ITHACA, N.Y.–Rheonix, Inc. today announced the completion of a $12.6 million Series A financing to continue development of the Rheonix CARD™ (Chemistry And Reagent Device) system. This powerful, analytic platform for the life-science industry vertically integrates all the functions of traditional molecular diagnostic instrumentation into a single system to achieve unprecedented raw sample preparation, molecular […]

Enable Significant Speed and Cost Advantages for Biomarker Validation Using Gene Expression and Genotyping – Can load up to 384 samples on a single SmartChip with 5,184 nanowells, offering the highest number of samples that can be run on a single nano-chip FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC:WGBS) (BULLETIN BOARD: WGBS) , a leading […]

Lucigen Corporation is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded three new grants to fund additional research and development. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen $1,764,732 in Small Business Innovation Research grants to be used over two years to develop research tools and diagnostic assays with potential to improve human health. […]

Company also Introduces New Anti-Penta-HIS Biosensor For Use on Its Octet Platform MENLO PARK, Calif. — ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its new Octet QK(e) instrumentation system. The new system, the next generation of the company’s initial eight-channel […]

SAN FRANCISCO–Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS:BMGP) a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced it has received its first handheld integrated optical biosensor (IOBS) unit from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. “We believe the receipt of this first integrated optical biosensor unit from Los Alamos will […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A – News) today introduced a dynamic and user-friendly genomics Web site, genomics.agilent.com. The Web site is a one-stop resource for all things genomics. Users will find a wealth of well-organized, easy-to-access information to support their work — from the newest science to the hottest products. The site features […]

Next-Generation Proprietary Platform Makes High-Performance Mass Spectrometry Available to Broad Market SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) today announced the launch of its next-generation mass spectrometry system – the MassARRAY® Analyzer 4. This new high performance nucleic acid analysis platform has been designed to meet customer demand for a bench top instrument with greater […]

Santa Clara, CA — Cell Biosciences, Inc., a provider of innovative protein analysis tools to life science researchers, today announced the launch of two new platforms for ultrasensitive protein characterization. Both platforms will be unveiled at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting, April 17-21, 2010 in Washington, DC (booth 719). The […]

Holliston, MA — Digilab, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Santo J. Costa to its Board of Directors. Mr. Costa is currently Of Counsel with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jerrigan, L.L.P. of Raleigh, North Carolina, where he specializes in corporate law for life science companies. Mr. Costa is the former Vice […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany -– febit announced today the receipt of an EU patent, #EP 1 728 860B1, for its technology to synthesize minimal genomes. The new patent protects febit’s technology for combining genes to construct a minimal functional genome or parts of it. The EU patent complements earlier patents on the synthesis […]