SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- In the first formal laboratory test of its process separation technology, TerraSep LLC has confirmed that its multi-column Preparative/Process scale Centrifugal Liquid Chromatograph (P-CLC) achieved a level of separation efficiency that is orders of magnitude higher than current industry standard processes. “This demonstration of the TerraSep system's efficiency in identifying and separating [...]

San Francisco — SeaChange Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held platform and products pharmaceuticals company, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SEAware™, its proprietary Similarity Ensemble Approach (SEA) software, that allows analysis and visualization tools for prediction of drug and other small molecule activity and toxicity against biological targets. Three levels of software are [...]

SAN CARLOS, CALIFORNIA and TORONTO, ONTARIO -- Natera, a leading innovator in prenatal genetic testing, and LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services (LifeLabs), a Canadian company with over 50 years' experience in laboratory testing and management, today announced a distribution partnership for Natera's non-invasive prenatal screening test, Panorama(TM). Panorama was launched in March 2013 for the detection [...]

Florence - Real hope in identifying new tools in the fight against cancer. Menarini has completed its acquisition of Silicon Biosystems which has patented DEPArray ™, the first technology of its kind that is able to automatically isolate rare single cancer cells in blood while keeping them intact, alive and capable of reproducing themselves by [...]

Mountain View, CA — Genia Technologies, Inc. today announced that the company, as part of a research consortium with Columbia University and Harvard Medical School, received a Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies – The $1,000 Genome grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant – $5.25 [...]

BILLERICA, Mass — RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, announced a publication demonstrating the use of the company’s digital PCR technology for detecting mutations in circulating tumor DNA directly from blood samples. The paper, co-authored by a consortium of research clinicians in France and RainDance scientists, highlights the significant value unlocked by the company’s [...]

Munich, Germany - Genomatix today announced it has added the Genomatix Pathway System (GePS) to BaseSpace Apps, Illumina’s dedicated applications store and informatics community dedicated to advancing genomic analysis. Using GePS, researchers can generate and visualize genetic networks and pathways and easily access a multitude of data on the genes and gene-gene connections they consist [...]

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) today announced the global launch of ChromasterUltra Rs, a new Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) system that achieves enhanced ultra high speed, high resolution and high sensitivity analysis. UHPLC systems are analytical tools for performing highly accurate qualitative and quantitative measurements of the composition, concentration and other [...]

Boston, MA: 908 Devices, an innovator in point-of-need chemical analysis, today announced that it received $7M in Series B funding, which included new investment from Schlumberger and follow-on investments from ARCH Venture Partners, Razor’s Edge Ventures and University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC). In addition, 908 Devices and Schlumberger signed a technical collaboration and development [...]

Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation announces the development and worldwide release of the EA1000VX on September 10th, 2013. The improved X-ray analyzer enables fast and simple screening of hazardous substances (regulated by European Union directives such as ELV, WEEE, and RoHS) in automobiles and electrical/electronic devices. Shorter inspection time and better operability have been demanded for [...]