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Researchers uncover important mechanism that could help protect against infection, allergy and cancer

New research has uncovered an important mechanism in the drive to understand immunological processes that protect us against infection, allergy and cancer.

5 Nov 2015

GHIT Fund invests $10.7 million to fight malaria, TB, leishmaniasis and dengue

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, which in the last two years has invested US$43 million to develop innovative tools for fighting diseases worldwide, today announced it is investing $10.7 million at multiple points in the product development pipeline to seek new interventions for malaria, tuberculosis (TB), leishmaniasis and dengue.

5 Nov 2015

OncoSec signs definitive agreements to purchase $7.5 million of securities in registered direct offering

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a company developing DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors to purchase approximately $7.5 million of securities in a registered direct offering.

4 Nov 2015

Denator forms a new Scientific Advisory Board

Denator AB has announced that a new external expert advisory board has been formed. Karsten Fjärstedt, recently appointed as CEO comments, “It is a great honor for me to be entrusted to lead Denator forward in this new phase of development. With a pipeline of new exciting business opportunities and a strong Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) I am looking forward to realizing the full potential of the company technology”.

3 Nov 2015

Salk scientists uncover enzyme responsible for suppressing deadly lung cancer

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered a molecule whose mutation leads to the aggressive growth of a common and deadly type of lung cancer in humans.

3 Nov 2015

Scalable production of gene therapy vectors: an interview with Frank Ubags

Gene therapy involves introducing genetic material into cells to replace missing or malfunctioning genes or to add a gene to express a beneficial protein in order to treat certain diseases, such as cancer or inherited disorders.

26 Oct 2015

New Olympus SD-OSR microscope offers both super-resolution and confocal modes in a single system

The new Olympus SD-OSR microscope system features both confocal and super-resolution modes. The technology combines 120-nanometer (nm) resolution, a cell depth penetration of more than 50 microns, and an image speed of three frames per second (3fps) for advanced live cell imaging.

From Yokogawa Life Science 21 Oct 2015

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

16 Oct 2015

Merck unveils new global brand as a science and technology company

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the relaunch of its brand identity. The fundamental revision of the visual appearance as well as the introduction of a new logo reflect the transformation into a global science and technology company. At the same time, the brand architecture at business level has been simplified. Outside the United States and Canada, the company will operate uniformly as Merck.

15 Oct 2015

Lab Innovations evaporation masterclass

At the forthcoming Lab Innovations 2015, between the 4th and 5th of November at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. Porvair Sciences in association with Asynt will present a masterclass on laboratory evaporation techniques.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 12 Oct 2015

One World Lab announces collaboration with BenchWise to improve antibody research

Antibodies are among the most commonly used reagents in life-science laboratories employed in everyday experiments, diagnostics and clinical tests. The specificity displayed by antibodies makes them versatile lab tools; however, sourcing the most appropriate antibody can be costly and time consuming

9 Oct 2015

NanoString Technologies will donate to honor cancer survivors featured in its newest campaign

To honor six cancer survivors featured in its newest international ad campaign, NanoString Technologies, Inc. will donate $6,000 to the American Cancer Society. The “Dear Cancer Researcher” participants courageously shared their personal stories of triumph to help the biotechnology company launch its newest product, nCounter SPRINT™ Profiler, a system that gives researchers the tools and opportunity to think beyond current everyday practice.

From NanoString Technologies 9 Oct 2015

Blackstone enters into definitive agreement to acquire BioMed Realty for $8 billion

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, under which Blackstone will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of BioMed Realty for $23.75 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $8 billion.

8 Oct 2015

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center announces creation of Technology Development Program

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center today announced the creation of a Technology Development Program, a $15 million program to develop the ideas, discoveries and inventions of the faculty and staff of the Medical Center into life science technologies having the potential to benefit patients in the community and worldwide.

8 Oct 2015

UCSD researchers develop new microbiome analysis platform

The human microbiome -- the total collection of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms living in and on your body -- has been linked to a variety of health and disease states, including obesity, allergies, asthma, and a rapidly growing list of other conditions. But as researchers try to sort out the complex relationship between microbial populations and human health and use that information to diagnose or treat disease, they are generating a deluge of microbial sequence data that first needs to be organized and analyzed.

8 Oct 2015

New white paper on active-ULD performance from CSafe Global

CSafe Global, the world's largest producer of actively controlled mobile refrigeration units for biopharmaceutical and healthcare applications, has released a white paper highlighting the problems and risk associated with using poorly maintained container stock.

7 Oct 2015

CMOS camera removes noise from life science imaging

Photometrics, a manufacturer of high performance scientific cameras for life science applications, today announces the release of its new sCMOS camera, the Photometrics Prime. Prime is the first 4.2 Megapixel scientific CMOS camera available for life science research that actively defeats the negative impact of Poisson noise in low light images.

7 Oct 2015

New UV-Vis spectrophotometer simplifies sample quality decisions

Life scientists who work with DNA, RNA and proteins can make educated decisions about sample suitability in experiments using a standalone, microvolume spectrophotometer for accurate quantitation and purity measurements to ensure downstream application success.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 6 Oct 2015

2e Creative named Medical Marketing & Media's 2015 Small Healthcare Agency of the Year

2e Creative, Inc., a full-service creative agency based in St. Louis, Mo., focused on healthcare, science, and technology, was recently named Medical Marketing & Media's "2015 Small Healthcare Agency of the Year." This award marks back-to-back Agency of the Year wins for 2e Creative, who was named "Healthcare Impact Agency of the Year" by Advertising Age and Modern Healthcare in 2014.

6 Oct 2015

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched the QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Particle Counting and Characterization 1 Oct 2015

Life science News and Research

Researchers uncover important mechanism that could help protect against infection, allergy and cancer

GHIT Fund invests $10.7 million to fight malaria, TB, leishmaniasis and dengue

OncoSec signs definitive agreements to purchase $7.5 million of securities in registered direct offering

Denator forms a new Scientific Advisory Board

Salk scientists uncover enzyme responsible for suppressing deadly lung cancer

Scalable production of gene therapy vectors: an interview with Frank Ubags

New Olympus SD-OSR microscope offers both super-resolution and confocal modes in a single system

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

Merck unveils new global brand as a science and technology company

Lab Innovations evaporation masterclass

One World Lab announces collaboration with BenchWise to improve antibody research

NanoString Technologies will donate to honor cancer survivors featured in its newest campaign

Blackstone enters into definitive agreement to acquire BioMed Realty for $8 billion

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center announces creation of Technology Development Program

UCSD researchers develop new microbiome analysis platform

New white paper on active-ULD performance from CSafe Global

CMOS camera removes noise from life science imaging

New UV-Vis spectrophotometer simplifies sample quality decisions

2e Creative named Medical Marketing & Media's 2015 Small Healthcare Agency of the Year

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer

Industry Focus eBook - Life Science Microscopy (2nd Edition) eBook

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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