DNA Genotek’s Oragene(R) DNA Product Selected by The Anthony Nolan Trust for Pilot Project
May 5, 2010
OTTAWA -- -- DNA Genotek, a leading provider of products for biological sample collection, stabilization and preparation, today announced that The Anthony Nolan Trust, the UK's largest bone marrow donor registry, has selected Oragene DNA for a pilot project aimed at increasing donor recruitment. Bone marrow donor registries, also known as HLA registries, use HLA [...]
VisEn Launches New VivoTag(R) 645 Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Label
May 5, 2010
Extends VisEn's Leading Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Agent Portfolio to Enable Expanded Imaging Applications in Research and Drug Development BEDFORD, Mass. -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new VivoTag® 645 red fluorescent dye for optimized labeling of biomolecules in a broad range [...]
Bioo Scientific Launches ELISA to Detect Trifluralin in Food
May 5, 2010
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Austin, TX, United States, 05/05/2010 - Bioo Scientific launched the MaxSignal® Trifluralin ELISA kit to analyze meat and fish samples for trifluralin contamination. Bioo Scientific today announced the availability of its MaxSignal® Trifluralin ELISA kit. This kit is the only commercially available ELISA which rapidly and affordably screens meat and fish [...]
NYU-Poly Physicist Collaborates on Detector for Explosives and Chemical Warfare Agents
May 5, 2010
Scientists Develop Mobile Sensing Units to Find Bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices; Technology Could Replace Current Scanners in Airports NEW YORK -- -- A technology long used for identifying traces of organic compounds in exhaust gases may hold the key to finding minute traces of explosives and chemical warfare agents (CWAs) carried into airports or [...]
WaferGen Announces 10th Early-Access Customer of SmartChip Real-Time PCR System
May 5, 2010
FREMONT, Calif. -- -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:WGBS.ob - News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that the University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, is the 10th early-access customer of the SmartChip Real-Time PCR System. The SmartChip System is designed to advance genome research results through the [...]
BioDiscovery and Exiqon Sign OEM Agreement to Provide Complete miRNA Analysis Solution
May 5, 2010
EL SEGUNDO, CA, AND COPENHAGEN, DK, 5 May 2010 - BioDiscovery, Inc., a leader in integrated software solutions for microarray-based research, and Exiqon A/S, a leader in microRNA analysis products and services, announced today an OEM Agreement incorporating BioDiscovery's array analysis and visualization software with Exiqon's arrays. The agreement allows Exiqon to package BioDiscovery's array [...]
Ocimum Biosolutions Partners with Jivan Biologics for Sequencing-Based Transcriptome Profiling
May 4, 2010
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, - Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading global integrated genomics company, today announced that it has partnered with Jivan Biologics to provide sequencing-based transcriptome profiling services. With this partnership, Ocimum will venture into RNA based services, especially transcriptome profiling, leveraging Jivan Biologics’s industry-leading bioinformatics infrastructure, experience and technology. Ocimum [...]
May 4, 2010
Z Backscatter Systems Continue to Support Critical Counterterrorist Missions in Harsh Environments BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI - News), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of service and maintenance renewal orders valued at $6.0 million from the U.S. government for Z Backscatter™ Vans (ZBV) [...]
New from Carl Zeiss: CALYPSO 5.0
May 4, 2010
Increase measuring efficiency—from the generation of measuring plans to data analysis and documentation OBERKOCHEN, Germany -- With the latest version of its standard measuring software CALYPSO®, Carl Zeiss offers additional functions with outstanding properties for users of measuring technology. CALYPSO 5.0 further improves measuring efficiency—be it the generation of measuring plans for contact or optical [...]
Veeco Launches SPM Community Forum and Resource Website
May 4, 2010
Plainview, NY -- Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community and industrial sectors, today announced the launch of “The Nanoscale World,”an online community resource and forum website for SPM & Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) collaboration. The Nanoscale World offers AFM researchers a direct means of [...]

