June 29, 2011
Framingham - AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that a group of Ontario-based scientists, including Kyoto Prize-winning Tony Pawson, Ph.D., and Nicolas Bisson, Ph.D., at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, have developed a new approach for protein quantification based on QTRAP® and Eksigent technologies with [...]
BioTime Announces Appointment of Chief Commercial Officer
June 29, 2011
ALAMEDA, Calif. - BioTime, Inc. /quotes/zigman/219441/quotes/nls/btx BTX -3.74% today announced the appointment of its Vice President of Business Development, William P. Tew, Ph.D., to the additional position of Chief Commercial Officer. Dr. Tew will be responsible for the commercial operations of the BioTime family of companies and for near-term product development activities. Dr. Tew's commercial [...]
June 29, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) (www.intlstemcell.com), the first company to perfect a method of creating human “parthenogenetic” stem cells derived from unfertilized human eggs, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology (Lifeline), grew 2011 first quarter product sales by 35% and gained well over 200 new customers compared with the [...]
June 29, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass. - American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E) (NASDAQ:ASEI), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced that the Company has been awarded an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) for ruggedized Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) systems for personnel and cargo screening, and Entry Control Point (ECP) Hardware Sets for [...]
GeneTex Antibody Company to Launch a Line of New Zebrafish Primary Antibodies
June 28, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. - GeneTex, a leading manufacturer of high quality antibodies, is pleased to announce that they will be launching a full line of zebrafish antibodies. Zebrafish have been increasingly utilized as a model organism for scientific research. Due to their short lifecycles and relatively large clutch sizes, they are a useful model for genetic [...]
Cytocentrics Launches the CytoPatch™ Instrument, an Automated Patch Clamp Device
June 28, 2011
Rostock, Germany - Cytocentrics, specializing in automated patch clamp and ion channel screening services, proudly announces the launch of the CytoPatch™ Instrument, a fully automated device for gigaseal patch clamp measurements in the whole cell configuration. Major innovations of the device include the true patch pipette resembling the manual patch clamp, a unique perfusion system [...]
Start of Clinical Validation Study of Trisomy 21 Diagnostic Test
June 28, 2011
Constance, Germany – In conjunction with several Central European prenatal centers, scientists at GATC Biotech AG and LifeCodexx AG have begun the clinical validation study of a non-invasive, prenatal diagnostic test based on next generation sequencing. The test detects fetal trisomy 21 (Down’s syndrome) and is based on the sequencing cell-free fetal DNA from maternal [...]
June 28, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. - Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. ("Shrink") (OTC Markets: INKN), an innovative high technology innovation and development company announced today, that this week it will unveil and begin commercial sales of its first commercial product – the StemDisc 450, a unique cell culture product for the development and study of spheroid cells and tissues. Priced [...]
QIAGEN Added to Russell 1000 and Russell 3000 Indexes
June 28, 2011
VENLO, The Netherlands - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its common shares were added to the U.S. large-cap Russell 1000 Index and the broad-market Russell 3000 Index. This change came into effect when Russell Investments reconstituted its equity indexes after the close of markets on June 24, 2011. The [...]
June 28, 2011
KLEVE, GERMANY - SPECTRO Analytical Instruments (www.spectro.com) unveiled the updated version of its SPECTROLAB metal analyzer at the GIFA foundry trade show (Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28-July 2, 2011). The latest version of the versatile metal analyzer incorporates a number of improvements, and, in several instances, achieves better detection limits than its predecessor version, e.g. trace [...]