Hawthorne, CA — BioDiscovery, Inc., maker of Nexus Copy Number software, announced today the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the National Institute of Health to improve the copy number variation (CNV) data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and has selected Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Affymetrix (Nasdaq:AFFX) announces the three recipients who have been awarded its 2014 Affymetrix Tumor Profiling Grant. The goal of this grant program is to support translational cancer research in discovery and analytical validation of biomarkers that may address current unmet clinical needs in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Research projects considered for […]

SomaLogic, Inc., announced today that the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is the first biomedical research center that will offer researchers on-site access to the SOMAscan™ assay, the most powerful proteomics platform available today. The assay will be performed at Penn’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), under the leadership […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX) and BioDiscovery, Inc. today announced the launch of a new analysis software, Nexus Copy Number for Affymetrix, which is specifically for data generated by Affymetrix’ genetic analysis platforms in cancer research, including CytoScan® Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan® FFPE Assay Kit. “CytoScan Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan FFPE Assay Kit are […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced an agreement for global distribution of Cartagenia’s cloud-based software for copy number variation (CNV) analysis. This agreement will enable Agilent to sell usage-priced annual licenses for Cartagenia’s Bench Lab CNV module to small and medium-sized cytogenetic laboratories. The use-based licenses allow labs with limited […]

Billerica, Mass. — — Aushon BioSystems, a leading provider of products and services for multiplex quantitative detection of protein biomarkers, today announced that it has continued to build its patent portfolio with the issuance of three new patents. Two of the patents relate to technology innovations utilized in the fabrication of multiplex protein panels commercialized […]

Wageningen, The Netherlands — Through a recently signed contract VHLGenetics, a leading European genomic and veterinary diagnostic concern with laboratories in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, has become a new reseller of innovative GeneSeek® genomic products. A recent agreement between VHLGenetics and Neogen provides VHLGenetics with access to the wide range of unique GeneSeek Genomic […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, will launch its new SureSeq™ Solid Tumour Panel at the Association for Clinical Genetic Science (ACGS) meeting at Birmingham UK, on the 29-30th April. Fully validated on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, the new 60-gene next generation sequencing (NGS) hybridisation-based enrichment panel offers researchers accurate and reliable solid […]

BOULDER, CO — InDevR Inc., a Boulder-based biotechnology company, and Applied Microarrays, Inc., a Tempe-based contract microarray manufacturer have partnered to deliver a complete system solution for multiplexed assays. The platform includescustom protein and DNA arrays, reagents and protocols, a fluorescent scanner for slides or plates (Vidia™) and a colorimetric scanner for lower throughput applications […]

SanFrancisco,Calif.–-CollabRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRX), a leading provider of software and IT systems that support clinical decision-making in oncology, and Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX), an industry leader in genomics analysis, today announced an agreement to optimize the use of CollabRx’s Genetic Variant Annotation (GVA) Service™ in connection with Affymetrix’ OncoScan™ FFPE Assay Kit and CytoScan® Cytogenetics […]