Delivers High-Speed and High-Resolution Analysis with Excellent Data Quality COLUMBIA, Md.--Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the Nexera ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system, which delivers high-speed and high-resolution analysis without sacrificing basic performance parameters such as excellent precision, near-zero carryover, good linearity, stability and ruggedness. Offering these attributes enables Nexera to provide superior performance in various [...]

Tactical Detection Approach for Safe, Quick Identification of Unknown Substances Danbury, Conn. -- Smiths Detection today launches BIO-ACT, a complete emergency response assessment solution for rapidly identifying Biological Warfare Agents (BWAs) in the field. BIO-ACT comprises four complementary technologies, giving emergency responders a complete toolkit to obtain the highest level of accuracy when assessing unknown [...]

Phillipsburg, New Jersey -- Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced a global alliance between its Mallinckrodt Baker performance chemicals business and the SOTAX Group to promote J.T.Baker® DILUT-ITT dissolution media concentrates with SOTAX® dissolution test apparatus as a one-stop solution to help increase lab productivity. Mallinckrodt Baker is a [...]

Cyntellect Technology for Stem Cell Processing Used by Researchers from Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute SAN DIEGO--Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance the study of cell biology, stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, has entered into an agreement with Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical [...]

PerkinElmer Advances Elemental Analysis for Environmental, Materials, and Consumer Safety Applications with NexION™ 300 ICP-MS - New atomic spectroscopy platform offers advanced, user-friendly parts-per-trillion range detection capability for a diverse range of applications ORLANDO, Fla.--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of [...]

Results from Successful Feasibility Experiment Presented at the 11th Annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Meeting REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) today announced that its research scientists have developed a clinically useful method for whole genome expression analysis using standard tumor specimens that are routinely collected in clinical practice. Genomic [...]

New RNAGEM™ Tissue DNA Extraction Kits Produce Consistent, Linear, 100% Reproducible Results Solana Beach, Calif., & Hamilton, New Zealand -- ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., a provider of innovative enzyme-based products for DNA and RNA extraction and other life sciences applications, today announced the launch of its new RNAGEM™ Tissue RNA extraction kits. This product represents a [...]

Matthews, North Carolina -- CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce the introduction of a new platform for pressurized microwave digestion that can process a typical 0.5g sample of organic material in 10 minutes or less, including cool down, in a sequential format that allows individual method programming [...]

febit’s powerful biomarker discovery platform further strengthened with validated content identified with the Applied Biosystems SOLiD deep sequencing instrument LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany -- febit today announced that an updated version of the company’s Geniom Biochip containing 58 new discovered sequences in addition to all of the Homo sapiens microRNAs (miRNA) from miRBase [...]

NEW YORK--Enzo Biochem, Inc., (NYSE:ENZ) today announced that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has entered judgment in favor of Enzo and against Bayer HealthCare LLC in a patent interference proceeding relating to Enzo Life Science’s application for nucleic acid signal amplification and Bayer’s U.S. Patent [...]