Beckman Coulter Genomics and DNA Genotek Enhance DNA Isolation and Purification
July 6, 2010
DNAdvance SP Delivers High Yield with Oragene•DNA Samples Orange County, Calif., and Ottawa, Ont. – Beckman Coulter Genomics today announced the development of a new version of the DNAdvance System for use with DNA Genotek’s Oragene*•DNA samples. DNAdvance SP, from Beckman Coulter Genomics, is an extraction kit for the isolation and purification of DNA from [...]
Taconic’s Litigation Contesting License Termination by Cellectis is Dismissed
July 6, 2010
Paris - Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announced today that the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance has dismissed the claims filed by Taconic Artemis and Taconic Farms Inc. in December 2008 against Cellectis’ termination for breach of its license to homologous recombination patents. The third chamber of the Tribunal de Grande Instance [...]
Relaunch: “Roche Applied Science Industrial Business” Now Is “Roche Custom Biotech”
July 6, 2010
Effectively July 1, Roche Applied Science (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) Industrial Business was relaunched under the name Roche Custom Biotech. The switch will be accompanied by a complete makeover of the Industrial Business appearance. Besides the new name and slogan – “Expertise you can trust” - there will also be a new web appearance, [...]
July 6, 2010
FLORENCE, Italy – At WWMR 2010, Bruker introduces SampleXpress, a robust and cost-effective solution for medium-throughput automation in NMR routine and research applications. Its unique compact, fully integrated design significantly reduces space requirements and sample transfer times. Combined with a built-in barcode reader for automatic sample identification, SampleXpress is the ideal solution for optimizing throughput [...]
July 6, 2010
Preclinical Animal Data Demonstrates Promising Stem Cell Therapeutic Strategy for HIV/AIDS - Extends ZFP Therapeutic Application RICHMOND, Calif. - Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced the publication of data demonstrating the preclinical efficacy of a human stem cell therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) based on its proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein nuclease (ZFN) technology. [...]
Halma Announces Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
July 6, 2010
Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the appointment of Lord Norman Blackwell and Steve Marshall as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 29 July 2010. Norman Blackwell is non-executive Chairman of Interserve Plc, Senior Independent Director at Standard Life Plc and a board member of OFCOM, the communications regulator. [...]
Biotage Introduces Highly-Selective AFFINILUTE MIP
July 6, 2010
Uppsala, Sweden – Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced the introduction of high-performance, AFFINILUTE MIP (Molecularly Imprinted Polymers) columns for analytical sample preparation. Highly selective extractions with AFFINILUTE MIPs are considerably simplified resulting in faster, more robust and ultimately lower cost sample preparation. AFFINILTE MIP [...]
Evaluation of UNIarray for Infectious Disease Diagnostics
July 6, 2010
Dortmund, Germany - Protagen AG, Dortmund, and the Neuried, Germany, based diagnostics company Mikrogen GmbH, announced today the closing of a collaboration agreement for the identification of typical autoantibody signatures in infectious diseases. Also classical infectious disease diagnostics can benefit from UNIarray®, the proprietary technology platform of Protagen for the determination of indication specific autoantibody [...]
Ocimum Biosolutions Offers New Solutions in MicroRNA Microarray Technology
July 6, 2010
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Ocimum Biosolutions, a global integrated genomics company, today announced that it now offers cutting edge solutions using miRNA microarray technology. A wide range of miRNA microarray kits and assays including human, mouse, rat and other systems are available immediately on Ocimum’s proprietary OciChip™ platform. The epoxide coated microarray slides are [...]
Synergy 2 Alpha Is A Proven Alternative For Reading AlphaScreen®/AlphaLISA® Assays
July 6, 2010
WINOOSKI VT, USA — Further expanding the Synergy™ Microplate Reader family, BioTek’s Synergy™ 2 Alpha Microplate Reader provides high-performance Alpha detection at a reasonable price for low- to medium-throughput laboratories. Synergy 2 Alpha comes pre-configured with the Alpha filter set, mirrors, software and optical modules to read all Alpha assays, and is easily upgradable with [...]

