BOULDER, Colo.-- Biodesix, Inc. today announces a collaborative agreement with Bruker Daltonics to support Biodesix’ VeriStrat diagnostic test as well as future diagnostic tests based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. VeriStrat is a novel, multivariate serum protein test that helps oncologists personalize therapy for patients with lung cancer. The new collaboration advances [...]

Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, Germany –– Promega and BASF have jointly developed an alternative method to animal studies that can reliably detect the allergenic potential of substances. Using a newly developed cell line, the reaction of skin cells to allergenic substances can now be demonstrated in the test tube. Allergic skin reactions involve a variety of [...]

Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the commercial launch of a new passive needle guard technology, BD UltraSafe PLUS™. The BD UltraSafe PLUS™ Passive Needle Guard has received 510(k) clearance as an anti-needlestick safety device. This product, [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif.,-- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the launch of Vector NTI® Express Designer, the latest advancement in its Vector NTI® software platform, which offers researchers comprehensive and streamlined custom vector and genetic construct design and synthesis. The desktop software tool is designed for molecular biology, metabolic engineering, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology [...]

Washington D.C. —— New research shows that Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology can dramatically improve the sensitivity, precision, and throughput of a popular assay for telomerase activity, according to a presentation today at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [...]

Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has expanded its line of customized products for optical sensing with the EMBED miniature spectrometer. EMBED is a small-footprint optical bench with minimal electronics targeted at industrial process control and OEM optical measurement systems. Designed around a next-generation optical bench, EMBED provides excellent thermal stability and measurement reliability, yet is [...]

San Francisco, CA -- Laboratory chemicals have to come from somewhere, and often these are created in bulk by manufacturers in China and East Asia, which can lead to problems with quality and purity. The demand for research liquids and peptides of approved quality and American manufacturing is so significant that Extreme Peptide, who exclusively [...]

Roka Bioscience announced today that Marshfield Food Safety, LLC (MFS) has integrated the Atlas® System into its food safety testing operations. MFS, an independent testing laboratory owned by Marshfield Clinic and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has implemented the Atlas System at two of its eleven locations. With adoption of the Atlas System MFS has the [...]

Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has expanded its line of customized products for optical sensing with the EMBED miniature spectrometer. EMBED is a small-footprint optical bench with minimal electronics targeted at industrial process control and OEM optical measurement systems. Designed around a next-generation optical bench, EMBED provides excellent thermal stability and measurement reliability, yet is [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), announced today that it is now offering 100 selected ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene (ProSpec) manufactured recombinant proteins related to stem cell research in its recently launched LifeMap BioReagents™ portal (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com) to researchers worldwide. ProSpec’s innovative recombinant proteins, including growth factors, signaling molecules, differentiation [...]