ALAMEDA, Calif. - BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTX) and BioTime's subsidiary, OncoCyte Corporation, today announced they have each appointed Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to their boards of directors. Dr. von Eschenbach is the President of Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc., a health care policy consultancy, and is an Adjunct Professor at University of Texas MD Anderson [...]

Menlo Park, CA, SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, launched the LightSwitch Synthetic Response Element GoClone reporter constructs for understanding transcription factor activity in living cells. The new reporter collection of nearly 100 response element vectors represents the largest collection of synthetic response element reporter [...]

Harvard Apparatus offers patented 96-Well DispoEquilibrium DIALYZERSTM that are FDA listed and Compliant for In-Vitro diagnostic protocols. The 96-Well DispoEquilibrium DIALYZER™ provide simple and reliable technique to analyze up to 96 equilibrium dialysis chambers simultaneously on disposable dialysis plates. Available only from Harvard Apparatus, these unique ready to use equilibrium dialysis plates are convenient and [...]

SAN DIEGO-- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL - News), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, has announced a new release of the Materials Studio® modeling and simulation environment. Supporting today’s increasing reliance on micro- and nanoscale engineering, Materials Studio 6.0 enables scientists to relate product performance with material properties and behavior at the [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif., ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the introduction of its Dip and Read™ Anti-GST biosensor for use on the company's Octet® instrumentation platform. The new biosensor enables researchers to conduct quantitation and kinetic analyses with GST fusion proteins – [...]

Rochester, NY – Diffinity Genomics™, Inc. a biotechnology company focused on providing faster, simpler nucleic acid purification products for life science researchers, announced they have signed a non-exclusive global distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich® to distribute Diffinity’s PCR purification product, the Diffinity RapidTip®. The distribution agreement will help expand the availability of Diffinity’s RapidTip brand products [...]

Malvern, UK: Scientists from Malvern Instruments and from biological ingredients and technology developers, Novozymes Biopharma, have successfully completed the first phase of extensive collaborative studies. These have involved the application of Malvern’s light scattering technologies in evaluating the formulation stability of two of Novozymes leading recombinant albumin products – Albucult® and Recombumin® – which are [...]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new method that uses ion chromatography (IC) to separate ethyl sulfate in an indinavir sulfate drug sample. Indinavir sulfate is a specific and potent inhibitor of HIV-1 protease and is widely used in the treatment of AIDS. Application Note 284: Determination of Ethyl Sulfate [...]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Molecular Devices, LLC, the prominent source of powerful software for the bioresearch imaging industry, today announced the release of a much-anticipated customizable extension to its suite of easy-to-use image processing and analysis tools. Version 2.0 of MetaMorph NX Software will be showcased at the 51st annual meeting of the American Society for [...]

Evocutis plc (AIM:EVO), the company focused on advanced laboratory and clinical evaluations of skincare products for the health and cosmetic markets, is pleased to announce the launch of the first of its LabSkin™ in vitro skin models, to support antimicrobial and skin microbe balancing (prebiotic) product claims. LabSkin™ is an animal-replacement technology which emulates living [...]