BALTIMORE – Elixirgen Scientific has begun selling a variety of cell-based human disease models after signing a new agreement, which allows the company to produce and distribute cells differentiated from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)’s human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) repository. Elixirgen Scientific’s proprietary technology (Quick-Tissue™) makes highly efficient differentiation of hPSCs, such […]

BioIVT now offers unique and proprietary bioengineered micro-liver platforms for use in environmental testing, preventive care, and product development in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, cosmetics, and chemical industries  Westbury, NY –  BioIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has acquired Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc. Ascendance was formed in November 2015 from […]

AMSBIO announces that its exosome product range now includes everything you need for studying and using exosomes, from isolation and characterization, to cargo profiling and engineering, and more. Exosomes are small membrane vesicles with a size ranging from 40 to 100 nm. They are known to serve as functional mediators in cell interaction leading to cancer […]

System Biosciences (SBI), a leading provider of exosome research tools and services, announced today that QIAGEN, a leading global provider of Sample to Insights solutions for molecular diagnostics and life sciences, has signed a non-exclusive, worldwide license for SBI’s patented ExoQuick® technology for research use. PALO ALTO, Calif. System Biosciences (SBI), a leading provider of […]

Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (“MS”) instruments, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Unimicro Technologies Inc. (“Unimicro”)(the “Agreement”). The Agreement covers the integration of Microsaic’s compact 4500 MiD® mass spectrometry detector with Unimicro’s Capillary Electrophoresis (“CE”) Platform. Once integrated, the combined product […]

Uppsala, Sweden and Oxford, UK: Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced Oxford BioMedica® plc (LSE:OXB) (“Oxford BioMedica” or “the Group”), a leading gene and cell therapy group, has invested in two Gyrolab xPlore™ systems. This is the first time the Gyrolab technology has […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced a purchase order for 10 PacBio® Sequel® Systems that are expected to be installed at Annoroad’s designated facility within the next several months, enhancing Annoroad’s large-scale genomic service capabilities across various fields within the life sciences such as agriculture, basic research, […]

Real-Time PCR workflow gains NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification for rapid and simultaneous detection of Salmonella species, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis BASINGSTOKE, England — Laboratories performing tests for poultry producers can simultaneously screen samples for Salmonella species, Typhimurium and Enteritidis using the first independently validated PCR test of its kind. Thermo Fisher Scientific, a market leader in culture […]

La Vista, NE – Streck, Inc. and Van Xuan Medical Technology, a pharmaceutical distributor in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, have signed a three-year distribution agreement for Streck’s full portfolio of controls, cell stabilization and molecular products. Streck’s cell stabilization products include Cyto-Chex® BCT, a blood collection tube for the preservation of whole blood specimens […]

March 27, 2018 Biopharmaceuticals represent the fastest growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, mainly driven by a rapid expansion in the manufacture of recombinant protein-based drugs [1]. The majority of the therapeutic proteins are glycoproteins (monoclonal antibodies, blood proteins, growth factors, vaccines, fusion proteins) and hence, glycosylation is the most prominent post-translational modifications occurring on […]