Leica Microsystems and Visiopharm Announce Software Integration for Digital Pathology Image Analysis
August 18, 2011
Wetzlar, Germany / Hørsholm, Denmark. Leica Microsystems, world-leading providers of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Visiopharm the leading provider of Histoinformatics Solutions for Life-Sciences, today announce the completed integration of Leica’s SlidePath Digital Image Hub with Visiopharm’s Whole-Slide InformaticsTM solutions for Digital Pathology. Users can now take advantage of superior image capture and management from [...]
August 18, 2011
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. and AMSTERDAM--Medicinal Genomics, a pioneer in the genomics of medicinal plants, today announced that the company has sequenced the entire genome of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica, assembling the largest known gene collection of this therapeutic plant. The DNA purification was performed at the company’s research facility in Amsterdam, and the sequencing was [...]
August 18, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc., a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $31.8 million service and maintenance renewal order from an undisclosed client to support its fleet of AS&E® detection systems. “We are proud to support our valued client’s strategic mission with outstanding service in the [...]
August 18, 2011
Madison, WI. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of two new complete solutions featuring the Antaris II Fourier-Transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) analyzer, for feed and ingredient analysis in agriculture, and flour and milling analysis in the food processing industry. The solutions set an industry standard for laboratory-based [...]
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 [...]
