Major U.S. Emergency Response Team Boosts Capabilities with HazMatID Elite Chemical Identifier

Danbury, CT, - One of the largest state law enforcement agencies in the U.S. has bought the first of Smiths Detection’s new HazMatID Elite units, a handheld device that detects and identifies explosives, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrials and narcotics. The Elite, which provides emergency response teams with on-scene capability to quickly identify unknown substances, [...]

Dr. Mickey Urdea Joins Pressure BioSciences’ Board of Directors

South Easton, MA, – Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that Dr. Mickey Urdea has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective Friday, February 8, 2013. Dr. Urdea will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr.Wayne Fritzsche, a longtime Board member who resigned on Thursday, February 7, [...]

Polymer nanoparticles used as drug carriers characterized using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis at Saarland University, Saarbrücken

Salisbury, UK,: NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is used to help with the characterization of polymeric nanoparticles synthesized as drug carrier systems. This work is being carried out at Saarland University, Saarbrücken in Germany by Dr Christian Ruge and his colleagues. In the world of pharmaceutical sciences, a detailed and full characterization [...]

NSG Precision Cells Has Updated its Fluorescence Cell Line with New Updates

Farmingdale, NY -- At NSG Precision Cells, the main objective is quality assurance and exceeding the requisites of today’s researchers. With forward thinking technology, NSG’s has created a fluorescence cell that meets the needs of today’s laboratories. At an affordable rate and with unparalleled transmission, the NSG cuvet is a standard in laboratories the world [...]

New York Genome Institute Selects Exemplar LIMS to Manage Next Gen Sequencing Labs

BALTIMORE, -- Exemplar LIMS™has been selected as the primary lab management and electronic lab notebook (ELN) solution for NY Genome Center's laboratory operations. Sapio's LIMS system will initially track next generation sequencing workflows from the Illumina family of sequencers from request through analysis. Support for additional next gen sequencers will be added as needed. Sapio's [...]

New Microscope Interface Enables High-Quality Imaging and Spectroscopy with a Single System

Princeton Instruments (Trenton, New Jersey, USA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new microscope interface designed for exclusive use with the company’s recently introduced aberration-free IsoPlane® imaging spectrograph. The Princeton Instruments MicroSpec® microscope interface allows researchers to easily acquire quality images and spectra of their samples with one pre-engineered system. The MicroSpec attaches [...]

Nano3D Biosciences Releases 96-well BioAssembler for 3D Cell Culture

Houston, TX -- Nano3D BiosciencesTM (n3D), a company that specializes in three-dimensional (3D) cell culturing technology for the drug discovery, toxicology, and life science research markets, announces the release of its 24-well Bio-AssemblerTM. "The release of our 96-well BioAssembler is another step forward in our ever increasing offering of 3D cell culture products using our [...]

Agilent Technologies and Sera Prognostics Enter Strategic Partnership to Develop Proteomic Assays for Fetal and Maternal Health

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Sera Prognostics Inc., a women's health company, today announced a strategic partnership to develop proteomic assays for the early prediction of pregnancy complications. Sera Prognostics is currently developing a novel test for the early prediction of preterm birth risk using advanced proteomic science. Agilent is a leading provider of [...]

Vanderbilt, GE Team to Achieve Deeper Understanding of Colon Cancer

NISKAYUNA, NY, – Vanderbilt University has partnered with GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), to better define – at the cellular level – how colon tumors form and develop. The research, supported by a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the Office of the Director of the National [...]

International Stem Cell Corporation Demonstrates Positive Animal Efficacy Results in Metabolic Liver Disease Program

CARLSBAD, CA -- International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com) ("ISCO" or "the Company") a California-based biotechnology company, today announced the conclusions from its study demonstrating the efficacy and safety of the hepatocyte-like cells (HLC) derived from human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSC) in a well-established animal model of a congenital liver disorder associated with bilirubin [...]

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