Uppsala, Sweden - Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, announced today that sales are showing a positive trend similar to that seen throughout 2010. Major biopharmaceutical companies continued to demonstrate their confidence in the Gyros immunoassay platform, with existing accounts investing in additional Gyrolab™ workstations at different [...]

AMSTERDAM and IRVINE, California - Agendia, an innovative molecular cancer diagnostics company, today announced that it has partnered with AstraZeneca and The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) to accelerate the development of targeted therapies for colorectal cancer patients. The announcement marks a unique collaboration between Agendia, developer of the "MammaPrint" breast cancer molecular diagnostic test, a [...]

VICTORIA, British Columbia ? GenoLogics, a leading provider of laboratory information management system (LIMS) software specifically designed for next-generation genomics labs, today announced the release of a pre-configured version of its LIMS software for Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems and TruSeq Sample Prep Kits. The pre-configured GenoLogics LIMS software significantly speeds implementation time for [...]

Burlington, MA - expressor software today announced an alliance with LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc to provide state-of-the-art data integration solutions to establish an integrated informatics infrastructure for the laboratory. LABVANTAGE provides a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for the laboratory, including laboratory information management (LIMS), quality electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), and business intelligence. Together with [...]

BOULDER, Colo. – ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation for materials measurement, announced today the official launch of two mining industry-specific spectroscopic measurement solutions, the TerraSpec Explorer and TerraSpec Examiner, for the analysis of minerals in exploration and production. These solutions provide precise real-time data for an entirely new level of visibility [...]

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today the introduction of a new RNA reagent for use in developing advanced therapeutic medicines. The new product, the Burdick & Jackson rBMI activator, is designed to help laboratories reduce the use of costly amidites, critical ingredients used in the process of making RNA-based medicines, without reducing RNA [...]

Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the IonPac® CS19 cation-exchange column designed for gradient separation of polar and moderately hydrophobic amines plus the common inorganic cations. The IonPac CS19 is a high capacity column allowing for the analysis of a variety of amines in complex sample matrices, including chemical process solutions, [...]

West Chester, Pennsylvania, Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc., (MTTI) announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from the Massachusetts General Hospital for novel fluorescence dyes developed by Scott Hilderbrand, Ph.D., Fangwei Shao, Ph.D., and Ralph Weissleder, Ph.D. M.D.. Dr. Scott Hilderbrand, Principal Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School said, “Due to the [...]

London - Sistemic Ltd and Roslin Cells Ltd today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the development of new technologies for the standardisation of the manufacture of stem cells for their use in cell therapy and drug development screening. Both parties believe that only through the development of stem cell standardisation can the full [...]

RENO, Nev. - Visual Healthcare Corp. (the "Company") (NASDAQ OTC: VSHC) announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Sygenics Life Sciences Software (Sygenics LSS) to market a 2nd generation of Lab Automation applications to serve the scientific community. This allows researchers to replace paper-based scientific records and paper-based scrapbooks with more dependable [...]