SEATTLE -- TwinStrand Biosciences today announced it has entered into a worldwide non-exclusive agreement to sublicense two foundational patent families to Foundation Medicine and its affiliates relating to TwinStrand Duplex Sequencing™ error-correction technology. Duplex Sequencing increases the accuracy of next-generation sequencing as much as 10,000 times, allowing the detection of ultra-low frequency mutations that would [...]

Cambridge, UK –  Cresset, innovative provider of outstanding software for molecule discovery and design, announces the release of Spark™ V10.6. This release of the scaffold hopping and bioisostere replacement solution further supports the exploration of new chemical space through new and improved search methods to generate innovative ideas for drug discovery projects. A new docking [...]

HAMBURG, Germany & CAMBRIDGE, Mas. --  Ultivue and Indivumed Inc. today announced that the two companies have entered into a collaborative partnership to further accelerate research and drug development in the area of personalized oncology. The deal links Indivumed’s vast array of standardized and fully comparable tissue biospecimens and analytical experience in IHC technology with Ultivue’s InSituPlex platform [...]

New instrument overcomes cryo-EM barriers, implements artificial intelligence to deliver unparalleled ease-of-use at an affordable price HILLSBORO, Ore. - Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific Tundra Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM), a groundbreaking instrument that extends cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to more scientists by delivering industry-leading ease [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) (“Enzo” or “the Company”), a leading biosciences and diagnostics company, announced today that Mary Tagliaferri, MD, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors effective immediately. “In 2020, Enzo reported significant progress in advancing our business plan to achieve profitability including strong results in many areas [...]

Consortium aims to make comprehensive genomic profiling accessible to advanced cancer patients in the U.S. to inform medical management and improve patient outcomes. WASHINGTON -- Seven leading diagnostics companies and laboratory service providers have formed the Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Coalition (ACGP). The goal of the organization is to collectively advocate for appropriate broad [...]

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash shows human colorectal cancer cells treated with an inhibitor under study as a cancer therapy. Created by Yves Pommier, Rozenn Josse. Griffith University will establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in spatial biology in collaboration with Nanostring Technologies, a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research [...]

Affordable Filter Removes 99.95% of 0.3 Um DNA-Containing Particulates & Biological Contaminants, Decreasing Risk of Contamination for Wet Lab Applications BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Opentrons, the company making automation accessible for any lab, announced today the release of its innovative clean containment HEPA Module. The HEPA filtration unit transforms the Opentrons OT-2 liquid handling robot into a clean [...]

Columbus, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts – Scilligence, a provider of web-based informatics solutions for R&D, has partnered with CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, to enable direct access to CAS scientific content through the Scilligence informatics platform. A previous partnership between Scilligence and CAS enabled users to initiate SciFindern searches directly from Scilligence ELN (Electronic Laboratory [...]

Sydney, Australia - Bioprinting holds enormous promise in medicine in areas such as tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and drug discovery. AXT has identified the potential for this technology to print tissues and even organs and has partnered with REGENHU to offer their unique bioprinters to Australian and New Zealand researchers. REGENHU is a research driven Swiss [...]