SeraCare Expands Cellular Line with Addition of Cryopreserved Human Monocytes and CD4+ T-Cells
August 18, 2011
Milford, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, announced it has expanded its cellular product line with the addition of Cryo-M Human Monocytes and Cryo-T4 Human CD4+ T-Cells to its AccuCell® Peripheral Blood [...]
Medicinal Genomics Sequences the Cannabis Genome Using Roche’s GS FLX+ System
August 18, 2011
BRANFORD, Conn.--Medicinal Genomics, a private company headquartered in Marblehead, Mass., USA and the Netherlands, announced today that it has sequenced the entire genomes of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica, representing two strains of the therapeutic plant. The genome assemblies, comprising over 131 billion bases of sequence, are the largest known gene collection of the Cannabis [...]
BD Diagnostics and Biodiversity Collaborate to Develop Portfolio of Assays on the BD MAX(TM) System
August 18, 2011
BALTIMORE and BRESCIA, Italy - BD Diagnostics, a segment of global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), and Biodiversity SpA, a private biotechnology company focusing on molecular diagnostics, announced today a regional collaboration to develop and commercialize a comprehensive molecular diagnostic menu for immunocompromised patients on the BD MAX™ System. This portfolio will [...]
Fluid Imaging Financial Services to Provide Flexible Funding Options to Customers
August 18, 2011
Yarmouth, ME – Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, USA, today announced the launch of Fluid Imaging Financial Services to provide flexible financing options to its North American customers for acquiring the tech firm’s dynamic imaging particle analyzer, the FlowCAM®, an instrument that is used in a variety of aquatic and industrial applications worldwide. [...]
World Micro Enhances Counterfeit Detection with XRF and High-volume X-ray
August 18, 2011
ATLANTA -- In a move to provide its customers with more protection from the growing threat of counterfeit and substandard electronic parts, World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the medical electronics, commercial, military, and aerospace markets, has recently added XRF and high-volume X-ray to its in-house quality assurance capabilities. Its new technology [...]
Promega to Break Ground for New Facility
August 17, 2011
Promega Corporation will be breaking ground for a new production facility at its primary campus in Fitchburg. The additional operation is projected to add about 100 jobs over the next five years to the leader in life science industry. The facility will be located at 2800 Woods Hollow Road. Plans for the facility feature two [...]
CoorsTek Launches On-Line Labware Store for Direct Sales
August 17, 2011
GOLDEN, Colo. -- CoorsTek, the world's largest technical ceramics manufacturer, today officially launched a new on-line store offering direct sales of their legacy ceramic labware products. The site enhances customer convenience with on-line, 24-7 ordering, enables factory-direct orders from the manufacturing plant in Golden, Colorado, and saves customers 10% off list price for porcelain labware. [...]
August 17, 2011
IRVINE, CALIF. – Emerson Process Management has released the Rosemount Analytical Model 56, an advanced dual-input liquid analyzer with the industry’s first high-resolution color screen. The Model 56 features extensive full-color trend graphics, advanced control capabilities, a high capacity data logger and audit trail event logger, and digital communications. “These capabilities make the Model 56 [...]
August 17, 2011
PERTH, Australia, and SINGAPORE - The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Australian Research Centre's Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology located in UWA will use Agilent's informatics systems in its research to build the world's first plant protein monitoring database. The database will serve [...]
Molecular Response Expands Clinical Offerings with BRAF Mutation Testing
August 17, 2011
SAN DIEGO--Molecular Response announced today that it has launched a clinically validated BRAF test to detect the V600E mutation in both melanoma and colorectal tumors. The announcement comes on the heels of the news that the FDA has approved Roche’s Zelboraf™ (vemurafenib) for melanoma patients harboring the BRAF V600E mutation. “We’re excited to expand our [...]
