Cancer coaching for the immune system

Novel cell therapy will teach immune cells how to fight cancer TETEROW, GERMANY, 1 February, 2018 - The ability of tumors to grow in the body often depends on their skill at avoiding being attacked by the immune system. Our defense system certainly has all the capabilities to kill and dispose of these mutated cells [...]

Mitutoyo America Corporation Introduces HR-530 Series Hardness Tester

AURORA, IL –  Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the latest Rockwell Hardness Testers in its HR-530 Series, including the HR-530 (maximum specimen size height:  250 mm; depth: 150 mm) and the HR-530L (maximum specimen size height: 395 mm; depth 150 mm). The series features a unique electronic control giving it [...]

TTP Labtech’s global launch of dragonfly discovery at SLAS 2018

New liquid handling platform reduces assay development time and improves assay robustness in high throughput screening Global commercial launch at SLAS 2018 from 3rd to 7th February 2018, in San Diego, CA, Booth #1219  Cambridge, UK: TTP Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science [...]

Tailor-made Microreactor for Chemical Synthesis

The pharmaceutical industry consistently reports high company revenues. This is due to highly valuable products called APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) that extend our lives and result in high turnover for the pharmaceutical companies. APIs are either produced biotechnologically using huge fermenters with thousands of liters in volume or made by organic synthesis. “In order to [...]

MedGenome Expands Its NGS Capabilities and Forays Into Single-Cell Sequencing

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- MedGenome has expanded its sequencing capacity at its Foster City, Calif., headquarters laboratory, adding HiSeqX and NovaSeq 6000 platforms to meet the rising demands for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in research and clinical settings. The new additions increase MedGenome's data-generation capability by a factor of five. Additionally, availability of a wide range of sequencing [...]

QIAGEN enters into agreement to acquire STAT-Dx, plans to launch a next-generation, fully integrated multiplex platform for syndromic disease testing

New system launch planned for second half of 2018 with two CE-IVD molecular diagnostics, U.S. launch planned for 2019 and broad pipeline in development Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire STAT-Dx, a privately-held company developing the next generation [...]

Another New Year. Another New Patent

Another New Year. Another new patent. Stratedigm’s latest patent granted by the United States Patent Office is the next leap forward in microparticle detection. It gives users the ability to measure both small and large particles all within one sample. It provides an industry-leading three decades of dynamic range off the SSC and FSC channels [...]

Nodeum Is Referenced In The Oracle’s General Archiving Solutions

We are proud to announce the consolidation of our Oracle partnership. Nodeum™ is now recognized by Oracle as part of their General Archiving solutions.   Using Nodeum with Oracle-StorageTek's hardware combines best-in-class business application software with a high-performance, cost-efficient, scalable digital content storage and archiving solution. The solution provides an automated self-service platform to retain [...]

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WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, will make additional investments totaling $50 million as a result of the benefit of recently enacted Federal tax reform legislation in the U.S. This investment includes: $34 million for a one-time bonus of $500 to be paid to each of the company's approximately 68,000 eligible non-executive employees [...]

Genedata Announces Genedata Screener for Massive Mechanistic Analysis

High-speed data analysis enables the scale-up of mechanism-of-action and kinetic assays for in-depth hit and lead characterization Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for R&D, today announced the release of Genedata Screener 15, featuring extended support of large-scale mechanistic analyses. The new version also delivers new functionality for the analysis of kinetic binding [...]

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