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Catylix, Aspira Scientific partner to develop and commercialize new fluorination products

Catylix, Inc. (Burbank, California) and Aspira Scientific (Milpitas, California) announced today the formation of a joint venture to develop and commercialize new fluorination products and related chemistry.

31 Jul 2014

Researchers advance stability of protein that may prevent brain damage from toxins

Research at New York University is paving the way for a breakthrough that may prevent brain damage in civilians and military troops exposed to poisonous chemicals-particularly those in pesticides and chemical weapons.

31 Jul 2014

Glide Pharma licenses prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan

Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies Ltd today announced that it has taken an exclusive worldwide licence to an innovative prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan Ltd, a Durham University spin-out company.

30 Jul 2014

Multisorb to exhibit sorbent solutions at 2014 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo

Multisorb Technologies is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at the 2014 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, July 29-31, in Chicago, Illinois. This is the largest clinical lab expo, bringing together clinical chemistry and diagnostics presenters and exhibitors from around the world.

26 Jul 2014

EKF Diagnostics to highlight expanding product portfolio at AACC Clinical Lab Expo

EKF, will be highlighting its expanding product portfolio on its subsidiary Stanbio Laboratory’s booth #1933 at the AACC Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, USA.

From EKF Diagnostics 24 Jul 2014

Addcare’s liquid handling systems, automated immunoassay workstations, customized systems

Addcare Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. provides advanced liquid handling systems, automated immunoassay workstations and customized systems.

22 Jul 2014

Randox Cystatin C facilitates early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease

As a more sensitive maker of renal dysfunction Randox Cystatin C offers several advantages over traditional creatinine assays.

From Randox Laboratories Ltd. 22 Jul 2014

RX daytona+ provides high quality testing on compact easy to use platform

Randox has developed a versatile range of clinical chemistry analyzers with real cost saving in mind. The RX series of clinical chemistry analyzers provides performance like no other.

From Randox Laboratories Ltd. 22 Jul 2014

USAMRIID provides on-site laboratory support to current Ebola outbreak

Analysis of clinical samples from suspected Lassa fever cases in Sierra Leone showed that about two-thirds of the patients had been exposed to other emerging diseases, and nearly nine percent tested positive for Ebola virus.

16 Jul 2014

Advanced Cell Diagnostics’ in situ hybridization technology reaches two major milestones

Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc. (ACD), a leader in the field of molecular pathology and developer of cell and tissue-based analysis tools, has announced that its RNAscope® RNA in situ hybridization technology has reached two major milestones. In just three years, over 100 peer-reviewed papers featuring the technology have been published, and with the significant increase in use of RNAscope, ACD has now built a library of over 4000 target probes for numerous species. Probes are designed to order in under two weeks, and in just six months the library has grown by over 1500, reflecting the wide interest in ACD’s breakthrough technology.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 15 Jul 2014

DARPins could revolutionize protein therapeutics

Integrating an INTEGRA VIAFLO 96 multichannel pipette into their high throughput expression facility has enabled Molecular Partners (Zurich, Switzerland) to streamline the discovery and development of a novel class of targeted protein therapeutics termed DARPins.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 15 Jul 2014

Light-sensitive molecule enables noninvasive silencing of neurons

Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light-sensitive proteins that can suppress or stimulate electrical signals within cells. This technique requires a light source to be implanted in the brain, where it can reach the cells to be controlled.

30 Jun 2014

NuGEN 2014 Genomics Grant Challenge announced

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of innovative sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications, has announced the NuGEN 2014 Genomics Grant Challenge.

18 Jun 2014

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches Aquios CL Clinical Flow Cytometer* for laboratory use

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is set to transform the use of flow cytometry in the routine clinical laboratory with its latest offering, the Aquios CL Clinical Flow Cytometer*. Fully automated, with a small footprint, the instrument is the first authentic ‘LOAD & GO’ cytometry system.

13 Jun 2014

BIT Group opens new R&D Center of Excellence in the US

BIT Group has announced the opening of its new 22,500 sq. ft. "Center of Excellence for Life Science and IVD Products" for BIT USA.

9 Jun 2014

SGC and CHDI Foundation collaborate to discover new drug targets for Huntington's disease

The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) and CHDI Foundation have entered into a unique open-access research collaboration to discover and characterize new drug targets for Huntington's disease (HD) using structural and chemical biology In this first partnership of its kind, SGC and CHDI have explicitly agreed not to file for patents on any of the collaborative research and to make all reagents and knowledge available without restriction to the wider research community, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic research groups.

6 Jun 2014

INTEGRA's VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette improves efficiency of genetic screening

The Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, France reports on how, using a VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette from INTEGRA, they have been able to improve the efficiency and speed with which they replicate yeast strain collections and perform genetic screens in 96 well plates.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 5 Jun 2014

Agena Bioscience acquires Sequenom’s Bioscience business

Agena Bioscience, Inc., a portfolio company of Telegraph Hill Partners (THP), today acquired the Bioscience business of Sequenom, Inc., which sells the MassARRAY® System for mass spectrometry-based detection of nucleic acids in research and clinical laboratories.

31 May 2014

Polyplus-transfection introduces FectoPRO transfection reagent

Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company specializing in the development of innovative solutions for transfection, today announces the launch of FectoPRO, the latest optimised transfection reagent in their product portfolio. FectoPRO has been designed for high yields in medium and large-scale production of proteins and antibodies in mammalian cells.

28 May 2014

New 5-layer flask enhances cell culture production

Porvair Sciences has announced a new 5-layer cell culture flask developed to fulfil the need of the growing number of applications that require large numbers of cells.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 May 2014