System Uses Simple, Same-day Process to Give Researchers Global Gene Expression View Directly From Cell Lysate SAN CARLOS, Calif.–NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation, announced today that it has launched the first RNA amplification system enabling whole-transcriptome gene expression analysis from a single cell. Based on the company’s proven amplification technology, […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences (Nasdaq:HLCS) announced today that Patrice Milos, PhD, the company’s Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, will be a featured speaker at the CHI Next Generation Sequencing, Platforms and Progress conference in San Diego, CA on Tuesday, March 17. Dr. Milos will present an update of the company’s progress and provide insight into […]

Mar 12, 2009, PLEASANTON, CA. Arcxis Biotechnologies, a privately held biomedical device firm, today announced a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel to accelerate availability of the Arcxis nucleic acid sample preparation platform and diagnostic consumable product line. In-Q-Tel is the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the […]

Cobalt Light Systems, the developer of analytical instruments and technologies previously known as LiteThru Ltd., introduces its TRS100 Rapid Assay System at the prestigious Pittcon 2009 Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy in Chicago March 8th – 13th. The TRS100 is able to assay hundreds of capsules and tablets in minutes and is therefore […]

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation announced today that it has hired Erwin V. Estigarribia to serve as the company’s vice president of operations reporting to Elizabeth Hutt, chief executive officer. Estigarribia will lead manufacturing and quality initiatives, and direct the company in achieving cGMP compliance by the end of 2009. […]

Physician Access to Critical Test Results Improved by More Than Twenty-Four Hours Over Conventional Methods SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11 — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD – News) today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device license for its Xpert® MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) test for the rapid detection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Staphylococcus […]

Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, is supporting an executive order signed by President Barack Obama at the White House today, which rescinds limits on federal funding of stem cell research. Millipore is a leading provider of stem cell products to the biomedical research community. […]

CHICAGO–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today introduced major enhancements to its flagship gas chromatography (GC) line that enable users to run more samples and increase performance with challenging samples at lower cost. The second generation of Agilent’s HPLC-Chip/MS is also making its debut here, offering double the life of existing HPLC-Chips. In addition, Agilent […]

A study by Nejentsev et al. published online today in Science reports that researchers have discovered a group of rare variants in a disease-associated gene that appear to lower the risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study, conducted by scientists at the Wellcome Trust/JDRF Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, […]

A team of researchers at the Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute Insel Riems, in Germany has developed a simple and rapid method for preparing Avian Influenza samples of infected individuals for sequencing with the Genome Sequencer FLX system. The highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1 has caused global concern as a […]