May 18, 2009
Depletion of albumin and IgG from human serum and plasma allows detection of less abundant proteins GE Healthcare announces the launch of HiTrap™ Albumin & IgG Depletion and Albumin & IgG Depletion SpinTrap™ prepacked columns, for the depletion of albumin and IgG from human serum and plasma. Depleting samples of albumin and IgG allows proteins [...]
May 18, 2009
PHILADELPHIA--May. 18, 2009-- At the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Bruker Daltonics announced collaborations in the United States for the clinical validation of its MALDI Biotyper workflow for microorganism identification. The MALDI Biotyper has recently obtained the IVD-CE Mark, and is currently for Research Use Only (RUO) outside of the European [...]
Spartan Bioscience DX-12TM DNA Analyzer Now Available
May 18, 2009
12-well sample capacity and dual-channel detection device provides PCR results on-demand ATLANTA, GEORGIA and OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(May 18, 2009) - The Spartan DX-12(TM) DNA analyzer, developed and manufactured by Spartan Bioscience Inc. is now available for world-wide commercial use. Priced at less than $12,500 U.S., the DX-12 is affordable for all laboratories. Designed for non-batched PCR [...]
Roche joins forces to innovate toxicity testing and to reduce animal experimentation
May 18, 2009
BASEL, Switzerland & PENZBERG, Germany--Today, Roche opened the Joint Science & Technology Laboratory in Basel, where Roche Pharma scientists are using the innovative xCELLigence real-time Cell Analyzer system of Roche Diagnostics to investigate hepatic and cardiac toxicities in vitro. This new technology will improve the predictive value of in vitro assessments of organ toxicity and [...]
May 18, 2009
ROCKVILLE, MD - May 18, 2009 – RedXDefense announced today the worldwide launch of XPAK-i. XPAK-i combines the XPAK portable trace explosives detection system with the i-MODULE geolocation, referencing, and data logging tool and XPAK Spotlight Software for the visualization and analysis of this data. The entire system provides the most streamlined system available today [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases Watson LIMS 7.4, Delivering Time and Cost
May 18, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 18, 2009) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduces new functionality to the latest release of its Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) that brings critical time and cost savings to pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs) involved in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic (DMPK) [...]
New Monoclonal Antibodies for HbA1c Detection
May 18, 2009
CalBioreagents has announced the release of 2 NEW Monoclonal Antibodies for Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). HbA1c is an accepted marker for the measure of long-term glycemic control in diabetes. The growing epidemic of diabetes has led to the proposal that HbA1c be measured to monitor continuing therapy in diabetes patients, and that HbA1c be used as [...]
Illumina Introduces the Infinium® HD HumanOmni1-Quad BeadChip
May 18, 2009
New DNA Analysis BeadChip Offers Optimal Combination of Content and Price for Association Studies SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced a new product for DNA Analysis: the HumanOmni1-Quad BeadChip. With over four million data points on a single BeadChip, this array includes up-to-date content for all major classes of genetic variation for the study of [...]
Genedata Provides Biomarker Discovery Platform to Asubio Pharma
May 18, 2009
Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary Asubio Pharma chooses Genedata to manage DNA array and molecular profiling data. Basel, Switzerland, May 18, 2009. Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced that Asubio Pharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd, is using the Genedata Expressionist® system to support [...]
BD and HandyLab Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Commercialize Molecular Assays
May 18, 2009
Fully Automated, Integrated BD MAX(TM) System for Rapid Testing for Infectious Diseases Incorporates the New HandyLab Automated PCR System FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 18 -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX - News), and HandyLab, Inc. announced today that they have entered into an exclusive [...]

