Exiqon Releases New 6th Generation MicroRNA Array with the Broadest and Most Updated Coverage of miRBase on the Market

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of the 6th generation of miRCURY LNA™ microRNA Arrays for expression profiling of microRNA from human, mouse and rat. The new microRNA arrays have 2361 unique capture probes covering all mature human (1223), mouse (1055), rat (680) [...]

Biotage Extends Capabilities with Addition of PEG Resins for Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

Biotage announces the addition of ChemMatrix® resins to its extensive offering of peptide synthesis and purification products. ChemMatrix offers substantial advantages over traditional PS and PEG based resins for solid phase peptide synthesis. Charlotte, North Carolina – Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced the addition [...]

Myconostica’s MycAssay™ Aspergillus Test to Improve Diagnosis of Aspergillus Bronchitis in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Manchester, United Kingdom - At the prestigious annual British Thoracic Society meeting in London on December 1st, Dr Caroline Baxter reported the highly sensitive performance of Myconostica‘s real-time PCR assay MycAssayTM Aspergillus in cystic fibrosis (CF) sputum1 which is 260% more sensitive than the currently used culture. PCR combined with Aspergillus IgG testing on blood [...]

Roche Introduces New X-tremeGENE DNA Transfection Reagents with High Efficiency and Reproducibility, Low Cytotoxicity

Penzberg, Germany - Two new high-performance reagents deliver more viable cells, help accelerate cellular and molecular research efforts. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the introduction of two new highperformance DNA transfection reagents for its innovative cellular analysis portfolio for life science research. Designed for commonly used and hard-to-transfect cell lines, the X-tremeGENE [...]

OGT Announces Major Role in Large Scale Diabetes Study

Genefficiency™ aCGH microarray service to process extensive sample set linking CNVs to disease susceptibility Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced details of a major project with the University of Virginia Center for Public Health Genomics. In a groundbreaking study, Professor Stephen Rich, [...]

Cole-Parmer Earns Better Business Bureau Accreditation

Joins premier list of accredited companies meeting BBB Standards for Trust Vernon Hills, Ill. - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Chicago and northern Illinois has added Cole-Parmer to their roster of companies that demonstrate high business ethics, standards, and practices. The BBB Standards for Trust, which are foundational to accreditation, include building trust, advertising [...]

Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc. Announces New Quick-Processing Humidity Test Chamber

Cornelius, OR - Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc. has announced the release of their latest offering to the Life Sciences, University, and Clinical Research labs with the HC6 Environmental Humidity Chamber for multiple industrial and biotechnology testing applications. The expert design replicates natural conditions to determine potential limitations a sample would experience when exposed to various temperature [...]

NanoString Exclusively Licenses Worldwide Rights to Intrinsic Subtyping Gene Signature for Breast Cancer

Company Intends to Commercialize In Vitro Diagnostic Products on its nCounter Platform SEATTLE, Wash. - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced it has secured an exclusive worldwide license from Bioclassifier, LLC to develop in [...]

RIKEN Chooses Helicos Single Molecule Sequencing for Global Map of Human Promoters

Researchers in Japan have launched FANTOM5, Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome, an international effort to globally map transcription initiation in every human cell type. Joint research by RIKEN and Helicos BioSciences Corporation has played a key role in this project in adapting the Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) technique, originally developed by RIKEN, [...]

FLSmidth Makes Offer for the Acquisition of ESSA Australia

Company Announcement to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority No. 35-2010 FLSmidth has today announced an offer for the acquisition of the Australian listed company ESSA Australia Limited (ESSA). FLSmidth's offer corresponds to an enterprise value of approximately DKK 170m. The offer is unanimously recommended by the Board of Directors of ESSA, in the absence of [...]

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