Agilent Technologies Shares Vision for Precision Genomics at ASHG 2015
October 7, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is sharing its vision for precision medicine this week at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genomics. The conference, held in Baltimore, Maryland, is a forum for discussing recent advances in all areas of human genetics. “As new technologies and greater understanding of [...]
WaferGen Launches the ICELL8(TM) Single-Cell System at ASHG
October 6, 2015
FREMONT, Calif. -- WaferGen Bio-systems (Nasdaq:WGBS) announced today the commercial launch and presentation of data from the ICELL8™ Single-Cell System at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. In the hands of world-class early access partners globally, WaferGen's ICELL8 Single-Cell system has consistently demonstrated the power to isolate thousands of [...]
OGT launches Cytocell FISH probe for bladder cancer
October 6, 2015
Oxford, UK – Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has launched its CE-IVD labelled Cytocell Aquarius® P16/3c/7c/17c Probe Kit, a cost-effective, ready-to-use fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probe kit for non-invasive detection of bladder cancer — for sale in Europe. Bladder cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent, and in 2012 was reported as the [...]
October 6, 2015
Seoul, Korea - Park Systems, world-leader in atomic force microscopy (AFM) today announced a partnership agreement between their subsidiary Park Systems Japan and JEOL Ltd. to distribute Park Systems Atomic Force Microscope products in the Japanese market. The partnership between JEOL and Park Systems Japan offers customers easy access to premier scanning electron microscopy (SEM) [...]
Affymetrix Genotyping Array Technology Powers Newly Published Work on Transplantation Genetics
October 6, 2015
Santa Clara, CA – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) announced today that its Axiom® high-throughput genotyping technology was instrumental in two transplantation peer-reviewed publications issued this month by an international team of surgeons and scientists. The consortium – International Genetics and Translational Research in Transplantation Network (iGeneTRAiN) – co-led by researchers from the Perelman School of [...]
New Affymetrix HLA Analysis Software Quickly Delivers High-Resolution HLA Types from Genotyping Data
October 6, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) introduces Axiom™ HLA Analysis software for automated, high-resolution human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing from any genotyping dataset containing coverage of the extended major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region. The software’s unique imputation algorithm enables 4-digit HLA typing from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), combining genotyping and high-resolution HLA typing into a [...]
October 6, 2015
Lucerne - Datacolor, global leader in color management solutions and color communication technology, announced today the introduction of the new Datacolor 800 and 500 series of spectrophotometers. The new instruments deliver industry leading color measurement accuracy, significantly increased measurement speed and improved usability. Brand owners and their suppliers in textile, paint, coatings, plastics and other [...]
Complete Genomics Announces UK Epilepsy Society’s Acquisition of Its Revolocity™ Supersequencer
October 6, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Complete Genomics, Inc., a leader in whole human genome sequencing, announced today that leading UK charity Epilepsy Society has become the third customer of the company's newly introduced Revolocity system, a supersequencer for large-scale, high-quality whole genome and whole exome sequencing. "Genome sequencing holds the promise of improving our understanding of [...]
Michigan researchers use Raman spectroscopy to study various childhood diseases
October 6, 2015
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its inVia confocal Raman microscope in the study of various diseases–with a major focus on childhood diseases–at the Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University. Dr Michael Klein is a surgeon with the Children's Hospital of Michigan–a part of the Detroit [...]
October 6, 2015
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND: LINK (www.linktech.co.uk), the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, is now offering substantial discounts through specially selected product bundles. Responding to its users’ needs for low-cost easy access reagents, LINK has created each bundle to provide scientists with both established and new reagents to evaluate, while saving up to 40% off [...]
