New DrySyn Classic – Safe Laboratory Heating Just Got Faster!

LONDON, Nov. 10, 2008-The latest version of Asynt’s DrySyn Classic heating blocks can heat a reaction flask 25% faster than an oil bath. Design improvements have resulted in improved heat transfer characteristics, faster heating and cooling, and even more compact dimensions. Used in combination with a standard hotplate stirrer, these blocks conveniently replace dangerous oil [...]

QIAGEN Introduces CE-marked Molecular Assay for the Cancer Biomarker K-ras

QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN) (FRANKFURT: QIA) today announced the launch of a new test to determine mutations of the K-ras gene. The K-ras gene is mutated in between 35 percent and 45 percent of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Studies have shown that K-ras testing can better define which CRC patients will benefit from treatment [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Validation Services for Laboratory Equipment

A Convenient Solution for Validating Laboratory Equipment in Compliance-regulated Environments MILFORD, Mass. November 10, 2008 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced validation services for Thermo Scientific laboratory equipment. The program provides validation services for a wide range of products including, but not limited to, ultra-low temperature freezers, refrigerators, [...]

Nanogen Partners with Menarini to Capture European Molecular Diagnostic Market

SAN DIEGO--Nanogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGEN), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, has entered into an agreement with A. Menarini Diagnostics S.r.l., a division of The Menarini Group, the leading Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics group, to commercialize CE marked IVD infectious disease kits based on Nanogen’s proprietary MGB technology. The arrangement combines Nanogen’s strength in [...]

NANOSENSORS Introduces Self-Sensing Self-Actuating Akiyama-Probe

The Akiyama-probe has been developed in cooperation with the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) at the University of Neuchâtel for the NANOSENSORS™ brand that is specialized on cutting edge scanning probes for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) applications. Neuchâtel (PRWEB) November 10, 2008 -- NANOSENSORS™ today announced the introduction of the Akiyama-probe. The Akiyama-probe has been developed [...]

GE Global Research to Build Mobile Imaging System to Improve Nuclear Threat Detection

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a working prototype of a mobile Standoff Radiation Imaging System (SORIS). The research is part of a DHS program to advance technologies that provide new [...]

PerkinElmer Introduces General Purpose Optical Bench Accessory

PerkinElmer today introduced its General Purpose Optical Bench (GPOB) accessory for the Spectrum™ 100 and 400 spectrometers. The accessory is designed to offer flexibility for laboratories performing more advanced or specialized applications that are difficult to perform using the base instrument’s standard sample compartment. Because it attaches to the right side of the Spectrum baseplate, [...]

GenomeQuest(TM) Helps University of California, Davis Researchers to Identify a New Virus from Declining Grapevines

GenomeQuest, Inc., the leader in sequence informatics, today announced researchers at the University of California, Davis used its recently announced On-Demand Informatics Solution to process and analyze next-generation sequencing data, successfully leading to identification of a new RNA virus from a declining Syrah grapevine cultivar. The virus-hunting project was led by UC Davis researchers from [...]

Symbion Systems Releases Version 2.1 of Its Symbion-DX Process Analytical Software Suite

Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced the release of Symbion-DX, Version 2.1. The new version preserves all of the advanced features of earlier versions while adding several new capabilities, including a significantly expanded instrument control, spectroscopic data processing, and methods development capabilities. The result is [...]

Diagenic Announces Launch of First Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Blood Test

India Chosen as First Commercial Market to Demonstrate Test's Potential for Rapid Uptake OSLO and FOSTER CITY, California, November 10 -- DiaGenic ASA (OSL: DIAG) and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE: ABI - News) today announced the launch of BCtect(TM), a blood-based test for early detection of breast cancer. The test searches for a unique gene [...]

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