QIAGEN's Digene HPV Test Selected for World's First National HPV Screening Program MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 19 -- In a campaign to significantly reduce the most common cancer affecting Mexican women, the Mexican Public Health Agency (Secretaria de Salud or SSA) has announced it is launching the first phase of a program that will offer [...]

febit group, specialists in the field of advanced and flexible genomic analysis, today announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the broader U.S. Intelligence Community. This strategic collaboration will further the development of febit’s Geniom® Technology to [...]

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) announced today that it has introduced its MGMT gene methylation assay using Methylation-Specific PCR technology licensed from OncoMethylome Sciences (Euronext Brussels: ONCOB; Euronext Amsterdam: ONCOA). Methylation of the MGMT gene promoter has been shown to be a common event in brain cancers and predictive of response to [...]

BudgetSensors® introduces Tipless All-In-One AFM Probes. Sofia, Bulgaria (PRWEB) November 19, 2008 -- BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces the commercial introduction of the "Tipless All-In-One AFM Probe" - a tipless version of the recently introduced versatile silicon AFM probe [...]

Thermo Scientific H2O SELECT Program Provides Expert Analysis to Match the Best Water Purification System for Research Applications MILFORD, MA., (19 November, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the free Thermo Scientific H2O SELECT Water Testing Program, providing total confidence for scientists with their pure water applications. [...]

Products to Simplify and Enable Research on All Sequencing Platforms CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the introduction of its Invivofectamine™ delivery reagent which enables short interference ribonucleic acid (siRNA) experiments in vivo. The study of RNA interference (RNAi) has revolutionized biology by [...]

SEATTLE--Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, today announced that the Molecular Genetics Core Facility of the Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School has selected Geospiza’s FinchLab™ to manage its genetic sequencing operations. “We were looking for a way to provide access to our sequencing data through one location,” said Hal [...]

Gentle observation of living cellsRTF Documents JENA/Germany, WASHINGTON D.C./USA, 18.11.2008. Carl Zeiss and Yokogawa Electric Corporation will present the first result of a strategic partnership at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington from November 15-19, 2008. The Cell Observer® SD (SD = Spinning Disk) from Carl Zeiss enables confocal observation and [...]

Custom Primer-Probe Mixes for 5’ Nuclease Real-Time PCR Licensed Under Applied Biosystems’ Patents CORALVILLE, IA – November 18, 2008, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide production, has today launched the first assay products covered by its license under the Applied Biosystems’ (ABI) Probe Manufacturing License Program. The PrimeTime™ qPCR assays contain dual-labeled [...]

Highest performance for highest demands in research and routineRTF Documents JENA/Germany, WASHINGTON D.C./USA, 18.11.2008. The LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss sets a new standard for confocal microscopy with maximum performance at a favorable price. Building upon proven technology concepts, it offers innovative solutions for image analysis with exceptional sensitivity and quality – [...]