March 31, 2009
ST. LOUIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced an agreement to supply high quality services and oligonucleotides to Gene Oracle, an innovative gene synthesis company. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will be the exclusive supplier of custom oligonucleotides for Gene Oracle, and the two Companies [...]
March 31, 2009
Thousands of scientists around the world use Waters LCMS systems to make new discoveries every day. As Mass Spectroscopists continue to push the boundaries of science with Waters LCMS systems, nitrogen supply will remain a key element. The gas requirements for LCMS systems are often taken for granted and not appreciated or understood until results [...]
International Scientists Secure Quality in Molecular Diagnostics
March 31, 2009
Consensus Guideline Reached For Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 -- ARUP Laboratories and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announced today that a consensus guideline for a key laboratory method called qPCR (or quantitative polymerase chain reaction) was published by a group of international scientists representing the medical and research [...]
WaferGen Announces Year End 2008 Financial Results
March 31, 2009
FREMONT, Calif.--WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, announced that on Friday, March 27, it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Complete financial results for our 2008 [...]
March 31, 2009
TEMPE, Ariz., March 31 -- Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. today announced the start of a contract with the National Cancer Institute to develop effective technologies for accurate measurement of cancer-related proteins and peptides that improve diagnostic capabilities by effectively discerning diseased from non-diseased states. The total cost of the two-and-a-half-year contract is $1,276,360, out of which [...]
March 31, 2009
SUNNYVALE, California, March 31 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today announced the release of the Xpert® MRSA/SA Nasal test as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test is designed for the simultaneous detection of nasal carriage of both Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and [...]
Roche NimbleGen CGH Microarrays Further Our Understanding of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
March 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis.--The most commonly diagnosed form of childhood leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often responds well to biologically-targeted therapeutic treatments, but also carries a 25% risk for relapse. ALL is frequently associated with a chromosomal translocation that involves the specific translocation of gene loci from the short (p) arm of chromosome 12 to chromosome 21 [...]
New Automated Tube DeCapper Enhances Lab Productivity
March 31, 2009
Reno, Nevada (March 31, 2009) - Hamilton Company, world leader in fluid measurement, introduces the DeCapper - an automated instrument for the opening and closing of screw-capped tubes. The programmable DeCapper opens a row of 12 tubes simultaneously, increasing productivity over one-at-a-time methods and providing more flexibility than systems that decap 96 tubes at once. [...]
Idaho Technology Issues License to Thermo Fisher Scientific
March 31, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY--Idaho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real time PCR. This extends Idaho Technology’s ongoing program to license its broad and valuable intellectual property portfolio in cooperation with Roche Diagnostics GmbH. The agreement, [...]
Ideal Freeze Dryer for Laboratory Lyophilisation…
March 31, 2009
SP Industries Inc. has announced a new budget-priced version of its Virtis AdVantage Plus laboratory freeze dryer that includes a package of popular accessories. Reflecting its commitment to supporting customers in the current economic climate, the packaged data collection & graphic trending software, stainless steel product trays, MVP product thermocouple probe positioning assembly and a [...]
