Life Technologies Launches 3500 Dx Series Genetic Analyzers for In Vitro Diagnostic Use in China
October 25, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation today announced that its Applied Biosystems 3500 Dx / 3500xL Dx Genetic Analyzer has been approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration(SFDA) for diagnostic use in China. The 3500 Dx is a capillary-based Sanger Sequencer intended for use in the analysis of human DNA or RNA for the [...]
New RoHS Test Equipment Developed in Joint Venture
October 25, 2011
Buffalo, NY -- Xenemetrix Inc and Eastern Applied Research Inc have agreed to proceed with the co-development of a new X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer that will meet the requirements of RoHS compliance testing needs. In addition to RoHS analysis, the analyzer will provide full qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements from Aluminum (Al) through Uranium (U). [...]
Implant Sciences Sells Follow-On Order to China’s Beijing Subway System
October 25, 2011
Implant Sciences Corporation, a high record retailer of systems and sensors for homeland confidence markets, currently announced a sale of additional units of a Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives snippet detector to a Beijing Subway system, an existent patron in China. The Beijing Subway is a complicated complement with 14 lines, all of that have [...]
October 25, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) today announced that the company has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (GSK) to develop a diagnostic to be used as a companion test with a GSK candidate cancer immunotherapy. Specifically, Life will develop a qPCR-based molecular diagnostic assay for GSK’s MAGE-A3 cancer immunotherapy candidate designed to [...]
Stem cell qualified mouse Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (mLIF)
October 25, 2011
AMSBIO has added mouse Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (mLIF) to its extensive range of stem cell research products. Functionally tested with mouse ES cells, the affordably-priced AMSBIO recombinant mLIF combines both high quality and high activity. Mouse Leukemia Inhibitory Factor is a lymphoid factor involved in a number of biological processes including neural and hematopoietic cell [...]
SwitchGear Genomics and New England Biolabs Develop New Multiplex Reporter Assay System
October 25, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif. and IPSWICH, Mass.-- SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products and services for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, announced that they have partnered with New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) to create a new dual reporter assay system that leverages the unique advantages of SwitchGear's LightSwitch™ Luciferase Assay System and [...]
New BellBrook Labs Study Describes Novel HTS Assay to Accelerate Epigenetic Drug Discovery
October 24, 2011
Madison, WI - BellBrook Labs developed the EPIGEN Methyltransferase Assayearlier this year to enable screening for inhibitors of methyltransferases (MTs), a family of chromatin modifying enzymes that has recently become the focus of intense drug discovery efforts. Although other MT assay methods were available, none of them had the right combination of HTS compatibility and [...]
Reaction Biology Launches Recombinant Methyltransferase Line
October 24, 2011
MALVERN, Pa.-- Reaction Biology Corporation ("RBC"), a leading contract research organization providing drug discovery services in epigenetics, today announced the rollout of a new product line, recombinant proteins for epigenetic research. RBC's initial offerings will emphasize the histone methyltransferases (HMTs), including exclusive targets for which there has been no previous commercial source. The enzymes offered [...]
October 24, 2011
Gaithersburg, Maryland and SEOUL, Korea - Seegene, the world's leading developer of multiplex molecular diagnostics (M-MoDx), today announced the commercialization of its second real-time assay based upon its new TOCE™ technology. The Anyplex™ II RV16 Detection Assay will provide clinicians with a powerful new tool to help prevent the spread of respiratory infections. The Anyplex [...]
October 24, 2011
BOSTON--The Pistoia Alliance, a precompetitive alliance of life science companies, technology vendors, publishers, and academic groups, has launched the Pistoia Alliance Sequence Squeeze competition to find the best algorithm for compressing next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. The winning entrant will receive a prize of US$15,000, which will be awarded by a prestigious judging panel that includes [...]
