SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Biotech Research and Innovation Center (BRIC) at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) have shared results from two important scientific papers that advance understanding of how gene mutations drive cancer progression. The two landmark studies, published this week in the journal CELL, are some of the early […]
SHANGHAI and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi NextCODE, a precision medicine company using the genome to improve health worldwide, and the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University (CHFU), based in Shanghai and serving 2.3 million patients nationwide per year, today announced the signing of a landmark agreement for advancing precision […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Sue H. Rataj has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Rataj was chief executive of BP plc’s global petrochemicals business before retiring in April 2011. She was also a group vice president of BP and had held a series […]
Pleasanton and Redwood City, CA — Bina Technologies, Inc., a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), received top honors in the recent DREAM Mutation Calling Challenge, an open crowd-sourced competition and international effort to aggregate prediction algorithms for identifying cancer-associated mutations and rearrangements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. The challenge’s winning […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Clear Labs, the new standard for molecular food quality, launched from stealth today and announced a $6.5M Series A financing round with participation from Khosla Ventures and Felicis Ventures, among other strategic investors. Clear Labs merges clinical-grade genomic analysis and big data analytics allowing the most respected food brands to gain […]
Austin, Texas –– Asuragen, Inc., a global molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it had entered into a collaboration agreement with Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) that establishes a framework for the development and commercialization of sequencing-based companion diagnostics in partnership with biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Asuragen will leverage its Quantidex™ NGS product platform for development of […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and SAN DIEGO – Edico Genome today announced that its DRAGEN™ Bio-IT Processor has been integrated into HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology’s next-generation sequencing workflow, thereby increasing the throughput of the sequencing facility and eliminating the need for expensive servers. A single DRAGEN processor is able to analyze the 15,000 human genomes generated by […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO) today announced that it has sold its ion chromatography (IC) product line and related assets to Edge BioSystems, Inc. (EdgeBio), a portfolio company of the investment firm StoneCalibre. EdgeBio is a specialized manufacturer and distributor of DNA sequencing sample preparation and clean-up products. Under the terms of the […]
PLEASANTON, Calif. — 10X Genomics today announced that HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology and Macrogen have now adopted the GemCode platform as part of their service offerings. “We are excited to be able to offer services on the GemCode platform to both the HudsonAlpha and wider research communities who will benefit from improved structural variation detection […]
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, today announces a strategic realignment of its commercial operations to fuel further growth in its high value genomics products portfolio. As part of this realignment, OGT will transfer its next generation sequencing services business to Source BioScience (LSE: SBS). Financial details were not disclosed. Mike Evans, CEO […]
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