ImmunoReagents Signs South Korean Distributorship Agreement with Sungwoo Life Sciences
October 4, 2012
Raleigh, NC, -- ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of Sungwoo Life Sciences as its new distributor in South Korea. ImmunoReagents and Sungwoo will partner to distribute top quality antibodies to the South Korean biotech, life science, and medical communities. South Korea [...]
Horizon Discovery Launches SyntheTx Partnership Program for Cancer Therapeutics
October 4, 2012
Cambridge, UK, and Cambridge, MA,: Horizon Discovery Ltd (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, and H3 Biomedicine Inc. today announced the launch of SyntheTx, a technology partnership program aiming to become a major supplier of novel oncology targets and early-stage drug discovery programs to the pharmaceutical industry. [...]
Roche’s new dual-target HIV-1 viral load test now available in US
October 3, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. availability of a new HIV-1 viral load test based on the company's proprietary dual-target approach. The COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test v2.0 for use with the High Pure System enables labs to combine an FDA-approved process for manual specimen preparation with an automated real-time [...]
October 3, 2012
Mountain View, CA — Genia Technologies, Inc. today announced a collaboration with investigators at Columbia University and Harvard University to develop a nanopore-based sequencing system that will accelerate the use of DNA sequencing in the clinic. The three-way collaboration focuses on the development of a single molecule sequencing system combining Genia’s standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor [...]
October 3, 2012
Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA.- Today, KineMatik announced that Stemnion, Inc., a global regenerative medicine company focused on the research, development and clinical use of its proprietary technology platform derived from human placental cells, has selected KineMatik’s Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) to deliver a research data management platform across its research organization. KineMatik is a [...]
50-hour whole genome sequencing provides rapid diagnosis for children with genetic disorders
October 3, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Today investigators at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City reported the first use of whole genome information for diagnosing critically ill infants. As reported in Science Translational Medicine, the team describes STAT-Seq® , a whole genome sequencing approach - from blood sample to returning results to a physician - [...]
Sigma® Life Science Launches Novel, Affordable Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture Medium
October 3, 2012
ST. LOUIS, -- Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services research business, has launched Stemline® Pluripotent Culture Medium, a novel human pluripotent stem cell culture medium that provides a consistent environment for the long-term maintenance and growth of healthy pluripotent stem cells. The new medium performs [...]
OGT announces the release of new Genefficiency™ RNA Sequencing Service
October 3, 2012
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced the release of its new Genefficiency™ RNA Sequencing (RNA-Seq) Service. Taking advantage of OGT’s experience in optimised sequencing project design and advanced data analysis, this new service overcomes the need for expensive and time-intensive in-house bioinformatics [...]
Addgene Launches Parkinson’s Disease Plasmid Resource with The Michael J. Fox Foundation
October 3, 2012
Addgene, a non-profit organization focused on scientific sharing announced today that it is collaborating with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to assemble a collection of plasmid DNA samples for use in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) research. This collection, the Parkinson’s Disease Plasmid Resource, will be curated and distributed by Addgene to life [...]
Prototype Boarding Gate with Built-in Explosives Detection
October 3, 2012
Tokyo,-- Hitachi, Ltd. , in collaboration with The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. and the University of Yamanashi, have successfully prototyped a boarding gate with built-in explosives detection equipment as part of efforts to increase safety in public facilities such as airports. The prototype boarding gate efficiently collects minute particles which have affixed themselves to IC [...]
