MP Biomedicals Receives First Ever FDA Approval for HTLV Confirmatory Assay
December 11, 2014
Santa Ana, Calif. -- MP Biomedicals, LLC, a leading provider of life science reagents, fine chemicals and diagnostic products, announced today that it has received FDA approval on the MP Diagnostics HTLV (Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus) Blot 2.4, a Western Blot for HTLV confirmatory testing and viral type discrimination. This approval signifies the first ever [...]
Laboratory pH Electrodes Deliver Highly Accurate Measurements and Rapid Temperature Response
December 11, 2014
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-- Scientists in pharmaceutical, industrial and food laboratories requiring highly accurate measurements and fast temperature response can now use Thermo Scientific pH electrodes that are compatible with pH meters across a broader range of manufacturers, including those manufactured by Mettler Toledo. Thermo Scientific Orion ROSS Ultra Triode electrodes couple pH measurement stability with automated [...]
December 11, 2014
ALAMEDA, Calif.– LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., announced today the release of MalaCards, Version 1.07. The new release is available at https://www.malacards.org/. MalaCards is a database of human diseases and their annotations that is modeled on the architecture and richness of the popular GeneCards® database of human genes (https://www.genecards.org/). The database consolidates [...]
DANAHER REAFFIRMS 2014 GUIDANCE AND INITIATES 2015 OUTLOOK
December 11, 2014
WASHINGTON -- Ahead of an institutional investor and analyst meeting to be held in New York, Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) reaffirmed the Company's GAAP diluted net earnings per share guidance of $1.00 to $1.04 for the fourth quarter 2014. The Company anticipates that 2015 adjusted diluted net earnings per share will be in the range of [...]
Survey of Academic Translational Researchers Highlights Challenges to Reproducible Science
December 11, 2014
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today issued the second annual State of Translational Research Survey Report, addressing challenges to the reproducibility of research within the academic translational research community. Sigma-Aldrich's report, based on a survey conducted in concert with the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Academic Drug Discovery Consortium [...]
December 10, 2014
Three new biomarker companies have been selected to work with the Early Diagnosis Consortium, a collaboration between Cancer Research UK, its commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology, and Abcodia, a specialist company engaged in the validation of biomarkers for the early detection and screening of cancer. "We are delighted to be able to bring additional technological [...]
New portable 14CO2 laser-based analyzer to provide data on climate change and carbon emissions
December 10, 2014
Cambridge, MA -- Direct measurement and the tracking of fossil fuel emissions are key to the management of atmospheric composition, yet surprisingly few such measurement data are available. The problem is that the measurement of atmospheric radiocarbon dioxide (14CO2), the only direct tracer for fossil fuel-generated CO2, is difficult, expensive, and limited to large facilities. [...]
December 10, 2014
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced the commencement of the third independent evaluation of its new Barozyme HT48 high-throughput system. The evaluation will take place in the laboratory of Dr. William E. Funk of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. The Funk Laboratory focuses [...]
3D Biomatrix Awarded Key Patent in Largest Cell Culture Market
December 10, 2014
Ann Arbor MI -- 3D Biomatrix, Inc., a leader in the three-dimensional (3D) cell culture market, today announced the issuance of its U.S. Patent for technology included in the Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates, a novel platform that makes 3D spheroid, microtissue and embryoid body growth, along with an array of co-cultures, simple and inexpensive to [...]
December 10, 2014
Sunnyvale, CA -- Arrayit Corporation (ARYC) announces that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) entitled "Rapid and Cost Effective Detection Technologies for Noroviruses and other Foodborne Pathogens." Under the terms of the agreement, Arrayit and the USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) will [...]

