San Diego, CA -- Immunotherapy is defined as the treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response. Based on the “two signal” model, most immunotherapies regulate the immune response by targeting the co-stimulatory or co-inhibitory pathways of immune activation. These T-cell co-signaling proteins include members of the CD28:B7-1, CTLA4:B7-1, BTLA:HVEM, PD-1:PDL1 and [...]

New York, NY-- Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB:PRGB) announced it has entered into a research collaboration with the University of Southampton, a leading biomedical and clinical research institution located in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will partner Protea’s proprietary direct molecular imaging technology and capabilities with a team of Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of [...]

San Dimas, CA -- CRAIC Technologies, Inc., the world’s leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microscopy solutions, joins with Laboratory Imaging, s.r.o., a leading specialist in imaging software solutions for microscopy, to introduce rIQ™ : the intelligent solution for the analysis of glass trace evidence. rIQ™, which stands for Refractive Index Quantification, is the result of a [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has made a donation to Peking University’s College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE) to help advance the school’s research in air, water and soil pollution. The college houses China’s State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, and the Key [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced an agreement for global distribution of Cartagenia’s cloud-based software for copy number variation (CNV) analysis. This agreement will enable Agilent to sell usage-priced annual licenses for Cartagenia’s Bench Lab CNV module to small and medium-sized cytogenetic laboratories. The use-based licenses allow labs with limited [...]

The new WITec Suite software is now available for all WITec imaging systems. It was specifically developed to acquire and process large data volumes of large-area, high-resolution measurements and 3D imaging while providing speed, performance, and usability. Through the software architecture and graphical user interface an integrated and consolidated functionality is available incorporating the various [...]

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announces the launch the new and improved Precision Plus Protein™ Dual Color Standards, the brightest protein marker available. The strong marker persistence of the Precision Plus Protein Dual Color Standards throughout electrophoresis and western blotting, even during rigorous stripping and reprobing protocols, makes the product a more effective [...]

OMAHA, Neb.-- Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology, and inherited diseases through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced that it has signed a license with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for worldwide rights to develop and commercialize multiplexed versions of its ICE COLD-PCRTM technology [...]

Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that Biopharm R&D at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has selected Genedata BiologicsTM as a key R&D data management and workflow-support platform. The Genedata Biologics platform will support multiple GSK Biopharm R&D groups including lead identification and screening, [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that it has received ISO 13485:2003 certification from BSI (British Standards Institution) for design, development, manufacture, and distribution of BioTime HyStem® hydrogels for cell delivery applications. BSI is currently one of the world’s largest independent certification bodies for quality management systems and ISO 13485:2003 is [...]