October 10, 2014
MR Solutions has demonstrated its world-wide presence in the preclinical MRI imaging sector at the 2014 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Seoul, Korea in September 2014. Being shown for the first time was MR Solutions’ new in vivo optical imaging technology, the MRS CellLIVETM system which can examine the interior of a sedated animal [...]
BioTime, Inc. Closes $31 Million Financing
October 9, 2014
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that it has closed the equity financing it disclosed on October 3, 2014, through which BioTime received $29,425,961 and certain subsidiaries received approximately $1,558,905 from the sale of BioTime common shares. BioTime and the subsidiaries intend to use the net proceeds from their sales to [...]
October 9, 2014
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today it made a technology acquisition from AbVitro Inc, a company focused on therapeutic target discovery. Roche obtained exclusive rights to a primer extension based target enrichment technology and associated patent applications filed by AbVitro. Under the terms of the agreement, AbVitro and Roche scientists will collaborate on [...]
OGT named OBN’s Best Medtech Dealmaker
October 9, 2014
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, has won the Best Medtech Dealmaker award for the second year in a row at the Oxford Bioscience Network (OBN) awards held on Thursday 2 October. The award recognises OGT’s acquisition of Cambridge-based Cytocell Limited (Cytocell), a leading provider of DNA technology for the detection of gene [...]
Claremont BioSolutions Announces Reagent Supply Agreement with SeraCare Life Sciences
October 9, 2014
Upland, CA -- Claremont BioSolutions, LLC, pioneer of rapid sample preparation technologies, today announced an agreement with SeraCare Life Sciences to supply synthetic stool matrix for use in its quality control products. ClaremontBio has developed products for sample preparation of difficult-to-handle samples such as sputum and stool and has particular expertise in developing biologically relevant [...]
October 9, 2014
Santa Barbara, CA – Anasys Instruments reports on the new AFM-IR results from the Energy Research Group at NIST just published in the journal for Advanced Optical Materials. The paper is entitled “Nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy of plasmonic modes with the PTIR technique.” 1 Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) [...]
Hach Launches SL1000 Portable Parallel AnalyzerTM (PPA) Platform
October 9, 2014
Loveland, Colo. -- Hach Company (www.hach.com) is introducing an important and innovative new technology for the Drinking Water Industry, the Hach SL1000 Portable Parallel AnalyzerTM (PPA) platform. This analyzer is specifically designed and engineered to dramatically streamline water quality testing. The PPA platform offers faster testing of multiple parameters, greatly reduced variability from test to [...]
October 9, 2014
Billingham, Teesside, UK and Research Triangle Park, NC, USA -– FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has announced the launch of its new mammalian expression platform, which it has named ‘Apollo™’. The platform is designed to create a robust ‘manufacturing-ready’ cell line and consists of four key components: a new CHO DG44-derived host cell line; a novel expression [...]
October 9, 2014
Columbus, OH -- METTLER TOLEDO’s newly improved XS balance line includes analytical and precision balances as well as a dual range microbalance. As a revolutionary step in balance performance, the new SmartPan™ weighing pan delivers results up to twice as fast, even in a fume cupboard. On all balances, ergonomic design details mean users no [...]
October 9, 2014
Redwood City, CA -- The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $1M contract for whole genome, whole exome, and SNP Chip DNA data analysis to Bina Technologies, Inc., as part of the VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP), which aims to enroll 1 million veterans over the next years. Bina Technologies will provide [...]
