LONDON, ON - 3M announced today that Health Canada has approved and published the next-generation 3M Molecular Detection System assay for Listeria detection. Based on isothermal DNA amplification and bioluminescence detection – the same combination of advanced technologies used in all 3M Molecular Detection Assays – these assays use new chemistry to deliver accurate results with shorter [...]

HERCULES, Calif. — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), today announced the launch of ddPCR™ Genome Edit Detection Assays, the first tests to characterize edits generated by CRISPR-Cas9 or other genome editing tools using Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology. Users can specify their sequences and order assays through Bio-Rad’s Digital Assay Site. Successful genome editing is [...]

Commercial agreement with Congenica supports UniteGen’s goal of achieving the world's largest human genome database Cambridge, UK - Congenica’s Sapientia™ clinical genome analysis software platform will be used by China-based UniteGen to carry out whole genome sequencing (WGS) processing and analysis as part of China’s “100K Wellness Pioneer Project”, hosted by Beijing 4P Health Research [...]

Newly released ENERGY STAR® specifications for laboratory-grade refrigerators allow clinicians and researchers to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations by selecting certified energy-efficient refrigerators. Noblesville, Indiana Helmer Scientific medical-grade blood bank, laboratory, and pharmacy refrigerators have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as meeting new ENERGY STAR® standards. The EPA recently [...]

Llantrisant, South Wales, UK — Purolite Life Sciences, a leading provider of specialty resins, and ChromaTan Corporation, a single-use chromatography solutions provider, today announce a successful collaboration for the development and commercialisation of a custom-designed, novel Protein A resin bead designed specifically to address the needs of continuous manufacturing. The new resin bead exploits the [...]

Customized TR-FRET immunoassay kit development services fast-track new product development SAN DIEGO----BioAuxilium Research Inc., a Canadian biotech specialized in the development of custom TR-FRET assay kits, announced today at the 2017 BIO International Convention the successful development of its 100th custom TR-FRET immunoassay kit. These easy-to-use, fully validated assay kits provide researchers with homogeneous, robust [...]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- SerImmune Inc. today announced an $8 million round of financing, led by Illumina Ventures, with participation from Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, through a subsidiary, and additional undisclosed investors. With the proceeds, SerImmune will expand its immune mapping technology platform and antibody repertoire database while building strategic [...]

A New Orleans startup exploring the diagnostic aspects of genetic research has received more than $1 million from investors and plans to expand its business. Pine Biotech, based at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center on Canal Street, has developed a software program to help scientists analyze and map large sets of molecular data -- also [...]

Effective July 1, 2017, Axion products will be sold through Axion BioSystems International in Europe. Axion BioSystems and Nanion Technologies have enjoyed a very productive relationship over the past three years, with Nanion acting as sole distributor of Axion products in Europe. Nanion has effectively penetrated the high-throughput microelectrode array (MEA) market in Europe, while [...]

JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) and Tohoku University (President Susumu Satomi) formally started a collaboration on “Research and development of Soft X-Ray Emission Spectrometer and the construction of spectrum database” in April 1, 2017. The Soft X-Ray Emission Spectrometer (SXES) is an ultra-high resolution spectrometer for electron microscope consists of a newly-developed diffraction grating and [...]