CUPERTINO, Calif.–BioImagene, the leading provider of innovative digital pathology solutions, announced a record 2008. The company saw a doubling of business volume compared to the previous year, with 50 scanners shipped in the in the fourth quarter alone. Pathologists worldwide scanned and analyzed 25,000 anatomical pathology slides using BioImagene systems during this quarter. Other fourth […]

EnviroLogix Inc. (Portland, ME), a company that develops and sells rapid, on-site and lab-based immunoassays for detecting transgenic proteins in genetically modified seeds, plants and crops, and Ionian Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA), a company commercializing a proprietary rapid nucleic acid assay technology, have concluded an Exclusive License and Technology Transfer Agreement. Under terms of […]

-Grant will fund development of a new form of fluorescence assisted cell sorter (FACS) – based on innovative microdroplet-based technology- LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 5 — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has been selected to share in the first-ever round of cooperative […]

TUCSON, Ariz.–HTG, Inc., provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA™) system and service partner for the life sciences industry, today announced the availability of a customizable qNPA™ ArrayPlate to measure microRNA (miRNA) or other small RNA molecules. The customizable platform simplifies the workflow of gene expression analysis. It does not require the costly and […]

ROCKVILLE, MD, December 29, 2008 – Ariadne announces the completion of a key partner program with Illumina Inc., to provide advanced integration and interpretation capabilities for data generated from their iScan and BeadArray Reader platforms. The coupling of Ariadne’s Pathway Studio® to Illumina’s next generation software, GenomeStudio™ Data Analysis Software, provides researchers with a state-of-the-art […]

Foster City, CA, December 16, 2008 – Entelos, Inc. (LSE: ENTL), the leader in predictive disease simulation for pharmaceutical, health-care and consumer products applications, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the Entelos® Cardiovascular PhysioLab® to assess the cardiovascular safety and efficacy of […]

SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — WuXi AppTec, the operating company of WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced its selection of H-Cube(R) from ThalesNano Inc. for laboratory-based hydrogenation. WuXi thus joins all the top 20 […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Dec. 22 — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with the Battelle Memorial Institute (“Battelle”). The licensed technology is described in the patent application filed by Battelle on July 31, 2008 (US serial number 12/183,219). This application […]

Tools Used Part of Companys Broad Regenerative Medicine Offerings CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE – News), a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced today that GIBCO cell culture media products were used in an experimental procedure to replace the trachea of a woman whose lung had collapsed. The procedure was […]

HERCULES, Calif., December 19, 2008 – 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 its new Bio-Rad CFX384™ real-time PCR detection system as well as its new CFX Manager™ software, Security Edition. CFX Manager can be used to […]