- Introductory Webinar, July 21st, 11am EDT - End User Workshop at US User Group Meeting; September 15-16, San Diego,CA ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, today announced the launch of JChem for Excel. The add-in for Microsoft Excel(R) brings all of the capabilities and performance of the JChem and Marvin platform to Excel(R) [...]

TwistDx Launches World’s First DNA Amplification Kit Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) - Products Based on RPA Technology Offers Alternative to PCR CAMBRIDGE, England--TwistDx, a developer of point-of-use nucleic acid diagnostics, announced today the launch of its TwistAmpTM product range, the world’s first DNA amplification products based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA). Concurrently, TwistDx [...]

Arrayit Corporation and Parkinson's Institute Implement New Screening Techniques for Identification of Molecular Biomarkers - New Technology to Help Researchers Better Understand the Origin of Parkinson's Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC - News), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a research collaboration with The Parkinson's Institute of Sunnyvale, California to discover biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. This [...]

Supelco(R) and MIP Technologies Launch New SPE Product for the Selective Extraction of NSAIDs From Environmental Water ST. LOUIS, July 16 -- Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), and MIP Technologies AB announced today the launch of a new molecularly imprinted polymer, SPE product, SupelMIP(TM), for the selective extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory [...]

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Comments On Using Improved Sample Preparation to Detect Food Contaminants SOUTH EASTON, Mass., July 16, 2009 -- Food contamination continues to dominate the headlines. Whether it's a widespread pistachio recall, dangerous ground beef products, or cookie dough contaminations, these shocking incidents have sent federal microbiologists out into the field to perform the [...]

CINCINNATI--Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has appointed James M. Anderson to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Anderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His appointment as President and CEO in 1996 followed 20 years of service to the Cincinnati Children’s board [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Essen Instruments Inc. announced today the establishment of a European Discovery Services operation and corresponding business site at the Biopark, Welwyn Garden City, UK. The new facility, headed by Dr. Del Trezise, will provide contract and collaborative services for drug discovery based initially around ion channels and Essen's pioneering platform technologies including IonWorks [...]

Smiths Detection Awarded $10.6 Million U.S. Government Contract for Advanced High-Energy X-Ray Systems - Mobile Screening Systems Provide Flexible Security Solutions for Ports and Border Control PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces a $10.6 million U.S. Government contract for its mobile, high-energy cargo screeners which will be deployed across the country to inspect inbound and [...]

Oxford Instruments, the world's leading supplier of superconducting materials, has been selected to supply 58 tonnes of superconducting wire to ITER at a value in excess of £30million. ITER is a joint international research and development project seeking alternative energy through fusion power and is one of the largest scientific projects ever undertaken. This order, [...]

Department of Homeland Security Certifies Universal Detection Technology’s Handheld Biodetection Kits for Counter-Terrorism Emergency-Ready Kits Used to Detect Anthrax, Ricin and Other Bio-Agents Receive SAFETY Act Certification LOS ANGELES--Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB:UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and [...]