Proceeds Intended to Facilitate Completion of Merger with Precipio Diagnostics During Second Quarter of 2017 OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCQB: TBIO) today reported that it has received $1.15 million in proceeds from a note bridge financing.The financing is intended to help facilitate the completion of Transgenomic’s merger with Precipio Diagnostics, LLC, which is expected to […]

CULVER CITY, Calif. — NantOmics, the leader in molecular diagnostics and a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of families, announced today the acquisition of Genos, the leading community for next-generation sequencing, personal genetic discovery and research, based in San Francisco. Genos was spun out of Complete Genomics in 2016 and quickly has become the leader in making […]

Aflatoxin M1 is the most strictly regulated mycotoxin worldwide. The new Romer Labs AgraQuant® Aflatoxin M1 ELISA is now more sensitive and accurate than ever before, allowing detection not only to meet but to exceed the requirements of all existing regulations. “In these times of increased consumer demand for safe food products, Romer Labs is proud to launch […]

Automated Whole-Genome Sequencing Approach Provides Confidence in Results with Increased Sample Throughput and Decreased Turnaround Time Reno, Nev. – Hamilton Robotics continues to strengthen their ongoing partnership with Illumina, Inc. through the collaborative development of the VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution for high-throughput noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow is a simple six-step […]

–Alliance provides wider access to oncology biospecimens to accelerate discovery and translational studies   Beltsville, MD, and Philadelphia, PA – ReproCELL and Fox Chase Cancer Center today announced a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating oncology discovery and translational studies. Through this alliance, ReproCELL will augment its Global Repository of biospecimens with samples from the Fox […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—-Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform. The SGDP is the largest dataset of human genetic variation ever collected, including whole genomes from 300 individuals representing 142 diverse populations across the […]

BASEL, Switzerland—-ChemChina and Syngenta today announced that they have received approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) for the proposed acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina. This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2017. The […]

Another milestone in the process of renewal and development of the Italian group, a world leader in biomedical electronics. Genoa – Esaote S.p.A. (www.esaote.com) opened a new plant for the company’s research and production of dedicated MRI systems in Genoa Multedo today, Wednesday, April 12. Prominent figures who attended and spoke at the opening included […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform. The SGDP is the largest dataset of human genetic variation ever collected, including whole genomes from 279 individuals representing 130 diverse populations across the globe. […]

NEW YORK — The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center today announced that they joined forces with Illumina, Inc., to decipher the human immunome, the genetic underpinnings of the immune system. Illumina will provide the genetic sequencing technologies and expertise required to process the massive amounts of data required to decode the human immunome. The […]