Tecan’s AC Extraction Plate™ boosts productivity for clozapine testing at King’s College Hospital
October 21, 2014
Männedorf, Switzerland -– King’s College Hospital, London, has established a fully automated therapeutic drug monitoring protocol for clozapine using Tecan’s AC Extraction Plate™ and Freedom EVO® liquid handling platform. Lewis Couchman, Senior Clinical Scientist (Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory and Toxicology Department), explained: “We perform about 30,000 tests a year for clozapine, preparing the samples manually by [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces miRNA Microarrays Featuring Latest miRBase 21 Content
October 21, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced updates to its SurePrint miRNA Microarrays to include targets from the latest public miRNA miRBase database. The database, miRBase 21, contains 28,645 entries, including more than 15 percent in content added from miRBase 20. Agilent SurePrint miRNA Microarrays feature innovative labeling and hairpin probe [...]
Profiling Grants Launched to Support New Biomarker Discovery
October 20, 2014
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific will fast-track 12 translational research teams’ gene-expression profiling through an innovative grant program launched today. Selected applicants will receive free next-generation RNA sequencing services to further their research in the field of cancer genomics. The new Ion Torrent Transcriptome Profiling Grant Program recognizes the broad benefits of gene-level expression [...]
October 20, 2014
FREMONT, Calif. -– WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WGBS) announced the launch of an automated solution for Agilent’s SureSelectXT Target Enrichment workflow on the Apollo 324™ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sample preparation system. WaferGen responded to customers’ unmet needs for a cost effective and flexible automated target capture solution. The Apollo 324™ protocols were designed to [...]
CDEX Secures $430,000 Line of Credit
October 20, 2014
TUCSON, AZ -- CDEX Inc. (OTCQB: CDEX), a pioneering developer, manufacturer and distributor of patented, real-time chemical detection and validation technologies for the healthcare and security markets, today announced that it has secured an aggregate $430,000 line of credit from the Company's CEO, Jeffrey Brumfield, and one of CDEX's largest shareholders. Funds drawn against the [...]
Quick and Easy Viscosity Measurements!
October 20, 2014
Middleboro, MA - Brookfield Engineering is making viscosity measurement easier than ever with the new Model QB Quick Action Lab Stand. The spring-loaded Model QB simplifies your testing process! With the push of a button, the viscometer glides up and down, allowing for quick positioning, rapid sample change and improved laboratory efficiency. The Model QB [...]
October 20, 2014
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced the continued expansion of its global sales outreach with a three-year, exclusive distribution agreement with Powertech Technology Company Ltd ("Powertech"), headquartered in Xiamen, China. Powertech is one of China's most recognized and prestigious distributors of analytical instruments and other equipment [...]
New Digital PCR-Based Research Solution Characterizes Hard-to-Detect Cancer Mutations
October 20, 2014
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- QuantStudio 3D Rare Mutation Analysis Solution with TaqMan assay guarantee is designed to accurately elucidate tumor heterogeneity in clinical research samples CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today the release of the QuantStudio 3D Rare Mutation Analysis Solution, a panel of wet-lab validated assays combined with an enhanced software tool that enables [...]
ATCC Adds New Customer-driven Format to its Quality Control Standards Portfolio
October 20, 2014
Manassas, VA -- ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, announces the release of ATCC® Minis to support quality control (QC) testing in pharmaceutical and industrial labs, during the PDA 9th Annual Global Conference on Pharmaceutical Microbiology in Bethesda, MD, Booth # 304. Healthcare, personal care product, and cosmetic manufacturers are required [...]
October 20, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Focused Exome, a target enrichment solution that enables deep coverage of only those target regions that have been associated with disease. The latest design is 16 Mb in size and enables 98 percent of targeted regions to be covered with 20 or more [...]

