September 12, 2013
Heerbrugg, Switzerland. After launching the Leica DMS300, a digital microscope system without eyepieces, in March 2013, Leica Microsystems now adds to its accessories and gives more hands-on advice. The Leica DMS300 is now available with an incident light base in addition to a boom stand outfit, so users now have a choice of two bases [...]
Cole-Parmer Introduces Electrothermal Electromantle Extraction Heaters and Heater/Stirrers
September 12, 2013
Vernon Hills, IL -- A versatile choice for organic chemists and lab technicians, this multi-position mantle can be used for distillation and extraction. The Electrothermal Electromantle Extraction Heaters and Heater/Stirrers from Cole-Parmer offer a unique vented airflow which ensures that the case remains cool to the touch. Users can stir or heat solutions simultaneously in [...]
Bruker Announces Acquisition of Prairie Technologies
September 12, 2013
BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired Prairie Technologies, Inc. (Prairie), a provider of life science fluorescence microscopy products. The acquisition strengthens Bruker’s position in life science markets, adding to the Bruker Nano Surfaces Division’s existing life science atomic force microscopy (Bio-AFM) systems. Headquartered near Madison, Wisconsin, privately-held Prairie pioneered the [...]
Meso Scale Discovery Launches V-PLEX™ Multiplex Biomarker Immunoassays
September 11, 2013
Rockville, MD -- There is a significant unmet need for accurate and precise biomarker tests for clinical trials, drug development and medical research. V-PLEX simultaneously measures multiple biomarkers using assays that are grouped into panels for optimal and consistent performance. The V-PLEX immunoassay menu focuses on emerging biomarkers that are generally not available on traditional [...]
TerraSep Achieves First Data from Centrifugal Liquid Chromatography Separation Process
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
One cell in one billion: the new Italian technology for attacking cancer
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
September 11, 2013
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 [...]
