Following its successful acquisition and integration of Cytocell Ltd, Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, has provided an operational and financial update for the company’s financial year ended 30 September 2014. Operational highlights Creation of a focused molecular genetics business addressing large markets in cancer, molecular cytogenetics and reproductive health with a class-leading […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) announces its Axiom® Genotyping Solutionplatform has been selected by Toshiba Corporation’s (TYO: 6502) Healthcare Company as the platform for its newly launched genotyping service. Affymetrix collaborated with Toshiba to custom design and manufacture the Japonica Array™, which is based on the Axiom platform. This array contains unique genetic […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today the launch of Concurrent Molecular Analysis Profiling (CoMAP™) capability, which enables cancer researchers to gain rapid insight into the functional impact of DNA copy number alterations by combining whole-genome copy number data with gene expression profiles to easily and cost-effectively visualize and identify cancer driver events. Whole-genome […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that patent infringement litigation claims against Agilent’s microarray, Bioanalyzer and GeneSpring products have been dismissed by Genetic Technologies, Ltd. No settlement was involved; instead, Genetic Technologies offered to dismiss its claims against Agilent. The parties today filed a mutual dismissal of all claims, in […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a newly optimized GeneSpring software package for researchers focused on genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics or any combination of life science disciplines. “The GeneSpring enhancements enable end users to discover relationships in their data and get to conclusions faster,” said Steve Fischer, market director for […]

WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it will display its innovative new OmicsOffice software at the second annual qPCR & Digital PCR Congress in London. Powered by TIBCO Spotfire®, OmicsOffice software helps scientists in the areas of genomics and proteomics […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced updates to its SurePrint miRNA Microarrays to include targets from the latest public miRNA miRBase database. The database, miRBase 21, contains 28,645 entries, including more than 15 percent in content added from miRBase 20. Agilent SurePrint miRNA Microarrays feature innovative labeling and hairpin probe […]

Hawthorne, CA — BioDiscovery, Inc. a leader in integrated software solutions for genomics data analysis for life sciences, announced today the launch of its new NxClinical software for clinical case review. Based on the company’s extensive experience in the market with its long-standing and highly regarded Nexus Copy Number software, NxClinical was created specifically for […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today that it has exclusively licensed technology from Peptide Groove LLP that enables HLA typing of human samples from genotyping data generated from a variety of assays including the company’s Axiom® genotyping assays. The partners at Peptide Groove LLP developed HLA*IMP, the first HLA typing statistical imputation method […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, will launch its CytoSure™ Medical Research Exome Array at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2014, taking place in San Diego on October 18-22. Developed with leading molecular genetics experts at Emory University, the new array is highly targeted and exon-focussed, […]