Innovative and relevant models for understanding alpha-synuclein biology and Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis in vivo Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), today introduced two new gene knock-out and knock-in rat models for investigating the […]

Call to unite stakeholders and experts Leuven – The world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technologies imec announced today that is has joined ORCHID, a European initiative that will establish a European infrastructure to enable coordinated development, production and implementation of Organs-on-Chips by a consortium of academic and private partners. In total six […]

BioFront Technologies has announced that UK’s Biorex Food Diagnostics has appointed the company as its USA distributor for its food safety diagnostic platform. Biorex products include an extensive range of antibiotics, mycotoxins, hormones and beta-agonists. Biorex customers in the UK and around the globe will also have access to Biofront’s comprehensive Food Allergen test kit […]

EUR 2.4 million in EU funding granted for productisation Spectral Engines, a growth company that originated at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is about to launch a portable drug screening device police patrols can use for rapid and cost-efficient on-site screening of suspected drugs. The pocket-size scanner reports the results in the user’s mobile […]

Zurich/Beijing. ChromaCon has established a strong presence in China having distribution partners in Beijing (H&E) and Shanghai (ES Technologies) and a business development desk in Shanghai. We are proud to announce that we have established a training center for automated and continuous chromatography at the Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Protein Drugs in Beijing […]

Multiplex assays have been plagued by a lack of specificity and accuracy, with unreliable data as a result. However, a new multiplex assay has reached the US market. Mercodia, based in Sweden, has teamed-up with Quansys Biosciences, based in the US, to launch the AKURIO Islet Hormones multiplex assay, which measures four of the most […]

Collaboration will use PanCancer IO360 Assay Which Incorporates the Tumor Inflammation Signature (TIS) and mismatch repair genes (MMR) for assessment of MSI-H phenotype SEATTLE and PITTSBURGH — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, and the NSABP Foundation, Inc. (NSABP), an academic research organization supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and industry funding, […]

Fellowship program recognized as a big, bold idea to improve the productivity, competitiveness and innovative capacity of Australia’s medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sector MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MTPConnect—the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Centre—today announced it will provide a proposed AUD750,000 provisional funding to the Certara-Monash University Industry Fellowship Program over two years, with proposed […]

Charles River to license PDX lines to InSphero for development of 3D InSight™ PDX Microtissues, expansion of in vitro oncology services.  PDF Version Schlieren, Switzerland InSphero AG and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. today announced a partnership through which Charles River will license its collection of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) tumors to InSphero. Additionally, Charles River will leverage InSphero’s […]

Illumina and Pillar Biosciences, Inc. today announced an agreement to develop next-generation sequencing (NGS) based in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests. Under the terms of the agreement, Pillar Biosciences will lead the development of a series of diagnostic tests that will be run on the Illumina MiSeq™Dx instrument. Pillar Biosciences has developed Stem Loop Inhibition Mediated […]