Philadelphia-based Initiative Will Facilitate SARS-CoV-2 Research to Develop Antiviral Therapy for COVID-19 Using RNA Silencing FANA ASO Technology PHILADELPHIA  -- The coronavirus pandemic has significantly disrupted life in most countries around the globe, causing a severe health and economic crisis. AUM LifeTech, Inc., a preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA therapeutics, and AUM BioTech, LLC, [...]

Santa Barbara, CA -- Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is pleased to announce the release of a new Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) accessory for its Cypher and Jupiter XR atomic force microscopes (AFMs). SCM is a powerful imaging technique that can map electric charge carrier locations, types (p-type vs. n-type), and relative dopant concentration in semiconductors [...]

RAINER M. BLAIR TO SUCCEED THOMAS P. JOYCE, JR. AS PRESIDENT AND CEO IN SEPTEMBER 2020 WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher" or "the Company") today announced that Executive Vice President, Rainer M. Blair, will succeed Thomas P. Joyce Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company's Board of Directors, upon Mr. [...]

– Functional Antibodies Identified to S1 Spike Protein and ACE2 Cellular Receptor – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST) today reported it has identified competitive antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which could potentially be used for diagnostic tests or therapeutic treatments. Twist’s unique monoclonal antibody candidates bind with high affinity to [...]

DILIsym Services, a Simulations Plus company, today announced that the FDA has renewed its annual multi-seat license for the DILIsym QST software. FDA Maintains Access to Leading Liver Injury Software Program DILIsym Services, Inc., a Simulations Plus company (Nasdaq: SLP) and a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical safety and efficacy, today announced that [...]

New Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Research Panel, now optimized for the Ion Torrent Genexus System*, assists with contact tracing to identify coronavirus hot spots CARLSBAD, Calif. -- As countries begin to ease restrictions and allow some businesses to reopen, contact tracing and epidemiological studies will be critical to understand resurgence of potential COVID-19 outbreaks. Scientists not only [...]

Highest level of AOAC approval includes testing for foods such as romaine lettuce, raw salmon, dairy products and herbs and spices WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced its Solus One™ Salmonella assay and methods have been granted First Action Official Methods of AnalysisSM (OMA) status, number 2020.03, [...]

EDINBURGH – Arrayjet Limited, the Scottish-based bio-printing technology specialist for the life sciences industry, has re-purposed its in-house antibody screening technology to create a population-scale diagnostic programme that will help scientists better understand the behaviour of the Covid-19 virus and further the rapidity of a global vaccination programme. For this screening platform, an international collaborative [...]

Technology Advances Rapid, Cost-effective DNA Sequencing on Portable Devices SAN DIEGO, Calif. and LEUVEN, BELGIUM -- Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc., the leader in molecular electronics sensor chips, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies,  announced today a partnership to develop the first commercially available molecular electronics biosensor chips. These chips are the brains [...]

Serstech today launches two new instruments – Serstech Arx and Serstech Arx+. The instruments are additions to the existing Raman instrument portfolio and represent significant steps forward for quick and precise identification of chemical substances. With the addition of the two new instruments, Serstech can now address both the high-end and the cost-conscious segments of [...]