Dako, an Agilent Technologies Company, Announces FDA Approval of New Test for Lung Cancer Patients
October 12, 2015
GLOSTRUP, Denmark - First Complementary Diagnostic Approved to Support Use of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s OPDIVO for Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Dako, an Agilent Technologies company and a worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, announced Oct. 9 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that can identify PD-L1 expression levels on the [...]
October 9, 2015
bioMérieux (Paris:BIM), a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced, as issued in a press release by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday, that BioFire Diagnostics, its molecular biology affiliate, has received a de novo clearance from the FDA for the FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel. With its unique and [...]
Lean Biotech Startup Akadeum Life Sciences Closes $1M in Financing
October 9, 2015
Ann Arbor, Michigan -- From blood to food to medicine, cells are all around us. However, the current methods of separating those cells from their surroundings for research, diagnostics, and cell therapy—also known as cell sorting—can be time-consuming, costly, and damaging to the cells. To address this, Ann Arbor-based startup Akadeum Life Sciences is developing [...]
World-first science expedition to explore South American volcanoes
October 9, 2015
A team of volcanologists will leave on a trip of a lifetime next month when they undertake a four-month expedition exploring over 15 volcanoes along the South American Andes. A team of volcanologists will leave on a trip of a lifetime next month when they undertake a four-month expedition exploring over 15 volcanoes along the [...]
Cerilliant Introduces Certified Spiking Solutions of Bile Acids
October 8, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today that the Cerilliant® brand within its Applied Diagnostics and Testing business segment has launched its new bile acid reference standards product line with ten certified Snap-N-Spike® solutions of the most routinely tested bile acids and their stable-labeled internal standards. These new solution certified reference materials (CRMs) [...]
October 8, 2015
IRVINE, Calif. -- Celemics, a global pioneer of personalized medicine genetics, today announced its expansion into the North American market with the establishment of Celemics America, Inc. - Expansion aims to provide increased accessibility to proprietary target enrichment technology to increase performance of Next Generation Sequencing applications. Celemics, the first Next Generation Sequencing test kit [...]
Diagenode Introduces New Reagent Solutions For Deep Study Of Histones And Nucleosomes
October 8, 2015
Denville, NJ -- Diagenode, Inc., a leading global provider of complete solutions for epigenetics research, today announced the launch of a number of new reagent solutions to study nucleosomes and histones, the structural and functional units of chromatin. The new tools which include recombinant histones and nucleosomes, native nucleosomes, and a chromatin assembly kit, enable [...]
MTS TEST EQUIPMENT CHOSEN FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART ENGINEERING FACILITY AT PENN STATE
October 8, 2015
Eden Prairie, Minn. –– MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, has provided Penn State University with a comprehensive suite of advanced materials testing equipment and software for its state-of-the-art Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) laboratory. The purchase of the five MTS Criterion® Electromechanical [...]
Caribou Biosciences and DuPont announce strategic alliance
October 8, 2015
BERKELEY, CA – Caribou Biosciences and DuPont jointly announce today that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to advance the two companies’ respective CRISPR-derived genome editing technology platforms. This multi-faceted agreement includes the cross-licensing of key intellectual property, a research collaboration, and financial investments by DuPont in Caribou, a developer of CRISPR-Cas technologies. Under [...]
BioNano Genomics Announces Research Collaboration With UCLA
October 8, 2015
SAN DIEGO -- BioNano Genomics, the leader in physical genome mapping, today announced that the Company has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The research is intended to study the role of structural variations in human genetic pediatric disorders using BioNano Genomics' revolutionary genome mapping platform, the [...]
