One Pharmaceutical Acquisition Declined, Others Under Investigation LANCASTER, Calif.--Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software to the pharmaceutical industry, has announced that one of its acquisition opportunities is no longer under consideration, while two new opportunities have appeared and are under investigation. Walt Woltosz, chairman and chief executive officer of [...]

CarSCAN’s Patent Pending Technology to Be Demonstrated Publicly for the First Time at FPED VII STAFFORD, Va. & SAN DIEGO--Spectrum San Diego, a proven innovator in the high-tech security screening market, today introduced CarSCAN™, an ultra-low-dose dual-energy X-ray imaging system providing rapid and reliable detection of explosives, contraband and stowaways in cars and light trucks. [...]

ScienceDaily (May 21, 2009) — The widely-used Affymetrix Whole-Transcript Gene 1.0 ST (sense target) microarray platform, normally used to assay gene expression, can also be utilized to interrogate exon-specific splicing. New research shows scientists how to monitor alternative splicing activity on a genome-wide scale, without investing in new exon microarray technologies. Alternative splicing produces a [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced it has jointly developed a method to detect and identify perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in water and soil using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS) with the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC). PFCs are routinely used in a variety of commercial products to repel oil, [...]

Funding solidifies position as the number one supplier of Tunable Diode Laser Instrumentation for the Natural Gas and Process Industrial Applications. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2009 -- SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading supplier of optical sensors for industrial and environmental gas sensing applications, announced the company has raised in excess of $6M in new financing [...]

A website dedicated specifically to buyers and sellers of Scanning Electron Microscopes and related accessories. North Billerica, MA (PRWEB) May 21, 2009 -- SEMTech Solutions, a leading supplier of used Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs) and SEM analytical lab services, announces the launching of its new website designed for both buyers and sellers. The website is [...]

Milligram quantities of highly purified Phospho-specific polyclonal antibodies are available from AMSBIO (www.amsbio.com) custom designed for optimal recognition of specific phosphorylation sites on the protein of interest to research scientists. Phosphorylation events are integral to cellular regulation functions including activation of enzymes and receptors, cellular transcription, signal transduction and cell signaling networks. Custom phospho-specific antibody [...]

Award is First By TSA to Use Economic Stimulus Funding for Aviation Security HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronics products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, announced today that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded a follow-on order for approximately $3 million for its [...]

Industry Thought Leaders Edit Two Reference Books Essential for Advancing Regenerative Medicine CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced that four of its scientists whose work is focused in stem cell research are editors of two recently published books that capture many of the latest findings in this field and provide [...]

MADISON, Wis.--The just released Promega GloMax®-Multi+ Detection System provides cross functionality with its ability to work in fluorescence, luminescence and absorbance read modes. With the GloMax-Multi+, scientists can easily multiplex their experiments and read luminescent and fluorescent cell-based assay data from the same microplate well. The benefits to scientists, in addition to multiplexing, include quality [...]