Companion diagnostic test enables physicians to identify non-small cell lung cancer patients who may benefit from eight targeted therapies CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan’s regulatory agency, has granted expanded approval to the Oncomine Dx Target Test CDx System. The next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based multiplex companion diagnostic (CDx) […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement in the precision medicine field with Lisen Imprinting Diagnostics Wuxi Co., Ltd, China. Liwen Pei, Managing Director of Bio-Techne China, and Ning Zhou, CEO of Lisen, attended the meeting and signing ceremony. Bio-Techne is a leading provider of high-quality consumables and instruments for the life science […]

Oxford, UK. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced that it is expanding its Cytocell® operations with a move to a new facility in Cambridge, UK. Cytocell, OGT’s fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probe brand, will be moving into the significantly larger facility on the prestigious Cambridge Science Park, due to expansion of the organisation, current sales volumes and […]

SRE Kit Performs Rapid and Easy Removal of Short DNA from Long-Read Libraries. BALTIMORE, Md. — Circulomics is launching the Short Read Eliminator Kit to perform size selection purification of high molecular weight (HMW) DNA for long-read sequencing library preparation. This kit enhances long-read sequencing read lengths by using size selective precipitation to remove short DNA. The gentle […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric Company (“GE”) (NYSE: GE) to acquire the Biopharma business of GE Life Sciences (“GE Biopharma”) for a cash purchase price of approximately $21.4 billion. Given anticipated tax benefits from the transaction structure, the net […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — seqWell™ announced agreements to bring plexWell™ technology and products for multiplexed NGS applications to global markets, setting up an international distribution network via partnerships covering fifteen (15) countries in Asia-Pacific Rim, Europe and the Middle East. plexWell’s normalizing iterative barcoding library preparation technology affords the creation of balanced multiplexed NGS library pools without the need for […]

We are very pleased to welcome Elta 90 Molecular Medicine (Elta90 MM) as GenDx distributor for North Macedonia. Elta 90 is one of the leading companies in the Balkan peninsula regarding the sale of in vitro diagnostic agents, immunological and microbiological examinations, appliances, laboratory equipment, reagents, diagnostic sets and consumable laboratory materials. For more information […]

For a few years now, molecular biology has been completely dominated by single cell technologies. It all started with single cell RNA-Seq, but rapidly branched out to other applications, such as epigenomics, regulation (ATAC-Seq and ChIP-Seq), and proteomics (for a high-level overview, we suggest an excellent recent articlein Nature Reviews Genetics). Analysis of single cell data sets […]

Murrieta Genomics, the genomic sequencing business incubator and SeqOnce, an emerging leader in the rapidly growing NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) field, have announced a partnership to bring fast and simple sample solutions for the Murrieta Genomics laboratory and incubator. “As an innovation center and idea incubator, we are always looking for new applications in the genomic […]

SILVER SPRING. Md. – Illumina Corporate Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital curriculum resources, digital content, and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today launched DNA Decoded, a program designed to equip middle and high school teachers with the power to unlock the study of genomics to advance the future for their students. DNA […]