InSphero to Distribute Dainippon SCREEN Imager for Rapid Profiling of 3D Microtissues
April 6, 2014
Schlieren, Switzerland and Kyoto, Japan -- InSphero AG and Dainippon SCREEEN (Kyoto, Japan) announced today they have reached a distribution agreement for InSphero to begin marketing Dainippon’s Cell3iMager in North America and Europe. Dainippon selected InSphero based on their in-depth know-how pertaining to 3D microtissue biology and applications. The Cell3iMager is fully compatible with InSphero‘s [...]
Bioo Scientific Launches Re-usable Cost-Effective AflaPure™ Aflatoxin Affinity Columns
April 5, 2014
Bioo Scientific’s AflaPure™ Alfatoxin Total and AflaPure™ Aflatoxin M1 Column Kits are the first commercial immunoaffinity columns for aflatoxin enrichment designed to reduce cost of lab consumables by allowing regeneration between uses. The AflaPure columns can be used up to three times to detect aflatoxin in a variety of food matrices. These ready-to-use columns contain [...]
Transgenomic Announces Collaboration with Raptor Pharmaceuticals for Genetic Testing Services
April 4, 2014
OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology, and inherited diseases through diagnostic tests as well as clinical and research services, today announced an agreement with Raptor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: RTPT) to provide genetic testing services for Raptor’s clinical trial (RP103-MITO-001) evaluating RP103 as a potential [...]
MP Biomedicals, Leading Life Science and Diagnostics Product Provider, Launches New Website
April 4, 2014
Santa Ana, Calif. -- MP Biomedicals, LLC, a leading provider of life science reagents, fine chemicals and diagnostic products for over 50 years, announced today it has launched a new website. The new website was developed after extensive research into customer needs and online purchase behaviors and is designed to simplify product search and online [...]
BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT IN CYVEK, INC.
April 4, 2014
Minneapolis - Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH), d/b/a Bio-Techne, announced today that it has made a $10 million equity investment in CyVek, Inc. (CyVek), with a commitment to acquire CyVek if certain future milestones are met. CyVek has developed a transformative immunoassay technology, CyPlexTM, which integrates an innovatively designed microfluidic cartridge with a state-of-the-art analyzer to [...]
MultiFlo™ FX Multi-Mode Dispenser with RAD™ technology Expands Capabilities
April 4, 2014
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek’s MultiFlo™ FX is now available with optional RAD™ (Random Access Dispense) technology to further extend its application range and flexibility. RAD technology offers single-channel dispensing to random individual microplate wells along with rapid reagent dispensing into large volume wells of 6- to 24- well microplates. MultiFlo FX can also be [...]
NanoString Technologies Announces $45 Million Term Loan Agreement With Capital Royalty
April 3, 2014
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has entered into a term loan agreement with Capital Royalty L.P. and certain of its affiliates. The agreement provides NanoString with up to $45 million of available borrowing capacity. "Together with the [...]
APPISTRY RELEASES COMMERCIAL VERSION OF BROAD INSTITUTE’S GATK 3
April 3, 2014
ST LOUIS, MO – Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance computing and analytics solutions for next-generation medicine, today released the latest commercial version of the Broad Institute’s Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK). GATK 3 provides new functionality and best practices to tackle modern challenges in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis. “The Broad Institute has described [...]
April 3, 2014
Fremont, CA -- Boasting a total of 23 amidite delivery systems with up to 19 capable of low volume, 192 oligos can be synthesized as 20 bases in as little as 2 hours. The overall synthesis time can be further cut by up to 35%**** when enabling the double reagent dispensing option. This increases reagent [...]
ALPCO Expands EuroFlow™ Product Offering with the Addition of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Screening Tube
April 3, 2014
Salem, NH -- On April 1, 2014 ALPCO began offering a new specialized panel of flow cytometry reagents from Cytognos S.L., a supporting participant of the EuroFlow™ Consortium. The Plasma Cell Screening Tube (PCST) can be used to help discriminate between aberrant and clonal plasma cells. Also included in this suite of products are ASR [...]

