LONDON -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the availability of an extensive set of advanced predictive sciences applications and services. These integrated capabilities enable drug discovery teams to investigate and evaluate hypotheses about the chemical or biological behavior of molecules of therapeutic interest in silico [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV), a developer of cell-free molecular diagnostics, announced the issuance of U.S. Patent 8,501,924, "Nucleophosmin protein (NPM) mutants, corresponding gene sequences and uses thereof." The patent pertains to nucleic acid sequences encoding NPM mutants and methods of detecting them for diagnosing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and monitoring residual AML [...]

Tokyo - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") has developed explosives detection technology to automatically inspect for explosive substances adhering to luggage to strengthen security in public facilities such as airports. As a result of this technology, inspection of carry-on luggage which previously took time as it required an inspector to wipe the luggage can be [...]

RICHMOND, Va., and SAN DIEGO -- Global Genomics Group (G3) and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that they have entered into a partnership to investigate novel biomarkers and biological pathways involved in the development and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Under the terms of the agreement, Illumina will conduct whole genome sequencing (WGS) in the [...]

Santa Clara, CA -- Park Systems, a leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopy systems since 1997 announced PinPoint Conductive AFM, an extremely accurate conductive measurement technology at nano-scale resolutionfor failure analysis (FA) in the semiconductor industry. The PinPoint Conductive technology provides on-location electrical conductivity data at specific points on sample to researchers and failure analysis [...]

Moorestown, NJ -- IonField Systems, the pioneer in plasma cleaning treatment for life science applications, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $148,850, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to develop an automated instrument to clean microtiter [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology Company, was recently named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a list of corporate sustainability leaders from around the globe. Companies listed in the DJSI have demonstrated best-in-class performance against numerous sustainability metrics. Sigma-Aldrich is the only St. Louis-based company [...]

ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, today announced that its Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Richard D. Cramer III was presented with the 2013 Herman Skolnik Award by the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information at [...]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Labcyte Inc. today announced a collaboration with AstraZeneca to use acoustic dispensing combined with mass spectrometry to greatly advance drug discovery applications. Labcyte, who developed and commercialized acoustic liquid handling, recently developed techniques for the direct loading of samples into mass spectrometers. This capability creates the potential for high throughput, low cost, [...]

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch) is a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry. Biosearch has acquired a majority stake in LightSpeed Genomics, Inc. (LSG), a Santa Clara, California-based company developing an innovative optical detection solution for the life science and diagnostics industry based on its proprietary [...]