New modular membrane chromatography solution for large-scale applications Goettingen, Germany and Aubagne, France -- Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has expanded its range of single-use membrane chromatography solutions with Sartobind® Cassettes. This convenient, pod-like modular system has been developed for commercial applications in both capture and polishing. New [...]

Ann Arbor, MI-- Cayman Chemical, in collaboration with PinPoint Testing, LLC and Biotage, has introduced the ToxBox® THC/THC Metabolite Pack, an all-inclusive tool to detect THC, the primary active constituent in Cannabis, and its main metabolites. ToxBox®, a proprietary brand of products by PinPoint Testing, is a high-throughput solution for detecting multiple analytes in biological [...]

Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain to Create New AI Models that Help Identify Food Hazards before Outbreaks Occur ARMONK, N. Y. and ITHACA, N. Y.: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cornell University, a leader in dairy research, today announced a new collaboration using next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics designed to help reduce the chances that the [...]

MILFORD, Mass.-- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced Dr. Flemming Ornskov, Chief Executive Officer of Shire plc, has been elected as a Director of Waters® Corporation effective today. "It is an honor to welcome Flemming Ornskov to our Board of Directors," said Christopher J. O'Connell, Waters Corporation President and CEO. "Flemming's broad, global leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry will add great value [...]

 ST. LOUIS -- Canopy BiosciencesTM, LLC ("Canopy Biosciences"), an emerging provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, announced a distributor agreement with Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. ("Cosmo Bio") for its TUNR Flexible Gene Editing technology in Japan.  Cosmo Bio is one of Japan's largest and most established reagents and services suppliers in the life science industry, [...]

Oakland, CA: CW Analytical Laboratories Inc, a leading laboratory in California’s Cannabis industry, and Orange Photonics Inc, producer of portable Cannabinoid analyzers, are pleased to announce their distribution partnership throughout the state of California. Utilizing a modified version of the same high pressure liquid chromatography currently used to measure cannabinoid content in a laboratory setting, LightLab™ allows [...]

When Ricky Ramon was 7, he went for a routine checkup. The pediatrician, who lingered over his heartbeat, sent him for a chest X-ray, which revealed a benign tumor in the top-left chamber of his heart. For Ramon, it was the beginning of a long series of medical appointments, procedures and surgeries that would span [...]

SMRT Sequencing Offers Significant Improvements for Reference Genomes at Much Lower Cost MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A new publication in Nature reveals the significant quality improvement afforded by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing for the maize genome, with implications for other complex crop and livestock genomes. This new PacBio® genome assembly, produced by scientists at Cold Spring [...]

The latest version of Limfinity® includes enhanced database performance, additional search and import capabilities, and multiple flexible barcode label printing features. Frederick, MD RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, RFID, and laboratory software solutions provider, announced the release of Limfinity® version 6.5, a content-packed update to the Limfinity® framework. LimitLIS® and other RURO solutions based on [...]

Oncomine Dx Target Test returns results in days, helping physicians rapidly develop treatment plans for the most common form of lung cancer CARLSBAD, Calif. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific for the first next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based test  that simultaneously screens tumor samples for biomarkers associated with [...]