INTEGRA Biosciences and Viaflo Corporation join forces

INTEGRA Biosciences AG (Chur, Switzerland) and Viaflo Corporation (Hudson, NH, U.S.A) have announced that they signed agreements to combine the two companies under the name of INTEGRA Viaflo Holding AG on July 23, 2009. The new group will be active across world markets under the brand "INTEGRA". This move follows the signing of a successful [...]

Dolan DNA Learning Center Adopts Agilent Lab-on-a-Chip System

Dolan DNA Learning Center Adopts Agilent Lab-on-a-Chip System to Teach DNA Techniques to Teachers, Students SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) has adopted the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system to teach high school students and teachers how to analyze DNA. The Bioanalyzer uses miniaturized [...]

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Takes Delivery of a Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System

Research team led by Dr. Daniel Haber to explore applicability of Helicos’s technology to the molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the placement of a Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center [...]

HerbalScience Research Identifies Specific Bioactives In Stabilized Rice Bran Extract

HerbalScience Research Identifies Specific Bioactives In Stabilized Rice Bran Extract that Impart Anti-Inflammatory Benefits -- Article on Laboratory Study Revealing Key Rice Bran Phytonutrients Published in Journal of Medicinal Food - Rice bran, a by-product of rice milling, is known to be an excellent source of antioxidants, vitamins, and other critical nutrients. What's more, stabilized [...]

Beckman Coulter Announces the Creation of Beckman Coulter Genomics

New Company Offers Comprehensive Genomic Services BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 12 -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC - News) today announced the creation of Beckman Coulter Genomics. The new company, which combines Agencourt Bioscience and the newly acquired Cogenics, offers researchers a single genomic services resource with expanded global capabilities. "Through the creation of Beckman Coulter [...]

Cellular Dynamics International Appoints Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D.

Cellular Dynamics International Appoints Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board Pioneers in Personalized Medicine to Join Dr. James Thomson on the S.A.B. MADISON, Wis., August 12, 2009 – Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) announced today the appointment of Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D., two of the [...]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Purchase a Waters ACQUITY UPLC/Xevo TQ MS System

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enhances Mission to Protect People and the Environment With Purchase of Waters ACQUITY UPLC/Xevo TQ MS System UPLC/MS/MS System Supports Registration Process for New Pesticides for Agricultural Use MILFORD, Mass., Aug. 12 -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT - News) announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has purchased a [...]

Idaho Technology released software V3.0 for its R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System.

Idaho Technology's Updated Software Release Improves Accuracy and Sensitivity of Its Food Security System SALT LAKE CITY--Building on its reputation for speed and accuracy in the food testing marketplace, Idaho Technology, Inc. today released software V3.0 for its R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System. The updated software incorporates a proprietary post-PCR melting procedure designed to increase [...]

BD Biosciences Expands Reagent and Dye Portfolio for Cellular Analysis

BD™ Kaleidoscope program offers 200 new products that support multicolor flow cytometry BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the launch of the BD™ Kaleidoscope reagent and dye expansion program – marked by the initial release of nearly 200 new fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies for flow cytometry to help meet today’s life [...]

Millipore Corporation Appoints New Vice President of Life Science Business Unit

John Sweeney to focus on technology development and partnerships BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced the appointment of John Sweeney as Vice President of Millipore’s Life Science SBU. Most recently, Sweeney served as Vice President of Strategy and Marketing services [...]

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