OMAHA, NE – Transgenomic, Inc. (TBIO), (NASDAQ: TBIO), announced plans to expand its ICE COLD-PCR (ICP)-powered cancer assays ten-fold over the next 18 months, targeting a portfolio of more than 200 exons/mutations expected to be available to partners, cancer researchers, drug developers and clinicians by 2018. Multiplexed ICP technology’s ultra-high sensitivity down to 0.01% makes […]

SEOUL, South Korea, – Seegene will introduce a new real-time PCR technology, Universal SG Fluorescence Oligo System, which will standardize and simplify real-time PCR assay development. Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplex PCR technologies headquartered in South Korea, announced today that the company will attend ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Microbe 2016 fromJune […]

FREMONT, Calif. and KUSASTSU, Japan, – WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WGBS), a publicly held genomics technology company (“WaferGen”), announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement in Japan with Takara Bio Inc. (“Takara”, TSE: 4974), a leading Japanese and global biotechnology and life science reagents company. The agreement is for promotion and technical […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 25, 2016 – miniPCR™ announced the first successful DNA amplification on the International Space Station (ISS). Using a miniPCR thermal cycler, astronauts performed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on DNA samples on April 19th. Analysis performed today on Earth confirms that DNA amplification done in microgravity was successful, ushering in a new era […]

Endress+Hauser issued a solid financial report for 2015. The measurement and automation engineering specialist was nevertheless unsatisfied with how the business developed. In local currencies, the Swiss-based Group experienced hardly any growth in net sales. Currency impacts additionally strained earnings. The Group increased consolidated sales by 6.5 percent to more than 2.1 billion euros. As […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 16 2016 – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) announced the introduction of Single-Cell TCR Sequencing, a new immunology application on the C1™ system that enables in-depth profiling of T cells at single-cell resolution. Uncovering the unique T cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chains from each cell in conjunction with the corresponding […]

MELVILLE, N.Y. – The days of giving the same pill to every patient are fading into the past. Important advances in pharmacogenetics have determined that your genetic makeup directly influences your reaction to life-saving medications. Directly involved in drug metabolism, the extremely varied cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme family can increase or decrease your drug sensitivity. […]

Madrid, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany, – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) resolved, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to acquire Expedeon Holdings Ltd., a privately held UK proteomics company with sales offices in the U.S., UK and Singapore. Expedeon develops, manufactures and commercializes proteomics reagents and tools, marketed worldwide by Expedeon`s […]

MILFORD, Mass., – SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, today announces the launch of AccuPlex Zika Reference Material to fast track the development and validation of PCR-based Zika virus assays. Based on SeraCare’s patent-pending AccuPlex recombinant virus technology, AccuPlex Zika Reference Material provides a safe, non-replicative, and […]

FREMONT, Calif. and LUXEMBOURG, – WaferGen Bio-systems (NASDAQ:WGBS) announced that the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), an intergovernmental organization specializing in basic research in the life sciences, and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden’s single largest center of medical academic research, have selected the ICELL8™ Single-Cell System for use in their institutions. The system will be used for […]