Xenomics, Inc. Files Suit against Sequenom, Inc. for Fraud
October 29, 2009
NEW YORK -- Xenomics, Inc. (Pink Sheets:XNOM.PK)(FWB:XE7) a developer of trans-renal molecular diagnostic technologies, announced today that it has filed a complaint against Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York alleging that Sequenom fraudulently misrepresented to Xenomics the status of its testing for Down Syndrome and based upon [...]
GeneGo Launches New Web Site With Free Pathways for the Biology and Chemistry Community
October 29, 2009
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that they will be launching a new web site with FREE high quality pathway content. On www.genego.com, anyone can now search for genes, proteins, compounds, processes and diseases and access high quality manually curated pathway maps for human, mouse and rat [...]
Norwegian Team Completes Cod Genome Using 454 Sequencing System
October 29, 2009
BRANFORD, Conn. -- Scientist from a consortium of Norwegian marine and aquaculture institutions announced this week that they have generated the first ever draft sequence and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome. The results, presented at the GenoFisk meeting in Oslo, Norway, include a high-quality genome assembly and preliminary annotation of the fish species, completed [...]
BioTek Instruments and Millipore Collaborate on Application Note for Hormone Assay Panel
October 29, 2009
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc., in collaboration with Millipore Corporation, has released the application note, “Automated Magnetic Bead Washing of Metabolic Hormone Assays” featuring BioTek’s new ELx405™ Magnetic Bead Washer and Millipore’s MILLIPLEX™ MAP Metabolic Hormone Assay Panel. The application details the use of the ELx405 Magnetic Bead Washer to automate the various [...]
UD start-up company prepares to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications
October 28, 2009
AIR Technologies, a start-up company established by University of Delaware researchers and a former DuPont scientist, is preparing to commercialize a high-precision detector -- a planar array infrared spectrograph -- that can identify biological and chemical agents in solids, liquids, and gases, in quantities as small as an atom, and in less than a second. [...]
Rules-Based Medicine Introduces CardiovascularMAP(TM)
October 28, 2009
Rules-Based Medicine Introduces CardiovascularMAP(TM) Multiplex Biomarker Panel to Aid CVD Drug Development AUSTIN, Texas -- Rules-Based Medicine (RBM), a leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, today announced the launch of CardiovascularMAP, a research tool designed specifically to advance drug development aimed at the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD.) Designed in collaboration with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology [...]
October 28, 2009
Strategic agreement to develop next-generation platforms for Life Sciences research CORNING, N.Y. -- PerkinElmer Inc. and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), today announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic agreement to advance the development of next-generation label-free detection technologies. The agreement will allow Corning and PerkinElmer to combine their world-class expertise in optical [...]
Arrayit Announces NanoPrint Sale to Leukemia Center in Poland
October 28, 2009
Purchase of Arrayit Microarray System Will Play Integral Role in Targeted Cancer Testing SUNNYVALE, CA -- Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC - News) today announced the sale of a system to the Center of Excellence for Nucleic Acid-Based Technologies (CENAT) in Poznan, Poland. The Arrayit NanoPrint Microarrayer will be used by CENAT for scientific and medical collaborations [...]
Markes International Launches New Thermal Desorption Instrument for VOC and SVOC analysis
October 28, 2009
Llantrisant, UK -- Specialist analytical thermal desorption instrumentation manufacturer Markes International Ltd has announced the launch of its new thermal desorption (TD) instrument for gas chromatography (GC). The new TD-100 is the latest in a line of innovative and technologically advanced thermal desorption systems from the company. The system is based on the established and [...]
Tosoh Announces Establishment of Sales Office in Beijing
October 28, 2009
Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation has established a sales office in Beijing as a branch of its wholly owned subsidiary Tosoh (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and commenced business on October 9, 2009. The new office was established to handle Tosoh (Shanghai)’s burgeoning operations in northern China. As part of Tosoh’s overall strategy to expand operations in China, Tosoh [...]
