Implant Sciences’ QS-B220 Explosives Trace Detector Receives “Qualified” Status for Air Cargo
October 28, 2013
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has notified the Company that its QS-B220 Explosives Trace Detector has been granted acceptance onto the "Qualified" section of the Air Cargo Screening Technology List [...]
Mediso Maintains World-Wide Support for NanoSPECT/CT® and NanoPET/CT® Users
October 27, 2013
Seoul, Korea – At the 2013 IEEE-NSS-MIC conference, Mediso as a leading provider in preclinical imaging technology would like to inform NanoSPECT/CT® and NanoPET/CT® users about recent changes regarding the service and support of these equipment. Mediso as co-developer and sole manufacturer is committed to providing comprehensive lifetime support for NanoSPECT/CT® and NanoPET/CT® pre-clinical imagers [...]
LabCorp to Offer New FDA-Approved Companion Diagnostic for Colorectal Cancer
October 25, 2013
BURLINGTON, N.C. -- Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) announced today the nationwide availability of QIAGEN’s therascreen® KRAS RGQ PCR Kit, a new FDA-approved companion diagnostic for certain colorectal cancer patients. The therascreen KRAS test is the only FDA-approved companion diagnostic for use with ERBITUX® (cetuximab), for patients with KRAS mutation-negative (wild type) [...]
Bulldog Bio Offers Tiny 3-D Imager for Live Cell Cytometry Analysis
October 25, 2013
ChromoTek GmbH has changed its partner in the USA and Canada to Bulldog Bio Inc for its entire line of affinity reagents. Bulldog Bio will now handle all sales and support of their extensive line of novel tools for protein and cell biology. Chromotek’s nanobody-based reagents have opened the door to enhancing research with GFP [...]
October 25, 2013
Pittsburgh, PA -- Sharp Edge Labs and SpectraGenetics, two Pittsburgh-based biotechnology companies, have entered into an Assay Development Agreement that will allow the companies to offer their industry leading assays for studying the detailed function of an important class of pharmaceutical targets, the G-Protein Coupled Receptors, or GPCRs. GPCRs are the most common target of [...]
October 25, 2013
Study published in Translational Oncology highlights growing interest in non-invasive oncology diagnostics Fluxion Biosciences announced the publication of a paper entitled “Mutational Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells Using a Novel Microfluidic Collection Device and qPCR Assay”, demonstrating the capability to detect mutations in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients. CTCs are cells that disseminate [...]
October 25, 2013
BERWYN, Pa. -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of James O. Davis as Vice President and General Manager of AMETEK's Process & Analytical Instruments (P&AI) Division. "I am pleased that Jim has joined AMETEK. He has extensive general management experience, especially in process control and measurement instrumentation, and we expect him to [...]
October 25, 2013
With their participation in the completion of the largest cloud-based analysis of genome sequence data, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center are helping to usher genomic scientists and clinicians around the world into a new era of high-level data analysis. (A “cloud” is a virtual network of remote internet servers [...]
ALPCO Launches STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Insulin ELISA
October 24, 2013
Salem, NH -- ALPCO has released their new STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Insulin ELISA, the second assay to be launched in the company’s chemiluminescent product line. Holding true to ALPCO’s ’s goal for the STELLUX™ line, this new ELISA provides superior sensitivity at 2 pg/mL across a wide dynamic range of 5 – 30,000 pg/mL, with [...]
October 24, 2013
Hercules, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its TGX FastCast acrylamide and TGX Stain-Free FastCast acrylamide kits, which provide handcast gel users access to Bio-Rad’s TGX gel chemistry, previously available only in precast gels. The TGX FastCast kits allow users to hand cast polyacrylamide gels with fast run times, efficient protein [...]
