Arrayit Corporation Announces Microarray Platform Sale to Leading Laboratory in Israel
November 22, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB:ARYC), a life sciences and molecular diagnostics leader, announces today that the Company has sold a $129,548 NanoPrint™ LM60 Enterprise Level Microarray Printer to a leading research laboratory in Tel Aviv, Israel. Arrayit NanoPrint™ instruments enable microarray manufacturing in a high-throughput and highly automated manner using advanced linear drive motion [...]
November 21, 2013
BETHLEHEM, Pa. –– OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher), to develop and supply up to 12 homogenous fully automated oral fluid drugs of abuse assays to be used with a new Intercept® oral fluid specimen collection device. OraSure will have the right to [...]
Integrated DNA Technologies Launches xGen® Universal Blocking Oligos
November 21, 2013
CORALVILLE, IA -- Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has launched the latest addition to its portfolio of next generation sequencing (NGS) products, xGen® Universal Blocking Oligos. By incorporating these oligos into target capture experiments, users can decrease the complexity and increase throughput of their target capture experiment without degradation of [...]
Exiqon launches qPCR Array product for custom designed microRNA, mRNA and lncRNA assays
November 21, 2013
Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of fully customizable qPCR arrays that allow for simultaneous detection of any microRNA, mRNA and lncRNA. As more scientists engage in next generation sequencing the need to verify gene expression discovered by sequencing grows. Researchers studying specific [...]
New Pressure Monitor & Limiter for Small Animals
November 21, 2013
Harvard Apparatus-Hugo Sachs Electronik has just released the NEW Pressure Monitor & Limiter; an ideal tool for any small animal volume controlled ventilator. The Pressure Monitor & Limiter is the perfect peripheral to protect rodent lungs, including mice, from typical barotrauma caused by mechanical ventilation. Pressure monitoring features an analog output of the ventilation pressure [...]
Eagle Genomics completes £1m first fundraising
November 21, 2013
Cambridge -- Eagle Genomics, the expert provider of bioinformatics software and services across a wide range of life science and other sectors, has announced the final closing of a £1 million fundraising, as it continues to expand and develop new bioinformatics products. Eagle uses advanced computing to answer complex biological problems, from fighting cancer to [...]
November 21, 2013
Framingham - Researchers from St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, in collaboration with researchers at McMaster University in Canada, are reportedly the first to discover how the type 2 diabetes drug metformin actually works, providing a molecular understanding that could lead to the development of more effective therapies. Mass spectrometry technologies from [...]
PerkinElmer Announces Executive Appointment
November 21, 2013
WALTHAM, Mass.-- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the appointment of Jon DiVincenzo as President, Environmental Health and Senior Vice President of PerkinElmer. In this role, Mr. DiVincenzo will have overall leadership responsibility for the Environmental Health business. With revenues [...]
3D Biomatrix and Cayman Chemical Partner to Provide 3D Cell Viability Assay
November 21, 2013
Ann Arbor, MI -- 3D Biomatrix, a leader in three-dimensional cell culture products, is pleased to announce that they have collaborated with Cayman Chemical to develop and supply a new assay kit for measuring the viability of 3D spheroids. The kit, Perfecta3D® Cell Viability Kit, is one of the first viability assays optimized for 3D [...]
November 20, 2013
In response to the FDA News Release “FDA Allows Marketing of Four ‘Next Generation’ Gene Sequencing Devices,” RainDance Technologies issued the following statement today: “The first FDA clearance of a Next-Generation DNA Sequencing System is a significant milestone for the genomics industry and a strong validation of the recent advances in technology performance and data [...]
