Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its SsoAdvanced™ PreAmp Supermix and PrimePCR™ PreAmp Assays. The supermix is formulated to permit unbiased, target-specific preamplification of cDNA or genomic DNA (gDNA), which allows researchers to stretch their limited nucleic acid samples. PrimePCR PreAmp assays are wet-lab validated preamplification primers that work […]

Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute announced today it is entering a new, $9 million phase of a multi-million, multi-institutional development project to produce a diagnostic test to measure rapidly an individual’s level of absorption of ionizing radiation in the event of an unplanned radiological or nuclear event. The project is part of a potential $31.2 […]

Durham, NC — bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stefan Willemsen as President and CEO of bioMérieux Inc. He will lead all administrative, commercial and production operations of the bioMérieux Group in the recently created North and Latin America region. Mr. Willemsen will […]

France — The General Meeting of Shareholders of bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today approved the appointment of two new independent directors, Agnès Lemarchand and Philippe Gillet. Agnès Lemarchand and Philippe Gillet were appointed to replace Georges Hibon and Michel Angé, who did not wish to renew their terms […]

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announces an expansion of its line of PrimePCR probe assays for Droplet Digital PCR that adds another 56 assays for mutation detection and 109 assays for copy number variation (CNV) analysis to Bio-Rad’s catalog of existing assays for use on its QX100™ and QX200™ Droplet Digital PCR systems. […]

Portland ME — EnviroLogix is pleased to announce that its DNAble Detection Assay for Salmonella has been certified as a Performance Tested MethodSM (#041404) by the AOAC Research Institute in the following AOAC categories: primary production samples, environmental samples for food or feed production, and pet food and animal feed. EnviroLogix’ patent-pending DNAble platform uses […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), has been formed to develop rapid methods to detect E. coli in food. The collaboration was undertaken with the aim of […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the new SureDirect Blood PCR Kit for amplification of DNA directly from blood and blood derivatives, without the need for nucleic acid extraction and isolation. This kit simplifies the DNA amplification workflow and decreases turn-around time by enabling PCR (polymerase chain reaction) directly from fresh, […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Researchers can now simultaneously analyze samples for multiple genetic markers of interest in a single qPCR reaction with a set of new Life Technologies TaqMan multiplex reagents. The solutions are designed to reduce the cost of analysis and preserve starting material for applications such as plant genotyping or pathogen detection. “[In a clinical […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-– Researchers at Thermal Gradient have achieved a major breakthrough in DNA testing. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a step that is required in virtually every molecular (DNA/RNA) diagnostic test and currently takes an hour or more to complete. Thermal Gradient performs this vital step in less than one minute in quarter-sized disposable devices […]