VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – STEMCELL Technologies has released mTeSR™ Plus, an enhanced version of mTeSR™1, the most widely published feeder-free human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) maintenance medium. The new medium has undergone successful beta testing with several members of the Stem Cell COREdinates group and has completed rigorous in-house validation testing. Designed to promote a more consistent cell […]

— Expands Potential Serviceable Market to Include Companies Requiring Certification — SAN FRANCISCO–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced that its quality management systems for manufacturing its next-generation sequencing (NGS) Target Enrichment Panels received International Organization for Standardization(ISO) 9001:2015 and 13485:2016 certification1, the latter […]

ANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – STEMCELL Technologies has released mTeSR™ Plus, an enhanced version of mTeSR™1, the most widely published feeder-free human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) maintenance medium. The new medium has undergone successful beta testing with several members of the Stem Cell COREdinates group and has completed rigorous in-house validation testing. Designed to promote a more consistent […]

Today the European Patent Office revoked Pacific Biosciences patent EP3045542 with claims to a single molecule sequencing process wherein two strands of DNA are linked by a connecting nucleic acid. The validity of the patent had been challenged by Oxford Nanopore. The EPO ruled that the claims to a single molecule sequencing process were unsupported […]

Berkeley Lights Further Extends into Asian Market Emeryville, Calif., Cambridge, Mass, Shanghai, China– Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), the leader in digital cell biology, announced today that Harbour BioMed, a global biopharmaceutical company has acquired the Beacon® Optofluidic platform to implement accelerated workflows for single-cell screening and analysis. “Harbour BioMed is pleased to integrate the Berkeley Lights Beacon platform […]

Based on the content of TruSight Oncology 500, the proposed in vitro diagnostic will receive prioritized review and resources Today, Illumina announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Device Designation for its pan-cancer assay. Currently in development, with plans to be marketed as TruSight™ Oncology Comprehensive, the assay is based on […]

Scailyte AG, a Swiss startup in the emerging and rapidly growing field of single-cell technologies, raised CHF 2.75M in seed funding and gained Swisscom Ventures as a strategic investor. Zürcher Kantonalbank also joined the financing round, alongside the existing shareholders, thus reaffirming their trust in the competence and vision of Scailyte’s team. Dominique Megret, Head of Swisscom Ventures, […]

WILMINGTON, Delaware, USA   DeNovix Inc. announces the launch of the CellDrop Automated Cell Counter. CellDrop is the first instrument to incorporate DeNovix’ patent-pending DirectPipette™ Technology, removing the need for expensive, environmentally damaging plastic slides. Drawing on technology from the multi award-winning DS-11 Series Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer, CellDrop brings the simple Load, Measure & Wipe Clean […]

London and Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, and the Loulou Foundation, a private UK-based foundation dedicated to the development of therapeutics for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, announced a research collaboration to discover new tools to advance research in this area of high unmet medical need.   Under this agreement, […]

BEVERLY, Mass. – LexaGene Holdings Inc.(otcqb:LXXGF)(LXG) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company that develops genetic analyzers for pathogen detection and other molecular markers, announced today that the Company has formed a scientific advisory board (SAB) to assist the Company in product positioning and its go-to-market strategy. The SAB is comprised of key opinion leaders in the Company’s […]