Pacific Biosciences Expands Global Reach with New Asian Service Provider and Distributor

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., provider of Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT®) sequencing products, today announced that DNA Link, Inc. is the first commercial service provider for PacBio®RS sequencing in Asia and the first PacBio RS installation in Korea. The deal was brokered by the company’s new distributor for Korea, MDxK [...]

Socorex Acura® electro Pipettes – New Premium Comfort and Precision from WHEATON

Researchers appreciate a pipette that is comfortable to hold and easy to use. Delivering on that promise, WHEATON, the company that designs and delivers today’s most innovative solutions for the laboratory research, diagnostic packaging and specialty pharmaceuticals industries, announces the availability of a new line of electronic pipettes. Introducing Acura electro Pipettes, ergonomically engineered electronic [...]

Sequenom CMM’s MaterniT21™ PLUS Test Expands Current Prenatal Testing Offering Noninvasive DNA-based Test Detects Fetal Trisomies 21, 18, 13

SAN DIEGO, Sequenom, Inc., a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM), has expanded the application of its recently launched laboratory-developed test (LDT). The Company also announced it has rebranded the test under the name MaterniT21 PLUS, which includes the [...]

PerkinElmer Expands Reagent Portfolio for Faster Identification of Epigenetic Drug Candidates

SAN DIEGO, At the 1st annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference in San Diego, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of four new cellular assay kits to help identify and characterize possible drug candidates targeting epigenetic enzymes related [...]

caprotec bioanalytics Announces Further Patent Protection Of Its CCMS Technology

BERLIN, caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today the issuance of patents in the US, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel related to methods and composition of matter of its proprietary Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) technology. Issued US Patent US 7,858,560 titled "Capture Compounds, Collections thereof and Methods for Analyzing the Proteome and Complex Compositions" broadly covers [...]

Charter Members Join Appistry to Advance ‘Big Data’ Management and Genomic Research

Appistry, Inc., the world's best company at solving complex, data intensive problems, today announced the formation of a Scientific and Technology Advisory Board to support the company's development and commercialization of next-generation technologies for advanced data management. The advisory board includes leading influencers with extensive technical credibility and perspectives across disciplines as diverse as bioinformatics, [...]

BD Announces Results for 2012 First Fiscal Quarter

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $1.888 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing an increase of 2.5 percent from the prior-year period, or 2.4 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis. "We are pleased with our [...]

Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Announces Agreement with New England Biolabs to Launch Gibson Assembly™ Master Mix Product for Synthetic and Molecular Biology Applications

LA JOLLA, CA AND IPSWICH, MA, Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), a privately held company commercializing and developing genomic-driven solutions to solve a variety of global needs, and New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), today jointly announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement whereby NEB will commercialize the Gibson Assembly™ Master Mix. This product [...]

Introducing ATCC Tumor Cell Panels: Powerful New Tools for Cancer Research

Searching for appropriate tumor cell models often entails a time-intensive review of the literature and genomic databases. To enable cancer researchers, ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) has introduced a collection of Tissue-Specific Tumor Cell Panels. These powerful new tools combine well-characterized adherent cell lines that were selected for their genomic mutations as found in the [...]

Life Technologies Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results

CARLSBAD, Calif., Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011 and provided financial guidance for 2012. "I am pleased with our performance in the fourth quarter and throughout 2011, even as we faced a number of challenges, including macroeconomic headwinds and constrained spending by some [...]

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