LabCorp Announces the Availability of Luminex xTAG® CYP2D6 Genotype Assay

BURLINGTON, N.C.-- Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) announced today the availability of the xTAG® CYP2D6 Kit v3 from Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX). The xTAG CYP2D6 Kit v3 is an FDA cleared qualitative genotyping assay that aids clinicians in determining strategies for therapeutics metabolized by the CYP2D6 gene product. CYP2D6 is one of [...]

Next-Generation Flow Cytometry Instrument Broadens Analysis in Life Science Research

CARLSBAD, Calif. – – Life science researchers who want to broaden their cell analysis capabilities can now employ a next-generation flow cytometer with a modular design that allows them greater flexibility in applications ranging from biomarker discovery to cancer research. The new Life Technologies Attune NxT Acoustic Focusing Cytometer is being launched today at the [...]

New Pipette Skins Deliver A Fun, New Way to Personalize Pipettes in the Lab

BOSTON -- Lab researchers looking to add color and style to their sample preparation routines can now create personalized skins for their handheld pipettes. Thermo Scientific MyPipette Skins can be customized for any Thermo Scientific F1-ClipTip or Finnpipette F1 manual pipetting system. Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase these accessories during the 114th General Meeting of [...]

New Refrigerated Small Benchtop Centrifuge Provides Scientists with Outstanding Flexibility and Capacity in a Compact Design

BOSTON -- Researchers in life sciences and clinical diagnosis processing now have a refrigerated small benchtop centrifuge designed to separate samples in a simple, safe and compact footprint, while enabling the flexibility to run a wide range of applications. Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase its new refrigerated small benchtop centrifuge during the 114th General Meeting [...]

TAL-effector nuclease: The USPTO issues a fourth patent licensed to Cellectis

NEW BRIGHTON -- CELLECTIS (NYSE PA: ALCLS), THE GLOBAL GENOME ENGINEERING SPECIALIST, ANNOUNCES THE ISSUANCE BY THE USPTO OF A 4TH US PATENT (US 8,697,853) DIRECTED TO TAL-EFFECTOR NUCLEASES. On April 15, 2014, the USPTO issued a fourth patent to the University of Minnesota and the Iowa State University for the TALENTM technology developed by [...]

Hamilton Scientific Introduces Mistral, the Next Generation in Fume Hoods

De Pere, Wisconsin -- Hamilton Scientific, a global leader of laboratory workstations and fume hoods for the education, healthcare and industrial laboratory markets, introduces the new Mistral fume hood. The Mistral product line provides a wide variety of sizes and options to meet all of your laboratory needs. Available in bench, high-line, floor-mounted, perchloric, radioisotope [...]

3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System Receives First AOAC Official Methods of Analysis Validation

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- 3M Food Safety announced today that its 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express System has been validated through AOAC INTERNATIONAL as a First Action Official Method of Analysis (OMA method number 2014.01) for the detection of Salmonella in raw ground beef, cooked breaded chicken nuggets, raw ground chicken, raw ground pork, pasteurized liquid whole [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Collaborate with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and The Pennsylvania State University on Food Safety Testing

CARLSBAD, Calif.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), has been formed to develop rapid methods to detect E. coli in food. The collaboration was undertaken with the aim of [...]

Owlstone Secures Share of £12.7m SBRI Healthcare Funding to Develop Lung Cancer Diagnostic Technology

Owlstone have been awarded an SBRI Healthcare development contract, which will fund in-house development and testing of Owlstone’s Lonestar Analyzer, for use in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Following the Nokia Sensing XChallenge distinguished award secured in 2013, this funding will further efforts to apply Owlstone’s chemical sensing technology in the medical sector. Owlstone’s medical [...]

PathoGenetix Protocol Enables Bacterial Identification from Clinical Samples

Woburn, MA -- PathoGenetix, Inc. has developed and validated a protocol for the identification and subtyping of bacteria directly from human clinical stool samples without prior cultural isolation. The protocol, which runs on the RESOLUTION™ System, enables public health and microbiome research laboratories to determine serotype and strain type information for multiple bacteria directly from [...]

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