IPSWICH, Mass. and VILNIUS, Lithuania — New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®) and CasZyme, a recently-formed startup company based in Vilnius, Lithuania, announced today that they have entered into a multi-year collaboration to identify and commercialize CRISPR-Cas nucleases, with the goal of providing researchers with additional tools for genome editing and molecular biology applications. Under the terms of the agreement, […]

Location: Cambridge First-to-market cfDNA Reference Standard specific for EGFR gene mutations adds to Horizon’s existing portfolio of cfDNA controls Horizon’s EGFR Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard allows laboratories to optimize, validate and routinely monitor performance of PCR-based tests, NGS, and other novel assays Covers EGFR mutations implicated in the responsiveness to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and […]

Our distributor agreement with BIOZOL expands the availability of the Novallele™ genotyping and copy number assays MELVILLE, N.Y. Canon BioMedical is pleased to announce our latest geographic expansion into the German-speaking countries of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. We are working with a new distributor, BIOZOL Diagnostica Vertrieb GmbH, that will distribute all of the Novallele […]

Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to creating transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, today announced the appointment of five leading experts from top academic, research and life sciences and engineering organizations to its Strategic Scientific Advisory Board (SSAB). The SSAB serves as a strategic resource for Berkeley Lights as it continues to […]

Across many scientific disciplines, but in particular in the field of genomics, major breakthroughs have often resulted from new technologies. From Sanger sequencing, which made it possible to sequence the human genome, to the microarray technologies that enabled the first large-scale genome-wide experiments, new instruments and tools have allowed us to look ever more deeply into the genome […]

QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit Achieves Highest Sensitivity for Detecting Disease Remission in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia HERCULES, Calif. — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announces the launch of the QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit, the first CE-IVD digital PCR test that can monitor the molecular response of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to […]

Aloha from Hawaii. Johanna Anton shared miniPCR with intro Biology students at Hawai’i Community College – Pālamanui campus, which is the only community college on the West Side of Hawaii Island. This was the first ever PCR lab at Palamanui! Students did the Missy Baker Missing Learning Lab using miniPCR and the blueGel system.   The biology […]

SINGAPORE  — JN Medsys, a life science company behind the high-throughput chip-based Clarity™ digital PCR system, today announced the launch of a new generation digital PCR system featuring more than 40,000 partitions and 4- to 6- colour detection channels. Targeting users that demand greater performance, the new system offers better specifications over the Clarity™ system, which […]

Strong demand predicted across all life science markets Amsterdam: Dutch biotechnology company Molecular Biology Systems (MBS) today announced it will launch its revolutionary NEXTGENPCR thermal cycler through AMPLITECH, an independent commercial organization offering innovative solutions to the public and private in vitro diagnostic testing market, including cytogenetics, molecular genetics, and pathology labs, in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. […]