Arrayit Corporation Addresses Flu Pandemic – Breakthrough Technology Provides Population-Wide Screening

Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC), a leading manufacturer of products and services for disease prevention, treatment and cure, announced today that its microarray-based diagnostic test, patented under the trade name Variation Identification Platform (VIP), is ready for manufacture and distribution. A breakthrough screening test using VIP will allow clinicians and researchers to test and detect the [...]

Fungal Toxin Mystery Solved Using Biolog’s Phenotype MicroArray(TM) Technology

HAYWARD, CA--(June 18, 2009) - An important breakthrough in fungal toxin biology has been made possible through the use of Biolog's Phenotype MicroArray technology. This major advance is described in two recent publications from a group at CSIRO in Queensland, Australia. The work by Donald Gardiner and his collaborators has recently been published in online [...]

Corning® Epic® System Enables Discovery of Novel Biological Processes

Scientists Demonstrate Advantages of Label-Free Technology for Studying Complex Receptor Biology CORNING, N.Y., June 18, 2009 -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced research results using label-free Corning® Epic® technology to study new areas of cell biology, which may yield important insights for basic biological research and drug discovery applications. According to research published recently [...]

A Worldwide Milestone in Cell Analysis – 40 Years of Flow Cytometry

GORLITZ, Germany, June 18 -- 2009 is the year of the 40th anniversary since the introduction of the worldwide first fluorescence based flow cytometer - the ICP 11. Today, the German biotechnology company celebrates this anniversary at the Saxonian State Vineyard Castle Wackerbarth near Dresden. For the festive ceremony, CEO Roland Gohde receives 100 guests [...]

Water System Operations Get Expanded View with Configurable Water Industry Software from Hach Company and GE Fanuc

Hach Water Information Management Solution(tm) combines with GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Water Solutions Pack 2008 to provide configurable solution for water system operations. Loveland, Colo. - June 18, 2009 - Hach Company announced that its Hach Water Information Management Solution(tm) (Hach WIMS(tm)) is able to link to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Water Solutions Pack 2008. [...]

OSI Systems Awarded Two Contracts for Cargo and Vehicle Inspection Systems Totaling Approximately $12 Million

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS - News), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded two contracts totaling approximately $12 million to provide multiple Rapiscan Eagle® mobile cargo and high energy vehicle inspection systems to undisclosed [...]

Nanometrics and ZYGO Announce Strategic Business Partnership

MILPITAS, Calif. & MIDDLEFIELD, Conn.--Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO - News) and Zygo Corporation (Nasdaq:ZIGO - News), each leading providers of optical metrology technologies to the global semiconductor and related industries, today announced that Nanometrics has purchased inventory and certain other assets relating to ZYGO’s Semiconductor Solutions business and that the two companies have entered into a [...]

Hamilton and Promega Develop Protocol for Automated Plasmid DNA Purification

Reno, Nevada (June 17, 2009) - Hamilton Robotics announces a tested and verified protocol for automation of the Promega Wizard* SV 96 Plasmid DNA Purification System. Developed in collaboration with Promega, this high-throughput method purifies DNA from pelleted bacterial culture samples using Hamilton's MICROLAB® STAR liquid handling workstation. The method processes up to 96 plasmid [...]

New IntelliCAL(tm) Probes Make Hach HQd the Smart Choice for

Interchangeable probes plus one HQd meter equals a full suite for water analysis testing Loveland, Colo. - June 17, 2009 - Hach announced three new fully interchangeable IntelliCAL(tm) probes for its HQd line of meters. These probes provide portable measurement of ORP, sodium, and pH for low-ionic strength samples for analysis in the lab or [...]

Venturepharm’s NASDAQ Flagship Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Largest Peptide Biotech Company in China

Transformative transaction to create the global market leader in the development and supply of research-grade custom peptides BEIJING, June 17 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Venturepharm Laboratories Ltd is pleased to inform that its NASDAQ flagship company, Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. ("CBI") (Nasdaq: CBTE - News), has executed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of a [...]

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