CAMBRIDGE, England CS Genetics Limited, a developer of tools and techniques for genomics, was granted its first patent (GB 2,539,675 B) on 22 November 2017. CS Genetics is developing Coding Strand Sequencing™: a platform for instrument-free, solution-phase indexing of nucleic acids. Coding Strand Sequencing™ uses a new class of macromolecular indexing tool called Coding Strands™ to tag […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a company providing next generation technology for extracting, enriching and quantifying nucleic acid from biological samples, today announced that Barney Saunders, PhD, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Saunders brings 30 years of experience managing emergent technologies and commercializing disruptive products for life […]

Location: Cambridge Breadth of research use rights now expanded to include multiple new species Grant of rights to have products made and sold by partners Grant of sub-licensed rights to one spin-out company Cambridge, UK, and Dublin, Ireland: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Group”), a global leader in gene editing and […]

SAN DIEGO, CA and CAMBRIDGE, MA — Edico Genome and Seven Bridges today announced the availability of Edico Genome’s DRAGENTM pipelines within Seven Bridges’ cloud-based data ecosystem. Edico Genome’s DRAGEN Germline V2, DRAGEN Somatic V2 and DRAGEN RNA Gene Fusion Detection Pipelines are now live on the Seven Bridges platform, enabling customers to leverage DRAGEN’s ultra rapid speeds and accuracy. Seven Bridges […]

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 […]