Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and SRI International, a research center that creates world-changing solutions, today announced the results of a collaboration agreement to enable researchers to combine the results of high-resolution Orbitrap LC/MS experiments with highly curated and organism-specific metabolic pathway and genome data for quick and effective mass […]

Licensing agreements with all patent holders have been completed Enables Horizon to use gene editing directly as a therapeutic New technology has immediate applications in biomanufacturing, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Company”), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces […]

Chromatrap® announces that BioLegend, a major US-based manufacturer and supplier of reagents and kits for biomedical research, has chosen their novel solid-state ChIP technology to power a new range of faster and more efficient chromatin immunoprecipitation kits. These new kits will combine BioLegend’s expertise in developing the Go-ChIP-Grade™ antibodies that are validated for ChIP assays with the patented […]

Extended RAS Panel helps identify colorectal cancer patients eligible for Amgen’s Vectibix SAN DIEGO—Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its Extended RAS Panel, an FDA-approved next-generation sequencing (NGS) kit that meets the newly published guidelines for evaluation of colorectal cancer from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Association for Molecular Pathology(AMP), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)1. […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that’s all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, acquired Trinean today. Trinean’s DropSense systems measure protein, DNA and RNA concentration in biologics and genomics samples. This is Unchained Labs’ 5th acquisition in just over 2 years. DropSense96 is the only system out there that […]

Company completes Series D funding and adds two new directors to board (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today announced the completion of a Series D funding raise of $12.2 million. The company also announced the addition of two new directors to its board, positioning the […]

SAN DIEGO and CARLSBAD, Calif. — Genoptix, Inc., a leading oncology diagnostics and informatics company, and Bionano Genomics®, Inc., a company focused on genome structure analysis, today announced an exclusive agreement to co-develop information-rich diagnostics for selected hematologic oncology indications in the US using Bionano’s Saphyr™ System. Bionano’s Saphyr System accurately visualizes the structure of […]

ST. LOUIS — Canopy BiosciencesTM, LLC, an emerging provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, announced today that it has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis.  Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult […]

Community-driven platform to advance microbiome bioinformatics and standards through global research and collaboration MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus, Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced the launch of the MOSAIC Microbiome Platform in collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC and its Janssen Human Microbiome Institute (JHMI). The cloud-based platform, which is […]

Cole-Parmer, a leading supplier of laboratory equipment and reagents, is introducing the Arcis Sample Preparation System, which can extract DNA and RNA for downstream processes such as PCR/qPCR and sequencing in just three minutes. A study conducted by the Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, compared the preparation time, DNA yield, PCR […]