, keratinocytes, cardiac, liver and neuronal cells) to their embryonic like pluripotent cells (iPCs). This De-differentiation process was achieved with non-viral induction utilizing Celprogen’s De-differentiation media and matrix system for reprogramming adult somatic cells to iPCs in tissue culture. […]

New Version Further Improves Powerful Data Mining and Drug Design Capabilities LANCASTER, Calif.–Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announces the release of ClassPharmer 4.6, the latest version of its state-of-the-art software used by pharmaceutical research scientists for analysis of chemical libraries and design of […]

Madison, 09.01.2009, Roche NimbleGen and Biogemma entered into a research agreement which will apply Roche NimbleGen’s array-based Sequence Capture complexity reduction technology to provide targeted re-sequencing of crop plant genomes. The goal of this partnership is to develop new technologies that enable large-scale genomic marker discovery in plants, which will greatly facilitate marker-assisted breeding programs […]

San Jose, CA, United States, 01/09/2009 – ClearPoint™ peptides are AnaSpec’s trademark collection of heavy or stable isotope labeled peptides and amino acids. AnaSpec has announced the release of its newest collection of ClearPoint™ b-Amyloid peptides. ClearPoint™ peptides are AnaSpec’s trademark collection of heavy or stable isotope labeled peptides and amino acids. These peptides can […]

Acquisition Would Enhance Sequenom’s Position in Cancer Genomics and Noninvasive Cancer Diagnostics SAN DIEGO–Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) announces that it has submitted a proposal to the Board of Directors of EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of EXACT Sciences in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $41 million. […]

-Brings Broad Expertise and Strong Leadership Skills in Developing and Refining Innovative Life Sciences Systems- PHILADELPHIA,Jan. 9 — BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough nanoscale platforms for molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine and biomedical research, today announced the appointment of Michael Kochersperger as vice president of engineering. Mr. Kochersperger has over two decades of product development […]

Optimized and Functionally Tested Enzyme System For Hepatocyte Isolation The NEW Worthington Hepatocyte Isolation System has been developed to provide researchers with a reliable, convenient, and consistent hepatocyte cell isolation system. By using the pre-optimized combination of enzymes contained in this kit, it is possible to minimize the lot-to-lot variation and improve the quality of […]

OpGen achieves critical milestone with the development of the first Optical Mapping instrument for rapid and accurate microbial identification and characterization. GAITHERSBURG, Md.–OpGen, Inc. the leader in microbial genome analysis today announced the placement of the first customer instrument for Optical Mapping. The stand-alone instrument and disposable cartridges are based on OpGen’s proprietary technology which […]

UT Southwestern to Identify and Validate Novel Gene Expression Biomarkers Involved in Wound Healing with Innovative Gene Expression Platform FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 8 — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced the signing of a research collaboration with […]