Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (“MS”) instruments, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Unimicro Technologies Inc. (“Unimicro”)(the “Agreement”). The Agreement covers the integration of Microsaic’s compact 4500 MiD® mass spectrometry detector with Unimicro’s Capillary Electrophoresis (“CE”) Platform. Once integrated, the combined product […]

La Vista, NE – Streck, Inc. and Van Xuan Medical Technology, a pharmaceutical distributor in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, have signed a three-year distribution agreement for Streck’s full portfolio of controls, cell stabilization and molecular products. Streck’s cell stabilization products include Cyto-Chex® BCT, a blood collection tube for the preservation of whole blood specimens […]

New method saves time, increases yield and purity, and reduces protein preparation costs BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — TriAltus Bioscience, LLC today announced that it has licensed a novel protein purification platform from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and is already working to commercialize the technology. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Proteins are widely used in […]

SAN DIEGO — Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONVO) (“Organovo”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Samsara Sciences, Inc. (“Samsara”), a provider of highly specialized human liver cells, entered a non-exclusive global supply agreement with Lonza Bioscience Solutions (“Lonza”).  Under the terms of the agreement, Lonza will market human cell products from Samsara for further distribution to its customers. “We’re incredibly pleased to […]

San Diego, Calif., and Nanjing, JiangSu – Agena Bioscience (Agena) and Simcere Diagnostics (Simceredx), the subsidiary of SIMCERE Pharmaceutical Group, announced today the signing of a strategic partnership agreement focusing on expanding the use of Agena’s MassARRAY® System for companion diagnostics and pharmacogenetic testing in China. As a leading pharmaceutical company with strong connections to China’s […]

AMSBIO has signed an agreement with Genea Biocells (San Diego, USA) to become global distribution partner to the academic community for its groundbreaking skeletal muscle differentiation product range. Genea Biocells developed the world’s first protocol to robustly differentiate human pluripotent stem cells to skeletal muscle cells with high yields and without cell sorting or genetic manipulation (Caron et al. […]

NEW DELHI–The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) celebrated its 6th Foundation Day on Tuesday in New Delhi. The event, aptly themed ‘Sustaining Innovation: A Market Driven Pathway’, was presided over by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) […]

Location: Cambridge Horizon’s Glutamine Synthetase-Knockout CHO K1 cell line has been used as part of a successful Investigational New Drug filing with the FDA Filing further validates the use of Horizon’s Bioproduction cell line platform for the manufacture of biotherapeutics Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Group”), a global leader […]

Samples to be collected from over 25,000 participants in Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII) cohort BETHLEHEM, PA. – DNA Genotek Inc., a leading provider of sample collection kits and end-to-end services, today announced that the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has selected DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene® family of microbiome collection devices to provide reliable […]

Within the life sciences, deriving neuronal activity in deep brain regions is an important process. In neuroscientific experiments, nerve cells are labeled with fluorescent proteins, which are optically excited by laser pulses that have the ability to transmit neuronal activity by fluorescence differences. Researchers from the Gene Circuit Behavior Department of the Max Planck Institute […]