Life Technologies SOLiD™ 3 Plus System

Life Technologies Delivers Enhanced Next-Generation Genomic Analysis Technology for Large-Scale Resequencing Projects - SOLiD™ 3 Plus Enables Higher Throughput, Decreased Cost, and Faster Data Analysis on Life Science Industry’s Most Accurate Sequencing Platform CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced the commercial availability of the SOLiD™ 3 Plus System, [...]

GE Launches $250 Million Healthymagination Fund

New equity investment fund to invest in high potential healthcare technology companies; Supports GE’s global Healthymagination initiative, focusing on cost, access and quality. Fairfield, CT, USA – GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the formation of the “GE Healthymagination Fund”, a new equity fund that will make investments in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The fund [...]

Carl Zeiss Introduces Barrier-Breaking Superresolution Microscope Systems

Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit JENA/Germany, CHICAGO/Illinois/USA -- Carl Zeiss is launching new systems for optical sectioning during the annual Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience 2009 meeting to be held in Chicago from October 17th to October 21st. The ELYRA product family features several new superresolution microscopy methods and significantly expands the application of light microscopy [...]

CellAura signs major supply deal with leading international drug discovery group

Latest success for Nottingham biopharma cluster Nottingham, UK – CellAura, the leading producer of fluorescence reagents for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a development partnership with Cisbio Bioassays. Under the terms of the agreement, CellAura will provide pharmacologically validated reagents to Cisbio Bioassays that will be applied to Cisbio Bioassays’ Tag-lite™ range [...]

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Navigenics Partner to Offer Pathology Residents Personalized Genetic Testing

Residency Training Program Incorporates Personal Genomics into Physician Education BOSTON & FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Navigenics, Inc., a leading personal genomics company, today announced a collaboration to make personalized genomics available to doctors in training. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has launched the Personalized Genomics and Next Generation [...]

Centice Corporation Closes on $6.1 Million Series C Financing

Funds to Support Commercialization of Innovative PASS Rx® System - Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug verification and safety products, announced today the successful completion of a $6.1 million Series C financing from its existing investors along with a new investor, Fulcrum Financial Group, LP. Morrisville, NC (PRWEB) -- Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug [...]

Exact Sciences Licenses Hologic’s Invader Detection Chemistry

MADISON, Wis. -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced that it has obtained a worldwide license from Hologic Inc. for that company’s Invader, Invader plus and real-time Invader detection chemistries for the field of colorectal cancer screening. Financial terms of the license agreement were not disclosed. The Invader chemistry, which is being commercialized by [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Announces SAGE(TM) Priority Partners Program

Seeks Researchers to Evaluate New Knockout Rat Models ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced the launch of the SAGE(TM) Priority Partners Program, through which the Company plans to build a network of researchers to evaluate the 'knockout' rat models it is developing to support pre-clinical research work across a number of [...]

Illumina Launches cBot

A Breakthrough Workflow Automation System for Next Generation Sequencing - System Enables Four Hour Clonal Amplification With Less Than Ten Minutes of Hands-on Time HONOLULU -- At the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced the launch and immediate availability of cBot, a new standard for ease-of-use and [...]

AS&E® Received a $19.3 Million Order From U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Places $19.3 Million Follow-on Order for AS&E’s Z Backscatter Vans - ZBVs to Support Counter-drug and Anti-terrorism Programs BILLERICA, Mass. -- American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $19.3 million order from U.S. Customs [...]

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