AB SCIEX 5800 System Sets New Standard to Translate Biomarker Discovery Into Applications for Personalized Medicine CARLSBAD, Calif.–Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), and its mass spectrometry joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc. (TSX:MDS) (NYSE:MDZ), today introduced the AB SCIEX TOF/TOF™ 5800 System, the fastest, most sensitive MALDI-based […]

06-Apr-2009 – LGC announces plans to develop new applications for the Ibis T5000 Biosensor System in Europe LGC, the international science-based service company, has concluded an agreement with Abbott, a global healthcare company, to be the first diagnostics service provider in Europe to license the Ibis T5000 Biosensor System, for use in the rapid identification […]

TEMPE, Ariz., March 31 — Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. today announced the start of a contract with the National Cancer Institute to develop effective technologies for accurate measurement of cancer-related proteins and peptides that improve diagnostic capabilities by effectively discerning diseased from non-diseased states. The total cost of the two-and-a-half-year contract is $1,276,360, out of which […]

Thousands of scientists around the world use Waters LCMS systems to make new discoveries every day. As Mass Spectroscopists continue to push the boundaries of science with Waters LCMS systems, nitrogen supply will remain a key element. The gas requirements for LCMS systems are often taken for granted and not appreciated or understood until results […]

Nashua, New Hampshire – Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world’s leading producers of vacuum products and services, introduces ThermoStar™ GSD320, the new standard in bench top thermal analysis-mass spectrometry (TA-MS). ThermoStar™ has a 20% smaller footprint than our proven, industry-leading model measuring only 12″ x 22″, saving valuable lab space. In addition, it is ten […]

NEW YORK, March 12 — Advance Nanotech, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: AVNA), today announced that the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., has received an initial purchase order from Genzyme Corporation one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, for its Lonestar detection system. Bret Bader, CEO of Advance Nanotech, said, “As a result of […]

Investing in Groundbreaking Mass Spectrometry Technology Allows Contract Research Organization to Offer Pharmaceutical Clients Comprehensive Pre-Clinical Study Data MILFORD, Mass., March 11 — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT – News) announced today that XenoTech (Lenexa, KS) has begun offering new metabolite profiling services made possible in part by its recent acquisition of a Waters® Synapt(TM) High […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2009 – Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE), today announced that scientists at Jupiter Environmental Laboratories in Florida are using a mass spectrometry solution to support the environmental restoration of the once pristine waterways of the Florida Everglades. These scientists are using this technology as part of their […]

New iMethods enhance food and environmental testing, forensic toxicology and clinical research CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2009 – Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE), and its mass spectrometry joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ,), today announced the commercial availability of a new suite […]

CHICAGO–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today announced it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Exposure Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use the Agilent time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) to detect and identify both known and unknown perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the environment. The […]