CombiMatrix Launches Two New Array-Based Diagnostic Tests

MUKILTEO, Wash., Sept. 30, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation (NasdaqGM:CBMX -News) announced today the launch of two new array-based diagnostic tests, adding to its leading and growing portfolio of tests. These new tests augment each other and demonstrate levels of multiplexing and personalization that are unprecedented in the industry. The tests will be operated out of [...]

New software for Freeman Technology FT4 simplifies hopper design

30 September 2008: Welland, UK: New software for the FT4 Powder Rheometer, the universal powder tester from Freeman Technology, demystifies hopper design, guiding the user step-by-step through powder measurement, data analysis and equipment specification. Relevant to a broad range of industries, the new software provides a cost- and time-effective solution for hopper and bin specification. [...]

Cellumen Partners with Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation to Develop New Assays for Early Treatment of Alzheimer’s

Cellumen, Inc. today announced an agreement with the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) to apply Cellumen's Cellular Systems Biology (CSB) technology to create a cellular model of Alzheimer's disease. The main objective of the partnership is for Cellumen to develop a panel of CSB assays, as well as biosensors of key protein:protein interactions, that reveal [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Upgrades Software for Viscometers and Rheometers

Extended capabilities for beginners and experts including Windows Vista® compatibility KARLSRUHE, Germany (September 30, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the worldwide leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific HAAKE RheoWin 4 software with extended capabilities for rheological investigations, including compatibility with the Windows Vista operating system. HAAKE RheoWin software is user-friendly, [...]

Support of Microsoft Windows Vista for Atlas Chromatography Data System

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (September, 30, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced that its award-winning Atlas Chromatography Data System(TM) (CDS) now supports the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Thermo Scientific Atlas version 8.2 provides LC and GC instrument control, digital data acquisition, chromatography data processing and reporting all in a familiar, [...]

GeneGo Is Awarded NCI Grant for Development of Systems Biology Database and Tools for Nutrition in Cancer in Collaboration with the FDA

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 30 -- GeneGo Inc., a leading provider of databases, tools and services in systems biology, announced today that they were awarded with a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the development of a platform for understanding the influence of nutrients on cancerogenesis and cancer prevention. GeneGo [...]

New Optima™ eXPert™ Ultracentrifuge Software Adds Security and Audit Trail Features

FULLERTON, Calif. (September 30, 2008) – Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces an advanced version of its eXPert software for the Optima L-XP Series Ultracentrifuges. The new Optima eXPert software delivers important capabilities for academic, biopharmaceutical and bioprocessing users in protein, virus and vaccine development. New security and audit trail features support users working with 21 CFR [...]

Luminex and BD Sign Agreement to Create Diagnostic Tests for Cancer

Collaboration Will Target New Tools to Enhance Early Cancer Detection and Intervention AUSTIN, Texas & FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), a worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, and global medical technology company BD (NYSE: BDX), through its BD Diagnostics-TriPath platform, today announced the signing of a development and supply agreement. Under the terms of the [...]

Exporting products to the EU? Import the PANalytical X-ray advantage first!

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy has emerged as an optimal solution for the screening of toxic heavy metals regulated by the EU Directives RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment). To help customers who export goods to the EU meet increasingly complex environmental regulations, PANalytical delivers the advantage of 60 years [...]

GE Healthcare acquires MicroCal broadening capabilities in biomedical and pharmaceutical research

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has acquired MicroCal LLC, a provider of innovative instruments for the study of molecular interactions in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science research. The acquisition of MicroCal will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offering of technologies for the rapidly growing areas of protein [...]

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