February 26, 2015
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announces that it has received the CE Mark for its new test for Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumo). TRU STREP PNEUMO™ is a rapid, qualitative immunoassay for the detection of S. pneumo antigen in urine and CSF and will be distributed in the EMEA regions by Meridian Bioscience [...]
February 26, 2015
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has received the CE Mark for two new molecular diagnostic tests for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), the sixth and seventh assays on the illumigene® platform. Along with these two new assays, Meridian also received the CE Mark for an [...]
Station X Simplifies Use of The Cancer Genome Atlas via Integration with its GenePool Platform
February 26, 2015
Marco Island, Florida and San Francisco, CA –- Station X, Inc., a leading developer of technologies that make large-scale human genome management and analysis easier, today announced that researchers can now utilize the open-access data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) through the company’s secure cloud-based GenePool™ platform. “TCGA is a national treasure and we [...]
PerkinElmer Launches New Software for Rapid Detection of Food Adulterants
February 26, 2015
WHAT: PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of its Adulterant Screen™ software. This automated solution can help food industry professionals evaluate the integrity of food ingredients to guard against existing and potential food adulteration threats. Adulterant Screen software, when paired [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces Two Innovative Products to Advance Clinical Cancer Research
February 26, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today launched two new products—the HaloPlexHS target enrichment system and ClearSeq Comprehensive Cancer research panel—designed to improve the speed and accuracy of clinical cancer research. Both products will enable researchers to rapidly and accurately identify disease-associated variants in tumor samples—information that can be vital to research [...]
February 25, 2015
Palo Alto, Calif., USA –– Cellular Research, Inc. today announced the commercial launch of its ultrasensitive Precise™ Assays for targeted RNA-Seq experiments using single cells. Early access customers and collaborators will present data using the assays at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Conference taking place this week in Marco Island, Fla. Based [...]
February 25, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. -? LifeMap Sciences, Inc. (LifeMap), a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., announced today a commercial partnership agreement with Toldot Genetics, LTD (Toldot), a subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications, Ltd. LifeMap’s GeneCards Suite, comprised of the company’s integrated biomedical knowledgebase and premium analysis tools, will optimize Toldot’s next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis capabilities by [...]
February 25, 2015
Baden, Switzerland -— DECTRIS Ltd. has announced its new generation of MYTHEN2 R high-performance microstrip X-ray detectors for OEM use in laboratory and portable diffractometers. The new MYTHEN2 R series feature full-range Ti to Ag detection, supreme signal-to-noise ratios, a new control system, the ability to be combined into larger systems, and new compact size [...]
Durable, High-Capacity Nimbus Balances by Adam Equipment Now Available in Latin and North America
February 25, 2015
Danbury, Conn. -- Adam Equipment, a leading provider of precision weighing equipment, is now shipping its large-pan Nimbusbalances in North and Latin America. The high-capacity Nimbus precision balances offer easy operation, rugged construction and a generous 15.7x11.8”/400×300mm stainless steel pan for weighing bulky samples. High-capacity Nimbus precision balances provide a readability of 0.1g in three [...]
SNP Trace: Lower Cost, Quicker Results
February 25, 2015
Recent collaboration among scientists at Genentech, Inc., and Fluidigm Corporation demonstrated that SNP profiling performs comparably to STR profiling for cell line authentication and contamination detection. Many journals identify labor-intensive STR profiling as a requirement for publication, yet SNP profiling has proven a better alternative, offering equivalent-quality results in less time at a better price. [...]
