LONDON, UK — Touchlight, a leader in cell-free DNA technology, today announced the expansion of its groundbreaking mbDNA™ platform with the introduction of three new circular DNA architectures: sscDNA, hsscDNA, and dscDNA. These innovative constructs join mbDNA, which debuted earlier this year, to form a comprehensive portfolio designed to overcome the limitations of traditional gene editing tools. […]

SAN DIEGO — The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) today announced it will lift the export ban on Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), which had been in place since March 4, 2025. While the ban will be lifted on November 10, Illumina remains on the Unreliable Entities List (UEL), requiring government approval for instrument purchases. Illumina remains focused […]

NMPA approval on the Sequel II CNDx system enables clinicians in China to harness PacBio HiFi sequencing for challenging conditions, with initial offering for thalassemia MENLO PARK, Calif. — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), developer of the world’s most advanced sequencing technologies, today announced that, through its long-standing partnership with Berry Genomics, the Sequel II CNDx system […]

Advanced RNA quantification brings efficiency to assay development  PALO ALTO, Calif. – Countable Labs, the developer of Countable PCR, the leading PCR innovation transforming how science measures biology, announced the launch of the RNA Module for Countable PCR. This new solution brings direct counting of RNA to the Countable PCR platform, enabling one-step, bias-free RNA quantification, and delivering the […]

Parse Biosciences is a fast-growing innovator in single-cell sample preparation, with technologies used in more than 3,000 labs across over 40 countries Acquisition strengthens QIAGEN’s presence in the rapidly growing single-cell market, accelerating growth across its industry-leading Sample technologies portfolio Parse provides Evercode, a highly differentiated instrument-free platform built for analyzing millions and billions of […]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of nanopore-based molecular sensing technology, and bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, have announced the launch of AmPORE-TB, a Research Use Only* (RUO) solution for the rapid characterisation of mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, using Oxford Nanopore […]

Oxford, UK – ProImmune Ltd, a global leader in life science reagents and services, today announced the launch of its new ProVE® SL Self-Loading MHC Class I Monomers. The novel reagents for antigen-specific CD8+ T cell detection are designed to offer researchers unprecedented flexibility, speed, and MHC allele-coverage, with over 50 HLA alleles available. Supplied as highly […]

Offers UK academic research institutions improved access to Primerdesign’s real-time PCR assays and reagents with reliable, fast and local support SLS to showcase Primerdesign portfolio at Lab Innovations in Birmingham, UK (29–30 October) Manchester, UK and Nottingham, UK: Primerdesign (part of the Novacyt Group), a company focussed on the design, manufacture, validation and supply of […]

BASEL, Switzerland–Swiss Rockets, MGI US LLC and Complete Genomics Inc. announced today that they entered into an exclusive license agreement with MGI Tech and Complete Genomics, USA, granting Swiss Rockets a perpetual, transferrable, sublicensable, freedom-to-operate, license for USA, Europe, Latam, Africa and Central Asia with option to expand rights into Asia-Pacific in 2026, covering patents […]

SHENZHEN, China — MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (“MGI”), a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life sciences, today announced entering into an exclusive licensing agreement through its US subsidiaries – MGI US LLC and Complete Genomics Inc. – with Swiss Rockets AG, a Switzerland-based biotech firm, for the research, development, […]