– Sizes range from 3-liter bench-top to 1000-liter manufacturing scale – Fully scalable system streamlines drug development and production DARMSTADT, Germany — Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that BioInvent International AB, a Swedish company which develops novel immuno-regulatory antibodies to treat cancer, is upgrading and expanding its drug manufacturing facility with a full line of […]

SAN DIEGO and CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND –– Congenica and Edico Genome today announced the companies have partnered to offer their complementary platform technologies as an all-in-one, genome data analysis solution that accelerates clinical labs’ and hospitals’ progression from DNA sequencing to diagnosis for inherited diseases, which otherwise can take months or years, while also reducing costs. […]

WALTHAM, MA ThermaGenix, the PCR Improvement Company, announces the completion of a $1.5M Series A-1 financing round. This event adds to several other early achievements at ThermaGenix, including the business formation and licensing agreements, and the establishment of its’ Executive and Scientific Teams. ThermaGenix will use proceeds from the Series A-1 round to: Support commercial […]

MADISON, Wis.–Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a FUJIFILM company and a leading developer and manufacturer of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), today announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), a novel network of stem cell scientists that extends from the University to its affiliated hospitals and the biomedical industry. […]

StarBright Blue 700 Secondary Antibodies Offer Improved Sensitivity among Fluorescent Dye Labeled Secondary Antibodies The StarBright Blue 700 Secondary Antibodies are part of Bio-Rad’s fluorescent western blotting workflow for obtaining reliable, high-quality results. HERCULES, Calif. —— Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of StarBright™ Blue 700, fluorescent dye labeled secondary antibodies for […]

The Ochra-V AQUA eliminates the use of organic solvents while also significantly reducing testing time MILFORD, Mass.– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, now offers a rapid, eco-friendly lateral flow strip test specifically for the detection of ochratoxin A in green coffee and wheat. Compared to traditional methods, the Ochra-V® AQUA™ reduces ochratoxin A testing time by half and eliminates the […]

MADISON, Wis.–Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a FUJIFILM company and a leading developer and manufacturer of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived products, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with STEMCELL Technologies, a world leader in iPS cell culture media. “This joint agreement with STEMCELL Technologies will make iPSC technology widely available to researchers worldwide, helping […]

Dual luciferase measurement for your microplate reader Sunnyvale, California.  Molecular Devices announced today an addition to its assay kits portfolio with the launch of the new SpectraMax® DuoLuc™ Reporter Assay Kit enabling highly sensitive quantitation of both firefly and Renilla luciferases in mammalian cells. Reporter gene assays are an important tool for researchers to monitor […]

Dual luciferase measurement for your microplate reader Sunnyvale, California Molecular Devices announced today an addition to its assay kits portfolio with the launch of the new SpectraMax® DuoLuc™ Reporter Assay Kit enabling highly sensitive quantitation of both firefly and Renilla luciferases in mammalian cells. Reporter gene assays are an important tool for researchers to monitor […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, today announced Microsoft Corp. will purchase ten million strands of DNA from Twist Bioscience for expanded digital data storage research. The strands of DNA will be long-chain oligonucleotides used by researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington to encode digital […]