Mansfield, UK– Solus Scientific, a PerkinElmer Company providing food and environment pathogen testing systems, today announced that its Solus One™ Salmonella product has received AOAC Certification for use in testing herbs, spices and flavorings. High Throughput & Improved Workflows Ups Pathogen Testing Productivity Designed specifically to meet the demands for speed and accuracy in food testing, the Solus […]

Genomic Vision had developed new applications of its exclusive molecular combing technology Genomic Vision has recently signed a research agreement with Sanofi in the area of biomanufacturing in gene therapy projects. Apparently, Genomic Vision is specialized in the development of in-vitro diagnostic tests for the timely detection of genetic diseases and cancers as well as […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — The SnapChip is a simple approach to multiplexing that eliminates non-specific cross reactivity readouts during the detection step of a sandwich ELISA. Eliminating the cross-reaction problem of multiplex ELISAs can bring about significant time savings in the early development of a multiplex test. The platform is suitable to reliably assess a number of […]

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NEOG) has received Performance TestedSM Method Certification from the AOAC Research Institute for its Reveal® Q+ for Deoxynivalenol (DON) test, which is designed for the rapid quantification of the mold toxin in grains. The AOAC approval (No. 071901) follows the earlier verification of the test’s performance by the USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS). […]

Khosla Ventures leads Series A investment in human tissue engineering company Prellis, backing Prellis’ mission to create viable human tissue and organs for research and transplant IMAGE: PRELLIS STRUCTURE TRANSPLANTED ALONE IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE CELL WALLED CAPILLARIES WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF TRANSPLANTATION INTO IMMUNOCOMPETENT MOUSE (LEFT). HUMAN TUMOR CELLS TRANSPLANTED IN PRELLIS STRUCTURES GROW RAPIDLY, […]

Genome Canada, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Thermo Fisher Scientific to focus on pancreatic, prostate and breast cancer CARLSBAD, Calif. — Genome Canada, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and Thermo Fisher Scientific are collaborating to develop a complete solution of targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) assays and analysis software designed to more effectively assess – […]

SEATTLE and ROCHESTER, Minn. — NanoString Technologies and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have announced a collaboration to develop clinical tests using NanoString’snew GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler. GeoMx combines spatial and molecular profiling technologies by generating a whole tissue image at single cell resolution while also providing digital profiling data for tens to thousands of RNA or protein analytes for up to 16–20 tissue […]

Khosla Ventures leads Series A investment in human tissue engineering company Prellis, backing Prellis’ mission to create viable human tissue and organs for research and transplant San Francisco, CA–Prellis Biologics today announced that Khosla Ventures has led an $8.7 million Series A investment in the company. The announcement comes as Prellis has reached major tissue engineering […]

— Oligonucleotides up to 300 Bases with Exceptionally Low Error Rate – — Longest Commercial Oligonucleotide Offering Available Today — SAN FRANCISCO–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the launch of its long oligonucleotides, or oligos, product line. At […]

IONTAS announces new antibody optimisation agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, UK: IONTAS Limited (IONTAS), a leader in the discovery and optimisation of fully human antibodies, today announced an agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals (Teva) to apply its technologies and know-how to the optimisation of human antibodies for use as biotherapeutics. Under the terms of the agreement, […]