LGC and NuGEN have today announced a collaboration agreement for the commercialisation of the Single Primer Enrichment Technology (SPET) and distribution of Allegro Targeted Genotyping reagents for NGS library preparation. This collaboration will benefit customers of both LGC and NuGEN, as it expands options to access the SPET technology through the SeqSNP service in LGC’s global service […]

New Technology Will Revolutionize Pathogen Detection Across Food Safety, Veterinary and Human Clinical Diagnostics VANCOUVER, British Columbia — LexaGene Holdings Inc. (OTCQB:LXXGF) (TSX-V:LXG) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company that develops instrumentation for pathogen detection, has completed the assembly of its prototype for what will be the world’s first fully automated, open-access and on-site pathogen detection platform. The […]

Pioneer of real-time cell analysis instrumentation will join forces with leading provider of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes SAN DIEGO ACEA Biosciences (ACEA), a pioneer and leader in label-free real-time cell analysis instrumentation, and Ncardia, a leading expert in human cardiovascular stem cell technology, disease modelling and cell-based assay products and services, announced today that they have established […]

Shenzhen, China and Toronto, Canada ‒ BGI and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, part of Sinai Health System, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their intention to collaborate on the development a genomics-based diagnostic test for the early identification of women at risk for pre-term birth and other pregnancy complications. The non-invasive […]

LAS VEGAS — Today at AWS re:Invent, Edico Genome revealed its DRAGEN Complete Suite (DRAGEN CS) on AWS Marketplace, a comprehensive package of pipelines that enables AWS users to access all of DRAGEN’s applications for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis in one click. Pieter van Rooyen, Ph.D., president and CEO at Edico Genome, and Rami Mehio, vice president of […]

Vela Diagnostics Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit receives CE-IVD approval Singapore – Vela Diagnostics announced today that the Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit is now CE-IVD marked for in-vitro diagnostics use. The Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit is intended to extract free-circulating DNA from human plasma. The kit is developed for use in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) […]

PARIS Aenitis Technologies, which develops new medical equipment based on acoustic manipulation of biological particles, today announced that it has received €4 million in funding, following its application to the highly-selective SME Instrument Phase 2 European programme, in the “Healthcare Biotechnology” category. SME Instrument Phase 2 is part of Horizon 2020, a programme managed by […]

MADISON, WI USA Promega Corporation’s new Maxwell® RSC PureFood Pathogen Kit offers food safety labs an easy and consistent automated DNA purification method for PCR-based testing of food pathogens. The kit does not require enzymatic pre-treatment and, when used in combination with the Maxwell RSC Instrument, can effectively purify DNA from 1 to 16 food matrix samples […]

Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to bringing to market transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, announced today that Teva Pharmaceuticals Australia, Pty. Ltd. has implemented BLI’s Beacon platform in their antibody discovery programs. The Beacon platform is capable of screening thousands of antibody producing cells in less than a day. Cell characterizations […]

Empire Genomics announced today that it has entered into a new strategic partnership with KromaTiD to provide a comprehensive offering that helps researchers and clinicians better understand the genomic abnormalities of cancer patients. Empire Genomics CEO Anthony Johnson stated “KromaTiD’s Pinpoint FISH probes are a perfect complement to our existing FISH probe portfolio, allowing us […]