The first simple blood test for CMCs
September 15, 2011
Introducing the CELLTRACKS® Circulating Melanoma Cell (CMC) kit from Veridex. Designed for research applications, CELLTRACKS® CMC RUO kit uses proprietary immunomagnetic technology to capture melanoma cells that have detached from tumors and entered the bloodstream. CMCs may be useful in elucidating the biological mechanisms of certain cancers. Enables faster development Less time intensive and labor [...]
GE Healthcare to Invest $1 Billion in New Oncology Solutions
September 15, 2011
Chalfont St. Giles, UK — GE Healthcare, the health business of General Electric (NYSE: GE), announced today its plans to dedicate $1 billion of its total R&D budget over the next five years to expand its advanced cancer diagnostic and molecular imaging capabilities, as well as its world-class technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and [...]
New Ultra Low Freezer Operates Reduces Power by 50%
September 15, 2011
ATHENS, Ohio--Stirling Ultracold, a Division of Global Cooling, Inc, Athens, Ohio, USA, has introduced the Model SU105U ultra low freezer, an efficient 3.7 cu.ft. (105 liter) cabinet that delivers stable, uniform -86°C storage on less than 200 watts of electrical power from an AC or DC power supply. The freezer operates on a fraction of [...]
September 15, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Maryland, their Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today opened the International Food Safety Training Laboratory, a groundbreaking public-private partnership that applies government, university and private industry expertise and resources to the global food safety challenge. [...]
Genedata Biologics Will Be Featured at 9th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress
September 15, 2011
London, England -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced it will showcase Genedata Biologics™ at the 9th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress. The software solution will be discussed as part of a Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals presentation on the development of the Bayer integrated biologics data [...]
September 15, 2011
Penzberg - Cardiac toxicity is a major concern in drug development and it is imperative that clinical candidates are thoroughly tested for adverse effects earlier in the drug discovery process. In a new research study (1), Abassi et al. investigated the use of Roche´s (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) xCELLigence Cardio Instrument in conjunction with [...]
September 15, 2011
Santa Clara, CA – Picarro, Inc., the world’s leading provider of instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements, today announced a new carbon isotope analyzer with three times the precision and four times the stability of Picarro’s current industry leading isotopic CO2 instruments. With a performance specification of 0.1 per mil precision for 13C/12C ratio [...]
Axeq Technologies Announces an Integrated
September 15, 2011
ROCKVILLE, Md.--Axeq Technologies announced the industry-first Axeq Turnkey Discovery analytical bioinformatic services coupled with high-coverage exome sequencing applications. The fully-integrated sequencing and analysis services enable researchers to perform exome sequencing and determine putative genetic variant candidates within a few weeks. The Turnkey Discovery processes are categorized into specific modules, and are applicable to a variety [...]
September 14, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--NABsys, Inc., developers of solid-state electronic systems for single-molecule DNA sequencing and analysis, has closed a $10 million venture capital round. This recent Series C Preferred Stock financing was led by Stata Venture Partners and brings the total of funds raised since April 2009 to over $21 million. This new financing will be used [...]
September 14, 2011
Malvern, UK: Raising particle sizing to a smarter level, the new Mastersizer 3000 from Malvern Instruments delivers unique performance and productivity advantages, wrapped in a stylish, compact and practical instrument design. Now anyone can make good measurements and get exactly the data they need quickly and easily. With an extended dynamic range that spans 0.01 [...]
