May 4, 2009
AS&E’s Unique Mobile X-ray System to Assist Security Officials in Combating Drug Trafficking BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI - News), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $4.7 million contract for multiple Z Backscatter Vans™ (ZBVs) equipped with Forwardscatter® technology. The ZBVs will [...]
Ocimum Biosolutions to Introduce New Test for the H1N1 Flu
May 4, 2009
Launches a Microarray Based Test Updated With the Latest H1N1 Sequences HYDERABAD, India--Ocimum Biosolutions announced the launch of a microarray-based test (research use only) for the latest version of the H1N1 flu. The company reported that it updated its custom chip probes using sequence information from the latest strain of the swine flu from the [...]
May 4, 2009
Alliance Aims to First Develop Powerful Tools for Detecting Ovarian Cancer Earlier FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and MALVERN, Pa., May 4 -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) and Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc., announced today the signing of a worldwide development and supply agreement for oncology diagnostic assays. Under the agreement, the two companies will develop [...]
Shane Lyons Joins GenVault Corporation as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
May 4, 2009
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 4 -- GenVault Corporation is delighted to welcome Mr. Shane Lyons as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Lyons has achieved an impressive track record of driving sales growth in both the domestic and international life science and clinical marketplaces. Most recently Mr. Lyons held [...]
Invitrogen Develops New Technology to Promote Safer Stem Cell Therapies
May 4, 2009
Dynabeads Solution Separates Undifferentiated Stem Cells from Differentiated Cells to Support Translational Research CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced a new technology to enable the development of safer stem cell therapies. Dynabeads® SSEA-4, addresses a key challenge in translational research by separating undifferentiated stem cells from those that are differentiated. Scientists [...]
Millipore Introduces ChromaSorb™ Anion Membrane Chromatography Solution
May 4, 2009
Single-use membrane adsorber reduces buffer usage and eliminates buffer tank bottlenecks Billerica, Massachusetts—May 4, 2009—Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, announces its new single-use ChromaSorb membrane adsorber. ChromaSorb devices bind negative impurities from host cell protein (HCP), DNA, endotoxins, and viruses at salt concentrations [...]
May 4, 2009
WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the Company’s new BACs on BeadsTM technology for the rapid and cost effective detection of chromosomal abnormalities. This is the first demonstration that the BACs on BeadsTM technology can be applied to detect structural and [...]
VIASPACE to Demonstrate New System for Chemical, Explosive and Toxic Gas Detection to U.S. Army
May 4, 2009
Under $750,000 Phase II Contract PASADENA, Calif., May 4 -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) a clean energy company with subsidiary operations in security-related systems and technology, has scheduled a mid-May 2009 field demonstration of its new detection and analysis system for identifying hazardous chemicals, explosives, industrial toxic gases, and the chemical components of [...]
May 4, 2009
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 4 -- Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC. (MSD) confirmed today that its investigational influenza test was used in detecting the first identified case of infection with the 2009 A(H1N1) swine flu. The MSD(R) Point of Care Influenza Test, which is being developed under a contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
May 1, 2009
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) HandyLab, Inc. announced today that QIAGEN N.V. has licensed HandyLab extraction technology for use as part of QIAGEN’s sample technology solution designed for use in combination with QIAGEN’s HPV testing assays on its QIAensemble screening and QIAsymphony random access platforms. “We are delighted to have QIAGEN as a partner. The cooperation with [...]
