CLC bio Releases Beta Version of Super Fast de novo Assembler

AARHUS, Denmark--Last week CLC bio released the beta version of their long awaited assembly algorithm for de novo assembly to selected customers and now it’s publically available. The new assembler comes in two different editions, as a standalone command-line interface and as a graphical user interface through a plug-in for CLC Genomics Workbench. User Experience [...]

FDA Broadens Clearance for Agendia’s MammaPrint(R)

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its MammaPrint breast cancer recurrence test for all ages. MammaPrint is the only FDA-cleared breast cancer recurrence test available to patients and physicians. Over the past three years, the FDA [...]

Transgenomic, Inc. Executes License Option Agreement for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnostic Markers with Gene Solutions, LLC

Low-level Mitochondrial DNA Variants are Linked to Disease OMAHA, Neb., December 17, 2009 - Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC BB: TBIO.OB) announced today that it has reached agreement with Gene Solutions for an exclusive licensing option to a set of validated mutations found in Parkinson’s disease patients that can form the basis of a novel and accurate [...]

Roche Diagnostics Licenses Melting Curve Analysis and SYBR Green Techniques to Takara Bio

PENZBERG, Germany & SHIGA, Japan--Roche Diagnostics (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) and Takara Bio (TSE Mothers: 4974), the Shiga (Japan)-based supplier of systems for use in life science research, announced that they have entered into a license agreement for use of the melting curve analysis technology and SYBR Green techniques in their Kits and Instruments [...]

Cellectis bioresearch launches first kit from cGPS® Custom line for use in human cell lines.

Paris -- Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis S.A. (Alternext: ALCLS), has today announced the launch of cGPS® Custom HEK293, its first research kit that can be used on cell lines derived from human material. The new cGPS® Custom kit will allow scientists to control the expression of any [...]

Perten Instruments introduces SimPlus

SimPlus software for NIR Administration, Network and Remote Access - A powerful new software for the DA 7200 NIR Analysis Systems. SimPlus allows users to monitor and administrate multiple DA 7200 instruments (on-site or remote installations) from one location, access data & results, update calibrations, and create reports. · QC management can track production results [...]

Exiqon to divest its U.S. CLIA laboratory operation Oncotech, Inc.

• The 2009 guidance for the underlying continued and discontinued businesses is unchanged • Exiqon Life Sciences is expected to be cash flow positive in 2010 • Long term financial goal of reaching profitability by 2011 with current capital is maintained. Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: “EXQ”) today announced that it has started a process [...]

Shimadzu Supports Growing Solar Industry with Testing Instruments for Photovoltaic Research and Manufacturing

COLUMBIA, Md.--Shimadzu Scientific Instruments offers testing solutions for photovoltaic manufacturing processes and research and development that contribute to higher conversion efficiencies, reliability and yields from solar cells. Shimadzu’s comprehensive line of analytical instruments can evaluate materials, as well as provide quality control for photovoltaic cells and modules during the manufacturing process. This includes testing of [...]

Life Technologies’ SOLiD System Finds Mutations in Small Cell Lung Cancer Line

Paper Published in Nature Demonstrates Mutational Burden Caused by Tobacco Smoking uen CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE - News), today announced the publication of a paper in the journal Nature that demonstrates the power of next-generation DNA sequencing used to identify DNA mutations in a small cell lung cancer (SCLC) line [...]

CombiMatrix Launches New ElectraSense MicroArray Reader

The Smallest, Most Economic Array Reader on the Market MUKILTEO, Wash., Dec. 16, 2009 -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today the launch of its next-generation ElectraSense(R) microarray reader. The new ElectraSense(R) provides a robust, affordable, and user-friendly microarray reader that electrochemically measures up to 12,000 probes on an array in less than 25 seconds. The [...]

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