OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) announced today that it has completed a preliminary study with a leading pharmaceutical company that validates the use of its licensed COLD-PCR technology to detect colorectal tumor-associated KRAS mutations that determine efficacy of recently developed therapies. These were detected in plasma samples in which the mutation [...]

Patent Licensed From Johns Hopkins University for PCR-based Companion Diagnostics for Cancer Treatments VENLO, The Netherlands -- QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary DxS has acquired the global and exclusive licence for biomarker PI3K from Johns Hopkins University to develop real-time-PCR and endpoint PCR assays. Research has [...]

Peabody, Mass. -- The installation of an advanced imaging tool, a JEOL Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA), will expand research and educational opportunities for students, faculty, and industry in southeastern North Carolina. In January, JEOL completed the installation of its new generation of EPMA, also known as a microprobe, at the Southeastern North Carolina Regional Microanalytical [...]

Reno, Nevada and Westbrook, Maine -- Hamilton Robotics and Artel have announced that the Artel MVS® (Multichannel Verification System) has been successfully validated for use with Hamilton’s MICROLAB STAR and NIMBUS automated liquid handling workstations. Using Artel’s proprietary ratiometric photometry technology, which measures light absorption by two specially formulated dyes in order to verify volume, [...]

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Sage-N Research, Inc. (Sage-N) defines the next generation SEQUEST standard specifically for throughput and sensitivity required for translational proteomics research, especially involving phosphorylation and protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) important to cancer and stem cell research. The new SEQUEST 3G standard is defined in close collaboration with Dr. John R. Yates, III of [...]

WILMINGTON, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCBB:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, has been issued a coveted “Designation” for its Quantum Sniffer™ technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The designation applies to [...]

The world's first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis now offers surface chemistries for: carboxyl, streptavidin, benzaldehyde, NTA-Ni for His-tagged proteins, Protein A and Protein G for coupling antibodies San Diego, California -- Silicon Kinetics, Inc., the pioneering life sciences tool company which introduced the world’s first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular [...]

Integration of InforSense and E-WorkBook Suites Delivers First Biomarker ELN GUILDFORD, UK and BURLINGTON, MA--(February 8, 2010) - IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced the launch of the IDBS Biomarker Discovery and Validation Solution, which streamlines biomarker research and improves collaboration, intellectual property (IP) [...]

Niton XL2 Series Analyzers Deliver Positive Material Identification with Point and Shoot Simplicity BILLERICA, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will demonstrate the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton handheld XRF analyzers, the Niton® XL2 Series, at TMS 2010 taking place March 23-25 at the Los [...]

Niton XL2 Series Analyzers Deliver Rapid, On-site Geochemical Analysis while Maintaining Point and Shoot Simplicity BILLERICA, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will demonstrate the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton handheld XRF analyzers, the Niton® XL2 Series, at PDAC 2010, taking place March 3-10 at [...]