GRAND RAPIDS, MI)—Empirical Bioscience, a designer and manufacturer of reagents for life science applications, has announced 2X qPCR Probe Master Mix for probe-based quantitative PCR applications. This new product is for real-time evaluation of DNA using fluorescent probe-based detection. It contains FlashTaq HotStart DNA Polymerase, a chemically modified Taq DNA polymerase that remains inactive at […]

The Diagenode Bioruptor® in combination with the PreOmics iST Kit greatly enhances protein and peptide identifications Liege, Belgium/ Denville, USA/ Martinsried, Germany Diagenode and PreOmics GmbH today announced a newly developed standardized solution for sample preparation of proteins to clean peptides for mass spectrometry (MS) analysis combining the PreOmics in-StageTip Kit (iST Kit) and the […]

(GRAND RAPIDS, MI)—Empirical Bioscience, a designer and manufacturer of reagents for life science applications, has announced 2X qPCR Probe Master Mix for probe-based quantitative PCR applications. This new product is for real-time evaluation of DNA using fluorescent probe-based detection. It contains FlashTaq HotStart DNA Polymerase, a chemically modified Taq DNA polymerase that remains inactive at […]

SHENZHEN, China — BGI Genomics, an independent division of BGI Group, today announced pricing of its initial public offering of 40.1 million shares at a list price of RMB 13.64 per share. BGI Genomics has been listed on the Shenzhen Chi-Next exchange, China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The shares began trading […]

Researchers hope to shed light on genes associated with neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease “There is ample evidence that pinpoints neurodegenerative disorders as one of the greatest threats to public health,” begins a 2014 report from the World Health Organization (WHO). But despite international awareness of the burden associated with caring for individuals with neurodegenerative […]

UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing platform which could revolutionise their research to defeat cancer. The high-tech genome sequencer – the Illumina NovaSeqTM 6000 – has been unveiled at The Institute of Cancer Research, London. The world-leading cancer research institute is the first in the UK to access the […]

Premaitha Health has entered into a further extension of the investment agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the latter providing an additional two-tranche secured loan facility of $5.0m. Thermo Fisher is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of over $18bn and more than 55,000 employees in 50 countries. Premaitha’s IONA and SAGE prenatal screening […]

AMSBIO reports on an independent evaluation and use by I-Stem (Corbeil-Essonnes, France) of the Skeletal Muscle Differentiation kit – a cell culture media system to differentiate human stem cells into functional myotubes. I-Stem (https://www.istem.eu/en/) was formed in 2005 through a collaboration between Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and AFM-Telethon the […]

Thorold, ON Norgen Biotek Corp., an innovative Canadian biotechnology company focusing primarily on advancing powerful tools for nucleic acid and protein purification and stabilization, today announced the recent launch of their new portfolio of product and service solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications. Norgen has extensive experience with NGS, and has leveraged this expertise […]

(Washington DC) – SISCAPA Assay Technologies, Inc. (SAT), developer of precision mass spectrometry assays for protein quantitation, today announced that Waters Corporation has obtained a nonexclusive license to certain technology from SAT for the standardization of liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry assays. The patent-pending technology uses multiple stable isotope-labeled versions of an analyte molecule, each with a distinct […]