Symyx Expands Biologics Advisory Board

Industry Advisory Group for Biologics Representation, Registration, and Management Extends Invitation for Additional Board Members SUNNYVALE, CA--Apr 21, 2009 -- Over the next five years, the market for biologically based drugs, or biologics, is expected to grow much faster than the market for traditional small molecule-derived drugs. Biologics represent an increasing proportion of pharmaceutical company [...]

Arrayit Speeds Analysis of the Human Genome

SUNNYVALE, CA--Apr 21, 2009 -- Arrayit Corporation (OTC BB:ARYC.OB - News), a life sciences and healthcare technology leader, announces a scientific breakthrough that accelerates the analysis of the human genome. The scientific discovery by Arrayit scientists, which combines advances in surface chemistry, bioinformatics, instrumentation and microarray technology, reduces the time required to analyze the human [...]

NuGEN Expands Product Portfolio with New Applause™ Brand RNA Amplification Products

Solution Complements Established Small Sample Capabilities to Now Address Virtually All Sample Types SAN CARLOS, Calif.--NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid amplification and sample preparation, announced today that it has employed its powerful, Single Primer Isothermal Amplification (SPIA®) technology to create a new line of products that offers life scientists a fast, simple, [...]

Fluxion Biosciences Completes European Network with New Distributor for Italy and Spain

EuroClone S.p.A. to Distribute BioFlux™ Line of Live Cell Imaging Products San Francisco, Calif. (April 21, 2009) – Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with EuroClone S.p.A., headquartered in Milan, Italy. EuroClone will handle sales and service of Fluxion’s BioFlux research tools for live cell image analysis in Italy, Spain and Portugal as [...]

GenVault Corporation Launches its Latest Centralized and Standardized Software Solution for Biobanking and Biological Sample Management, GenConnect 3.2

NEW YORK, April 21 -- GenVault, a leading provider of room-temperature biosample transport, storage and management technologies, announced the release today of GenConnect 3.2, the newest version of its software for complete biosample management. Highlights of the release include a strategic licensing model that enables GenConnect to be integrated seamlessly into third-party informatics offerings, as [...]

Roche NimbleGen and Sigma-Aldrich Collaborate to Advance Epigenetic Research

MADISON, Wis. & ST. LOUIS--Roche NimbleGen and Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq:SIAL) have started a collaboration to further chromatin immunoprecipitation-on-microarray (ChIP-chip) research by aligning their two complementary technologies, Roche NimbleGen’s ChIP-chip high-density microarrays and GenomePlex by Sigma-Aldrich. Together, the platforms enable researchers to effectively study the entire genome for epigenetic interactions between DNA and DNA-binding proteins to determine [...]

TOPEM® – Advanced TMDSC Technique

COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 21, 2009) – METTLER TOLEDO, the technology leader in Thermal Analysis, introduces TOPEM®–the latest advancement of Temperature Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TMDSC) for the DSC1. This new multi-frequency modulated technique allows for complete separation of overlapping effects (reversing/non-reversing), very accurate quasi-static heat capacity, as well as investigation of the frequency dependence of [...]

NEW Compact Digital Hot Plates & Stirrers

SAN MARCOS, CA . . . Torrey Pines Scientific announces its NEW, compact EchoTherm™ Digital Hot Plates and Digital Stirring Hot Plates that use minimum bench space. These NEW units are ideal in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, electronic and other laboratories where temperature accuracy, ease of use, and reproducible sample preparations are a must. The [...]

New -20°C Storage System Provides Affordable Sample Integrity for Genomics and Life Science Applications

Hopkinton, Mass., (April 21, 2009) - Hamilton Storage Technologies introduces the automated -20°C Sample Access Manager (SAM) - an affordable cold storage system for compounds and biological samples. The new -20°C SAM ensures sample integrity by maintaining a precise storage environment at user-determined levels, between +20°C and -40°C. Based on the technology behind Hamilton's -80°C [...]

QIAGEN and Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute Partner to Establish First Large-Scale Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Kolkata

Mobile field clinics to provide cervical cancer screening to 50,000 women Venlo, The Netherlands / Kolkata, India, April 21, 2009 --- QIAGEN and the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) today announced a collaboration to establish the first large-scale cervical cancer screening program for women in Kolkata, India. QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) will [...]

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