Thermo Scientific Nunc Conical Centrifuge Tubes
February 23, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced new 15 and 50ml Thermo Scientific Nunc conical centrifuge tubes. Incorporating a new plastic rack design that is reusable, collapsible and recyclable, the 15/50 ml tubes are offered with an environmentally friendly, space-saving storage solution. This design provides a cleaner [...]
Agendia Receives Fifth FDA Clearance for Industry Leading MammaPrint(R) Assay
February 23, 2011
IRVINE, California and AMSTERDAM - Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that the company has received its fifth U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for MammaPrint(R), its widely used breast cancer recurrence assay. The new clearance is comprised of two additional Agilent Microarray scanners and two Agilent Bioanalyzers, expanding laboratory [...]
February 23, 2011
San Francisco, CA - Swift Biosciences Inc., a developer of innovative genetic analysis tools for the diagnostic industry, today presented two applications of their myT™ Primer qPCR. Results were presented for quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays that can detect mutations in two cancer genes: KRAS and BRAF. These assays were evaluated for analytical sensitivity [...]
Fluidigm and Eisenberg Brothers Ltd. Join Forces in Israel Distribution Deal
February 23, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., & AIRPORT CITY, Israel - Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Eisenberg Brothers Ltd. as its distributor in Israel. Eisenberg Brothers will offer Fluidigm’s complete portfolio of BioMark™, EP1™, and Access Array™ Systems and the complete line up of Dynamic Array™, Digital Array™ and Access Array [...]
MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. Launches Dye Dots™ Dry Gel Loading Dye
February 23, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid purification and molecular biology reagents, announces the launch of an innovative new product for gel electrophoresis, Dye Dots™ Dry Gel Loading Dye. Dye Dots™ eliminate a time-consuming step in the gel loading process, remove the potential for sample loss or mix-up and reduce [...]
Life Technologies to Launch Ion 318 Chip in Second Half of 2011 with 1Gb of Data Output
February 23, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) today announced that the Ion 318 semiconductor sequencing chip will be available for early access in September of this year, complete with RNA-Seq kits and analysis software, providing up to 1Gb of data output — 100 times more than the original Ion 314 chip introduced two months [...]
ACT Secures Patent to Generate Embryonic Stem Cells Without Embryo Destruction
February 23, 2011
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has been issued a patent on its “single-blastomere” technique. Patent Number 7,893,315 broadly covers ACT’s proprietary single-blastomere technology that provides a non-destructive alternative for deriving human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines. “Of the [...]
February 23, 2011
San Francisco, Calif. - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the release of Genedata Biologics™, a first-in-class, off-the-shelf software solution for comprehensive data management and analysis of biologics R&D activities. Genedata Biologics streamlines and automates the complex biologics lead generation and optimization process, including [...]
Kinexus Identifies Over 650,000 Phosphorylation Sites in the Human Proteome
February 23, 2011
VANCOUVER, BC - Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular intelligence research, announced another major expansion in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase (www.phosphonet.ca) for the study of cell communication systems. This open access, online resource for the scientific community now features data on over 93,000 experimentally-confirmed human phosphorylation sites (P-sites) and 560,000 additional P-sites predicted with a [...]
Ingenuity Systems and Covance Collaborate to Support Next-Generation Sequencing Research
February 23, 2011
Redwood City, CA - Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of information and analytics solutions for life science researchers, today announced a research collaboration with Covance Genomics Laboratory (www.covance.com/cgl) for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis. Covance Genomics Laboratory, a leading provider of genomics solutions for the drug discovery and development industry, and Ingenuity will work together [...]

