ENZO BIOCHEM AWARDED U.S. PATENT ON MORE EFFICIENT VECTOR FOR USE IN GENE THERAPY

NEW YORK, NY -– Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYE:ENZ) announced that it has been assigned U.S. Patent Office Patent No. 8,742,090, related to the construct of an artificial vector capable of greater efficiency, in general, in targeting specific cells in the application of gene therapy and gene transfer technology. The invention provides an alternative to the [...]

PREMIER SCANDINAVIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, SINTEF, SELECTS MTS TEST SYSTEMS FOR OIL AND GAS RESEARCH

Eden Prairie, Minn. -– MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced the receipt of a custom rock mechanics test system order from SINTEF to test the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses. SINTEF is the largest independent contract research organization in Scandinavia. Founded [...]

Genetics Institute Improves Efficiency of Replication & Screening

The Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes (IGDR), France reports on how, using a VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette from INTEGRA, they have been able to improve the efficiency and speed with which they replicate yeast strain collections and perform genetic screens in 96 well plates. The Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes [...]

Micronic Launch Automated Screw Cap Storage Tube Decapper

Micronic has announced the launch of an Automatic Screw Cap DeCapper™ system. The next-generation Screw Cap DeCapper is an innovative, easy-to-use device that provides automated decapping/capping of screw cap storage tubes in 96-tube racks in portrait or landscape formats. The device is able to cap or decap 96 Screw Cap tubes, in rows of 8 [...]

FEI Increases Cash Dividend by 108%

HILLSBORO, Ore.-- Prior to its planned investor meeting in New York today, FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that the board of directors approved an increase in the quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders from $0.12 to $0.25 per share. A $0.25 quarterly dividend per share of common stock will be paid on July 22 to all [...]

Affymetrix and BioDiscovery Launch a Tailored Copy Number Analysis Software Solution for Cancer Research

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX) and BioDiscovery, Inc. today announced the launch of a new analysis software, Nexus Copy Number for Affymetrix, which is specifically for data generated by Affymetrix’ genetic analysis platforms in cancer research, including CytoScan® Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan® FFPE Assay Kit. “CytoScan Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan FFPE Assay Kit are [...]

NEW Programmable 5-Position Stirring Hot Plate

Carlsbad, CA - Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its NEW EchoTherm™ Model HS65 Programmable Digital Stirring Hot Plate with 5-Stirring Positions for use in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, and other laboratories where reproducible, accurate, hands-off sample preparation and experimentation are a must. With the EchoTherm™ Model HS65, programming is done through the front panel membrane [...]

Phenomenex Adds Two Phases to Lux® 10 µm Chiral Bulk Media Line for Preparative Chromatography

Torrance, CA -– Phenomenex, Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the extension of its successful Lux chiral bulk media line to meet the needs of preparative chromatography applications. Lux Cellulose-3 and Cellulose-4, unique and complementary chiral stationary phases, are now available in a 10 [...]

Michael G. Tomasic Appointed to BioData’s Board

BioData, producer of Labguru, the web-based research and lab management service, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael G. Tomasic to its Board of Directors. Tomasic served as President and CEO of CambridgeSoft (www.cambridgesoft.com) for 20 years. Under his leadership, CambridgeSoft served over one million customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemistry markets. He [...]

Superior Performance from an “Elite” Syringe Pump

South Plainfield, NJ –- Denville Scientific, Inc. is pleased to announce that they are now an authorized distributor for the Harvard Apparatus Pump 11 Elite Infusion syringe pump. Harvard Apparatus has a long history of inventing, innovating and manufacturing quality syringe pumps with superior performance, legendary reliability and the smoothest flow in the industry. Supporting [...]

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