DENVER--Accelr8 Technology Corporation (NYSE Amex: AXK) announced today that it has concluded a technical development project with Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) (NYSE: BDX - News). Accelr8’s technology met formal testing requirements for identification of a subset of relevant species of bacteria. However, BD advised the Company that it has decided to decline an associated [...]

Osmetech plc (‘Osmetech’, OMH.L), the international molecular diagnostics business, announced today that following discussions with Fisher HealthCare, a division of Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C, both companies have mutually agreed to terminate, with immediate effect, their US distribution agreement, which was entered into in March 2009. Osmetech has made the strategic decision to build its own [...]

Agilent Technologies, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences Open Center for Systems Biology SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SHANGHAI--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the opening of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS)-Agilent Center for Systems Biology in Shanghai, China. The center will feature multiple technology platforms in the areas of [...]

Landmark Scientific Results Published in the Journal Nature CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the publication of a landmark study in which Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS)™ technology was used to directly sequence individual molecules of RNA. The paper appeared yesterday in [...]

30-Minute Test for Genetic Risk of Thrombosis Improves Time-to-Result Over Previous Molecular Tests SUNNYVALE, Calif. and BEDFORD, Mass. -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) and Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that Cepheid has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Xpert® HemosIL® FII & FV test. The test detects [...]

SAN CLEMENTE, CA-- Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: MMTC) has announced that it and Divine Capital Markets, LLC have settled all claims and counterclaims asserted in a lawsuit pending in New York State Supreme Court arising from the issuance of convertible debentures. Neither side admitted any liability in connection with the settlement. As part of [...]

Goettingen, Germany and Aubagne, France – Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international laboratory and process technology provider, is launching the first commercially available membrane adsorber for hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC). Sartobind Phenyl membrane adsorbers allow increased flow rates to ensure faster processes and can be used for process upgrades in purification and polishing of therapeutic [...]

XenoLight Rediject D-Luciferin Ultra Further Enhances Caliper's Unique Offering for Small Animal Imaging Hopkinton, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced a series of XenoLight Rediject reagents at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, [...]

ATHENS, Ga. -- ArunA Biomedical, Inc. today announced the signing of a product manufacturing and distribution agreement with Life Technologies Corporation headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. The non-exclusive multi-year agreement includes ArunA's human neural cells that are produced using ArunA's exclusively licensed patented mono-layer technology platform. The agreement enables Life Technologies to provide ArunA's unique human [...]

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the Prominence GPC high performance liquid chromatograph for use in polymer chemistry. The Prominence GPC is designed specifically to deliver reliable analytical data in measuring the distribution of molecular weights. Shimadzu’s Prominence GPC includes enhanced baseline stability, solvent delivery and auto-validation to assure data reliability. To suppress baseline drift that often [...]