Miltenyi Biotec, TeutoCell to Advance Cell Culture Techniques
May 12, 2011
BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany - Miltenyi Biotec, the only company to offer a seamless experimental integration path from sample preparation through cell separation, culture, and analysis for primary cells, today entered into a strategic alliance with TeutoCell, a provider of cutting edge cell culture technology. The new partnership will broaden that experimental integration path to include [...]
China Awards Patent to ThalesNano’s Revolutionary Lab Ozonolysis System, the O-CubeTM
May 12, 2011
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY and PRINCETON, NJ and LONDON - ThalesNano today reported that the China Patent and Trademark Office (CPO) has granted a patent for its flow ozonolysis instrument, the O-Cube™, including several aspects of its proprietary underlying technology. Ozonolysis is a fundamentally important oxidation reaction, which has never been fully adopted due to the safety [...]
SeraCare Enhances Reagent Grade HSA Offering by Bringing Manufacturing In-House
May 12, 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, today announced it has added lyophilization capabilities to produce high-purity reagent grade HSA (human serum albumin) in powder form. SeraCare has provided powder-form HSA for [...]
May 12, 2011
KARLSRUHE/BINZEN, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration with integrated process technology provider Glatt GmbH to deliver continuous twin-screw granulation and drying solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Together, the two companies provide a one-stop solution for satisfying customer demands from powder handling to tablet production. “To [...]
AgenoLAB Broadens Service Offering for Drug Development with Roche’s RTCA Cardio Instrument
May 12, 2011
Penzberg, Germany - AgenoLAB, the Stuttgart-based service provider, is the first company in Germany to expand its service offering with the latest cell analysis technology from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). The company will use the RTCA Cardio Instrument to complement their analytical service portfolio for drug development. “We are pleased to be the [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Leading Biological Safety Cabinet Portfolio
May 12, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of an expanded portfolio of the Thermo Scientific 1300 Series A2 biological safety cabinets. In addition to the existing four- and six-foot cabinets, the 1300 Series A2 portfolio is now available in three- and five-foot widths, maximizing internal [...]
Real-Time PCR Dedicated Sample Preparation Chemistries Have Arrived
May 12, 2011
PARK CITY, UT - Biotechnology company Fluoresentric, Inc. announces its real-time PCR dedicated sample preparation kits, Direct-2-PCR™, BACT-2-PCR™, and HiT-4-PCR™ which are significant improvements to existing products. Each kit is specifically designed to rapidly isolate DNA or RNA in buffers specifically formulated to perform exceptionally with real-time PCR detection, quantification, and genotyping applications. Direct-2-PCR™ (store.fluoresentric.com) [...]
Cell Biosciences Acquires Brightwell Technologies
May 12, 2011
Santa Clara, CA - Cell Biosciences, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Brightwell Technologies, Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario for approximately U.S. $9 million in cash. Brightwell Technologies is the market leader in Micro-Flow Imaging (MFI), an analytical technique used to detect particles and aggregates in protein-based therapeutics. Because of high interest in protein aggregation [...]
May 12, 2011
LAVAL, QC - Roche Diagnostics Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the cobas® 8000 modular analyzer series. In parallel with the launch of this latest member of Roche's "cobas" family of laboratory testing platforms, Roche Diagnostics Canada has completed the first North American installation of the cobas 8000 system at BC Biomedical Laboratories. [...]
Software for the Discovery of New Crystal Structures
May 11, 2011
Transmission electron microscopes create magnified images of samples and are, in contrast to the light microscope, even able to resolve individual atoms. When transmitting a beam of electrons through a crystalline sample such as a complex mineral or a crystallized protein, the electrons are being diffracted in a specific way. Collecting such diffraction patterns of [...]
