Highly Efficient Neuro Transfection Reagent
December 11, 2014
AMSBIO announces DNA-In™ Neuro - a new generation transfection reagent developed specifically for maximum nucleic acid delivery into neurons, typically achieving a 2-fold or greater improvement in efficiency over currently available competing reagents. Neurons are among the most difficult cell types to transfect. DNA-In™ Neuro Transfection Reagent offers researchers a cost effective, robust and easy-to-use [...]
SP Industries Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
December 11, 2014
SP Industries (‘SP’) has announced that Brian Wright has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer effective October 27, 2014. In this role Mr. Wright will be responsible for all SP Industries factory operations, supply chain, logistics and facilities management. Prior to joining SP Industries Mr. Wright was Vice President of Franchise Pharmacy at Remedi [...]
Abbott’s Pioneering, Infectious Disease Testing Platform, IRIDICA, Now Available in Europe
December 11, 2014
ABBOTT PARK, Ill.-— Abbott today announced its innovative diagnostic platform, known as IRIDICA, is now available in Europe and other CE–Mark recognized countries. The new platform can identify more than 1,000 infection–causing pathogens in less than six hours, versus the current standard of care (culture-based testing), which can take days. By identifying the cause of [...]
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. [...]

