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Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' SPR System

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that the Company has received approval for its SPR- based analysis system (the "SPR System") from the State Food and Drug Administration of China (the "SFDA").

19 Oct 2009

First high-throughput analysis of Salmonella Typhi gene

For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study of gene activity and the search for weaknesses in bacterial armouries.

19 Oct 2009

Research study on cowpox virus

In the annals of medicine, Edward Jenner's 1796 vaccination of a young boy against smallpox, using fluid from cowpox blisters, remains a landmark case. In a new study, Kathryn Sykes, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and her colleagues have taken a fresh look at cowpox.

19 Oct 2009

Research programme to develop immunological biomarkers for chronic inflammatory diseases

Persistent inflammation and the activation of the immune system is the key pathological mechanism affecting many long-term conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease and is the predominant mechanism underlying organ transplant rejection.

19 Oct 2009

Enzo Biochem to release a new catalog dealing with epigenetics and chromatin modification

Enzo Biochem, Inc. today said that its Life Sciences subsidiary will release a new catalog dealing with “Epigenetics & Chromatin Modification” at the Society for Neuroscience’s, Neuroscience 2009 conference, beginning October 17, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois.

15 Oct 2009

NIH grants Affymetrix $24.8M for genotyping project

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) have entered into an agreement with Affymetrix to support genome-wide analyses of DNA samples from 100,000 Kaiser Permanente members.

15 Oct 2009

Nano Gen Teknolojileri to distribute Fluidigm's BioMark and EP1 genetic analysis systems in Turkey

Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Nano Gen Teknolojileri Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ and EP1™ Systems for genetic analysis in Turkey. The BioMark System provides significant advantages for digital and real-time PCR, genotyping, single-cell gene expression, cancer detection and absolute quantification.

15 Oct 2009

SwitchGear Genomics introduces high-throughput research tools for profiling biological pathway regulation

SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced the availability of the first cost-effective, high-throughput research tools for screening transcriptional activation and repression in a number of key biological pathways.

14 Oct 2009

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced its Advanced Projects Group, has successfully collaborated with Cellectricon, the Swedish provider of innovative screening solutions for drug discovery, to produce fully automated high throughput patch clamp equipment known as the Dynaflow®HT System.

From Cellectricon 14 Oct 2009

Harvard researchers unite in fight against antibiotic resistance

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $5 million to an interdisciplinary group of Harvard researchers to launch the "Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance."

14 Oct 2009

Roche's Genome Sequencer FLX System used for critical immunogenetic study

A study published online today in the prestigious Nature Medicine journal reports that researchers at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center have explored a new high-throughput method for decoding one of the most critical genomic regions for the immune system.

14 Oct 2009

Researchers discover compounds that show promise as novel treatments for AIDS

While studying an HIV protein that plays an essential role in AIDS progression, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered compounds that show promise as novel treatments for the disease.

14 Oct 2009

New technique may lead to more effective treatment for liver disease

A combination of bioengineering and medical research at the University of California, San Diego has led to a new discovery that could pave the way for more effective treatments for liver disease.

12 Oct 2009

TargetEx to be the coordinator for CancerGrid consortium

TargetEx llc, Budapest announced today that the Research Directorate General of the Commission of the European Communities approved the transfer of the coordinator responsibilities of the European Cancer Research Consortium (CancerGrid) to TargetEx.

9 Oct 2009

Burnham Institute officially dedicates its new research facility at Lake Nona

Today, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) officially dedicated its new 175,000-square-foot scientific facility and marked the opening of Orlando’s Medical City as a life science center. Burnham at Lake Nona is the research anchor for the new development in southeast Orange County and the east coast campus of the La Jolla, Calif.-based institute.

9 Oct 2009

Hamamatsu to release its NanoZoomer 2.0 series slide scanners

Hamamatsu Corporation has announced the release of its next-generation slide scanners, the NanoZoomer 2.0 series. Operating at nearly twice the speed of the original series, the NanoZoomer 2.0 converts a 20 mm x 20 mm area on a glass slide into a 1.9-gigapixel color image in as little as 1 minute 40 seconds.

8 Oct 2009

NIH grants over $3.8 million to Asuragen

Asuragen, Inc. announced today that it has received over $3.8 million in new grant funding for 2009 from the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded initiatives of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further its development of molecular diagnostics for oncology and genetic disease.

8 Oct 2009

Scientists expand their fleet of genomic next-generation sequencing technology to study about cancer

Scientists from the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC) are expanding their fleet of advanced genomic next-generation sequencing technology from Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation to accelerate their studies of the genetic underpinnings of cancer and other complex human diseases.

6 Oct 2009

Ingenuity Systems, Millennium Science announce a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis with QFAB

Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, and Millennium Science, Ingenuity Systems' exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand, today announced a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) with the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics (QFAB).

6 Oct 2009

Illumina launches IlluminaCompute for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform

At the BioIT World Europe Conference, Illumina, Inc. announced the launch of IlluminaCompute, a fully integrated computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.

From Illumina, Inc. 6 Oct 2009

High Throughput News and Research

Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' SPR System

First high-throughput analysis of Salmonella Typhi gene

Research study on cowpox virus

Research programme to develop immunological biomarkers for chronic inflammatory diseases

Enzo Biochem to release a new catalog dealing with epigenetics and chromatin modification

NIH grants Affymetrix $24.8M for genotyping project

Nano Gen Teknolojileri to distribute Fluidigm's BioMark and EP1 genetic analysis systems in Turkey

SwitchGear Genomics introduces high-throughput research tools for profiling biological pathway regulation

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

Harvard researchers unite in fight against antibiotic resistance

Roche's Genome Sequencer FLX System used for critical immunogenetic study

Researchers discover compounds that show promise as novel treatments for AIDS

New technique may lead to more effective treatment for liver disease

TargetEx to be the coordinator for CancerGrid consortium

Burnham Institute officially dedicates its new research facility at Lake Nona

Hamamatsu to release its NanoZoomer 2.0 series slide scanners

NIH grants over $3.8 million to Asuragen

Scientists expand their fleet of genomic next-generation sequencing technology to study about cancer

Ingenuity Systems, Millennium Science announce a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis with QFAB

Illumina launches IlluminaCompute for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform

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