LAVAL, QC, Oct 16, 2008 — Electrochemiluminescent assays are more sensitive, precise and cost-effective over conventional methods Laval-based provider of Central Laboratory and R&D Services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, CIRION Clinical Trial Services Inc. has expanded its research capacity through the purchase of the latest technology. CIRION’s ongoing commitment to supporting its clients’ […]

– Pioneer in High Throughput SNP Discovery Brings Expertise in Human Genome Haplotyping – PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14 — BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough nanoscale platforms for genetic diagnostics, personalized medicine and biomedical research, today announced the appointment of noted medical genomics researcher Pui-Yan Kwok, M.D., Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Kwok […]

Tepnel Life Sciences plc (‘Tepnel’ or ‘the Company’) Manchester, UK – 14th October 2008 Tepnel Life Sciences PLC (AIM: TED) today announced that it has expanded its molecular genetic services offering through the addition of Illumina’s iScan System, a next-generation scanner that provides researchers conducting genetic variation studies with significantly greater throughput and application diversity. […]

Billerica, Massachusetts—September 8, 2008—Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and VigeneTech, today announced the launch of the powerful MILLIPLEX™ Analyst software. This customized OEM software made from VigeneTech is the only data analysis package that is seamlessly integrated with Luminex xPONENT software, the system […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Oct. 8 — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO) (“PBI”) today provided an update on various corporate activities, including the presentation of favorable data generated by scientists at Amgen, Inc. on the Company’s pressure cycling technology (“PCT”), the scheduled presentation by Dr. Paul Pevsner of the NYU School of Medicine on the use […]

Fluidigm Corporation and BIOKE, a licensed distributor for the company, today announced that Enza Zaden, one of the world’s leading suppliers of high-quality vegetable seeds for agriculture, has chosen the Fluidigm’s BioMark(TM) System for Genetic Engineering and the new 96.96 Dynamic Array to help assure the quality of its seed supply. As the world’s food […]

Scientists Find a Noninvasive Prenatal Test for Down Syndrome SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Stanford University has used the unique properties of the company’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) to help develop a noninvasive prenatal test for fetal chromosomal abnormalities using maternal blood. This new technique counts chromosomes by finding trace amounts of […]

System Will Drastically Reduce Lead to Application Time DUBLIN, IRELAND, 6th OCTOBER 2008 – The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) based at Dublin City University (DCU) announced today that it has invested in Biacore™ A100 label-free protein interaction analysis system. The BDI is focused on the development of novel point of care diagnostics for detecting e.g. […]

Roche Diagnostics and Exiqon A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark, a provider of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the signing of an amendment to their 2005 license and distribution agreement for the Universal ProbeLibrary (UPL) that is based on Exiqon’s proprietary Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA(TM)) Oligonucleotides. Under the terms of the agreement, Roche`s exclusive rights to […]

LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 29 — RainDance Technologies announced today the launch of the dScreen Consortium, a research initiative conducted with sanofi-aventis, Paris (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), and Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg, France, to develop the next generation of high-throughput screening (HTS) for drug discovery applications. The consortium was founded with the assistance of […]