INFICON Introduces HAPSITE ER Chemical ID System

Newest Person-Portable GC/MS for Rapid Analysis of Toxic Chemicals in the Field Syracuse, NY — November 4, 2008: INFICON introduces the new HAPSITE ER, its next generation of the only person-portable GC/MS for immediate, on-site investigation and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air, water and soil at parts per trillion (ppt) for most [...]

Osmetech Announces CYP450 2C9 Test Launch

Osmetech plc (LSE:OMH), the international molecular diagnostics company announces the launch of a genetic test for CYP450 2C9 drug metabolism. CYP450 2C9, or CYP2C9, is an important member of the Cytochrome P450 family of enzymes responsible for detoxifying potentially hazardous chemicals, such as drugs, that are "foreign" to the body. The CYP2C9 gene is important [...]

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN – News) today announced progress against its integration plans regarding its pending merger with Applied Biosystems.

The company announced that three members of the Applied Biosystems’ Board of Directors have been named to the Board of the new company, effective upon closing. The new members are: George F. Adam, Jr., Chairman of Recondo Technology, Inc.; Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D., professor at the Institute for Advanced Study; and William H. Longfield, retired [...]

Vacci-Test Signs New World-Wide Food Safety Licence with MagnaBioSciences

Vacci-Test Corporation ("Vacci-Test") is pleased to announce that it has completed a new exclusive licence agreement with MagnaBioSciences LLC ("MBS") of San Diego, California that gives Vacci-Test the world wide rights to the patented MBS magnetic technology for the detection of pathogens in the human food chain. The new agreement expands the terms of the [...]

Smiths Detection Develops Diagnostic System for Infectious Diseases

London, UK, 4 November 2008 - Smiths Detection today announces that it is developing a rapid diagnostic system, initially for use in hospital screening programmes for infectious diseases such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The Bio-Seeq system will provide easy-to-use tests suitable for either a laboratory or Point of Care setting where it can be [...]

PerkinElmer Continues to Drive Reagent Expansion with Executive Appointment of Martina Bielefeld-Sevigny as Vice President, Drug Discovery and Research Reagents

PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced the appointment of Martina Bielefeld-Sevigny, Ph.D., as vice president and general manager, drug discovery and research reagents. In this role, she will be responsible for driving expansion of the reagents portfolio for its Bio-discovery business. Bielefeld-Sevigny, [...]

Millipore and Applikon Biotechnology Form Collaboration to Expand Offerings in Fast-Growing Disposable Manufacturing Market

Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL) and Applikon Biotechnology B.V. today announced an agreement to co-develop and distribute disposable bioreactor systems for biopharmaceutical applications. The agreement will build upon the leading positions of Millipore in the disposables market and Applikon in the bioreactor systems market which will facilitate their joint entry into the disposable bioreactor segment of the [...]

New Program to Help Physicians Understand Role of DNA-Based Preventive Medicine

American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and Navigenics, Inc. today announced a medical education program designed to improve physicians' understanding of genetic risk factors for disease, the current evidence about the use of genomic tools and technologies to determine risk, and promising practices for utilizing those tools to aid in disease prevention. Through an unrestricted [...]

Roche NimbleGen and Baylor College Develop an Improved Version of Sequence Capture 385K Arrays

Roche NimbleGen in cooperation with the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas has launched an improved version of their Sequence Capture 385K Arrays, the groundbreaking technology for enriching targeted genomic regions for high-throughput sequencing. The new and improved microarrays allow researchers to perform their own capture experiment and perform [...]

Chemical Computing Group Inc. Releases New Version of the Molecular Operating Environment

Antibody Modeler and Antibody Structure Database. Protein Sidechain Database for homology modeling, rotamer exploration and mutation. SAReport for web-based scaffold detection and SAR analysis. Molecule Fragment Generator and 800,000 compound 3D Scaffold Database. 3D Ligand Generator (BREED) with receptor scoring. Ray Tracer interface and Movie Maker for publication quality graphics. “We are very excited about [...]

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