November 10, 2008
Test Simultaneously Identifies and Differentiates More Virulent 027 Strain from Common Strains SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today announced the release of Xpert(TM) C. difficile as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. For the first time, European hospitals will have [...]
NanoAndMore USA Now Selling Nanotools HDC AFM Probes
November 10, 2008
NanoAndMore USA, Inc. has added one more quality manufacturer's AFM probes to its most comprehensive inventory in the Americas. A distribution arrangement has been entered with nanotools™ GmbH, a manufacturer of specialty probes utilizing EBD to create consistently uniform high density carbon (HDC) tips. Lady's Island, SC (PRWEB) November 10, 2008 -- NanoAndMore USA, Inc. [...]
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Uses MathWorks Tools in Its Quest to Cure Cancer
November 10, 2008
Institute Accelerates Reconstruction of Key Protein Complexes Using MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox NATICK, Mass.--The MathWorks today announced that the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry is using MATLAB, Parallel Computing Toolbox, MATLAB Distributed Computing Server, and other MathWorks tools to accelerate its workflow and drastically reduce research and development time. Researchers at the department of [...]
November 10, 2008
Integrated Genomics, Inc., a leader in microbial genomic informatics, has licensed the ERGO™ genomics platform for use in research and production systems to Evonik Industries, a global leader in specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, scientists of the Evonik Science-to-Business Center Biotechnology will use the ERGO™ system to optimize their production strains and [...]
November 10, 2008
Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC), a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced a strategic collaboration in women's health with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company. The collaboration and license agreement is initially focused on the development of a commercial diagnostic for cervical cancer, which globally affects more than 500,000 women each [...]
November 10, 2008
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2008 -- Dionex, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DNEX - News), a leading provider of liquid chromatography analysis instrumentation has entered into an agreement with Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., to purchase Caliper's AutoTrace(r) line of products, which had sales of $3.1 million in 2007. The AutoTrace SPE workstation automates the extraction of large volume aqueous [...]
November 10, 2008
TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 10 -- Avid Bioservices, Inc. today announced that it is expanding its biomanufacturing capabilities with the installation of two Thermo Scientific HyClone Single-Use Bioreactors (S.U.B.) in Avid's facility in Tustin, California. These innovative systems will further enhance Avid's ability to meet the growing demand for its cell culture production services. The purchase [...]
NEW Vaccine Development Applications
November 10, 2008
The BTX Model ECM830 Electroporation Generator was used to transfect in vivo tissues to show active immunization for the treatment of various autoimmune disorders. This novel technique was found to be a cost-effective and potentially prophylactic method for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. The wide range of voltages, pulse lengths and multiple pulsing capability of [...]
Sandhouse Design Selects IRphotonics’ iGuideTM Infrared Fiber for Novel Fiber-Based Spectrometer
November 10, 2008
Mid Infrared Fibers' Low Attenuation Across a Wide Spectral Band Enhances Versatility of Innovative Remote Spectrometers HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT--(Nov. 10, 2008) - IRphotonics (www.irphotonics.com) , a leading provider of infrared fiber and materials, is pleased to announce that the iGuideTM infrared fiber has been selected as the delivery fiber for the low attenuation infrared fiber in [...]
The University of Texas at Austin purchases a suite of Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments
November 10, 2008
The Woodlands, TX - November 10, 2008. Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has purchased three Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments to establish a Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research X-ray Diffraction Facility, which was funded by a Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User [...]
