Exiqon Launches Customizable Pick-&-Mix microRNA qPCR Arrays
May 3, 2011
Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today launched its highly flexible Pick & Mix microRNA PCR Panels for sensitive and specific quantification of custom selected microRNAs in both 96 and 384 well array forats. In brief, the Pick & Mix microRNA Panel system allows the customers to [...]
May 3, 2011
Loveland, Colo. - Hach Company (www.hach.com) unveiled its DR 3900™ spectrophotometer featuring state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology today. Because the DR 3900 innovatively uses the latest technology, it requires less training and increases confidence in the test results. This helps water and wastewater facilities prevent measurement errors. The DR 3900 further simplifies water analysis [...]
Bruker Announces Dimension FastScan, the World’s Fastest High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscope
May 3, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Bruker today announced the innovative and unique Dimension FastScanTM Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which delivers a significant breakthrough in improved imaging speed without sacrificing nanoscale resolution. The Dimension FastScan enables users to work hundreds of times faster than is possible with other commercial AFM systems, delivering results in seconds or minutes [...]
May 3, 2011
At the Seventh annual PEGS conference to be held in Boston, MA, TTP LabTech will release data demonstrating the use of their novel acoustic biosensor, Libra2, for the study of glycosylation patterns on cell membranes. TTP LabTech is inviting scientists to Booth 304 to view the data and discuss future developments and applications of the [...]
Osborne Clarke Advises Tocris on £75 million Sale to Techne Corporation
May 3, 2011
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of Tocris Holdings Limited, a leading supplier of reagents for non-clinical life science research, on the sale of Tocris Holdings Limited (Tocris) to NASDAQ quoted TECHNE Corporation (Techne) for £75 million. Tocris' products are used to understand biological processes and diseases. The products are used in life-science research activities [...]
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and KeraFAST LLC Sign Worldwide E-Commerce Distribution Deal
May 3, 2011
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. - Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO) ("PBI" and the "Company") and KeraFAST LLC ("KeraFAST") today announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide distribution agreement (the "Agreement") covering several of the Company's new sample preparation products. These products include the recently released The SHREDDER SG3 Extraction System; the novel MicroTube, MicroCap, and [...]
ChipDX Discovers and Validates Gene Signature That Predicts Recurrence of Breast Cancer
May 3, 2011
NEW YORK - ChipDX LLC, a New York-based molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine research company, has discovered a gene expression signature present in the cells of early-stage breast tumors that indicates the chance of the tumor recurring within 10 years. This genomic information was used to develop a prognostic test, BreastGeneDX, which ChipDX plans to [...]
Techne Corporation Announces Acquisition
May 3, 2011
Minneapolis - Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) (Techne) announced today that it has acquired 100% ownership of Tocris Holdings Limited and subsidiaries (Tocris), a leading supplier of reagents for non-clinical life science research. Tocris’ products are used in both in-vitro and in-vivo experiments, to understand biological processes and diseases. The business is focused on making biologically [...]
May 3, 2011
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports that the University of Leipzig has chosen the CellHesion® 200 system for their Institute of Experimental Physics I. The research of the Institute of Experimental Physics I is focused on soft condensed matter as bulk material, in interaction [...]
ASD Selected as Encompass™ Product Partner in the Rockwell Automation Partnernetwork™ Program
May 3, 2011
BOULDER, Colo. - ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials measurement solutions, has been accepted into the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program as an Encompass Product Partner, representing the company’s over-the-conveyor system, the QualitySpec® 7000. The Encompass product reference program provides manufacturers with products to enhance and extend their Rockwell Automation solutions. [...]
