American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives $8.6 Million Follow-on Order for Z Portal Screening Systems from Abu Dhabi Customs High-Throughput, Multi-View Inspection Systems to Scan Vehicles on Strategic Border Crossing BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) (AS&E®), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today it has received a $8.6 million follow-on order [...]

Millipore to Distribute BioTime’s Novel ACTCellerate™ Human Progenitor Cells ALAMEDA, Calif.--BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) today announced that Millipore Corporation and BioTime’s subsidiary Embryome Sciences, Inc., have entered into a co-marketing agreement whereby Millipore will become a worldwide distributor of ACTCellerate™ human progenitor cell lines. Derived from human embryonic stem cells but not fully differentiated into specific [...]

Cell Signaling Technology® (CST) Acquires BIOKÉ, B.V. and Expands Operations to Europe DANVERS, Mass.--Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST), a leading manufacturer and distributor of antibodies and related reagent products for biomedical research, announced today that it has acquired all the shares of BIOKÉ, B.V., the company’s current distributor of its research products in the Benelux [...]

ZyGEM Releases Data Confirming Its prepGEM(R) Bacteria Kit Is a Simple, Universal Method for Extracting DNA from Different Bacteria Species --New Application Note Documents that prepGEM(R) Bacteria Kit's Rapid and Reliable DNA Extraction Works with Multiple, Mixed and Unknown Bacteria Species-- --Applications include Drug Discovery & Development, Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Vaccine Production & QC-- [...]

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation to Protect Archived DNA Using Biomatrica's Room Temperature Storage SAN DIEGO, July 8 -- Biomatrica today announced that the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) will use Biomatrica's SampleMatrix room temperature storage technology to archive its DNA samples. SMGF will use the SampleMatrix technology in place of ultra-low-temperature freezers for the long-term [...]

Variable pressure mode extends analytical capabilities CAMBRIDGE/UK, OBERKOCHEN/Germany - Today, Carl Zeiss launches SIGMA VP, which adds variable pressure technology to the range of SIGMA field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEM). Featuring the Carl Zeiss GEMINI® column, proven VP technology and a design with analytical accessories in mind, the SIGMA VP provides a comprehensive analytical [...]

BEDFORD, Mass.--Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., a company developing innovative products for faster detection of microbial contamination, today announced that it has successfully raised $18.6 million in venture financing. Investors in the Series A round include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TVM Capital, Quaker BioVentures, and VIMAC Milestone Medica Fund (VMM). Rapid Micro Biosystems will use [...]

SAN DIEGO--Nanogen, Inc. (Other OTC: NGEN.PK), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, today announced that on July 2, 2009, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2009, as amended, Nanogen and its subsidiaries Epoch BioSciences, Inc. and Nanotronics, Inc. completed their previously announced sale of substantially all of their assets to Financière [...]

BARCELONA--The Research Institute of the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (IR-HUVH) in Barcelona is the first Spanish health centre to acquire the Genome Sequencer FLX System from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company. This new high-performance sequencing system improves the productivity and precision of genome sequencing at IR-HUVH. Multiple research projects in biomedicine conducted in the [...]

BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against W.L. Gore & Associates for infringement of Millipore’s patent rights under U.S. Patent No. 7,293,477, “Disposable, Pre-Sterilized Fluid Receptacle Sampling Device,” by [...]