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Leica Microsystems to acquire OCT company Bioptigen

Bioptigen develops and manufactures innovative OCT systems and software and is globally successful with products for clinical as well as translational research applications. Using low-power, near-infrared light, Bioptigen OCTs generate high-resolution, volumetric images of the eye...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 2 Jun 2015

Study findings underscore importance of PD-1/PD-L1 expression in oncogenic signaling pathways

Caris Life Sciences® today announced the presentation of data from two studies in which researchers utilized Caris Molecular Intelligence®, the company's panomic, comprehensive tumor profiling service, to identify potential therapeutic targets in patients with colorectal and pancreatic cancer subtypes, based on expression of the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand, PD-L1.

1 Jun 2015

Space Aging study may help identify novel genes linked to longevity

The plot of many a science fiction TV series or movie revolves around the premise that people traveling long distances in space age more slowly than their counterparts on Earth. Now, tiny worms who spent time aboard the International Space Station could help humans understand more about the effects of aging in space for real.

1 Jun 2015

Merck signs in vitro fertilization deal with Genea Biomedx

Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, today announced the global collaboration agreement with the fertility technologies expert Genea Biomedx, an Australian company, dedicated to advancing fertility science and helping couples create families. With this partnership, Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck, and global market leader in drugs for Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART), receives global marketing and commercialization rights to Genea Biomedx’s product portfolio.

30 May 2015

Excelitas Technologies announces launch of X-Cite 120LEDmini for fluorescence illumination solutions

Excelitas Technologies Corp., a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, today announces the X-Cite 120LEDmini – a compact white light LED source for fluorescence imaging applications. Through direct coupling, the X-Cite 120LEDmini provides efficient optical output, exceptional uniformity, and the highest performing coupling optics available.

30 May 2015

Proteomics research market estimated to reach $1.6 billion this year

Pharmaceutical companies and diagnostics companies spend billions developing new drugs and tests, and this is translating into a sizeable market for the instruments that can assist them. This according to Kalorama Information, a healthcare market research publisher. Kalorama Information said instruments such as mass spectrometry, electrophoresis and liquid chromatography that can assist in the identification of drug targets and the validation of biomarkers, are in demand.

29 May 2015

IDT to host instructive talk on accelerating synthetic biology at ASM General Meeting

Integrated DNA Technologies will host an instructive talk on accelerating synthetic biology at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday May 31, 2015 at 11am CDT.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 28 May 2015

RegenScientific gets FDA approval for Renu Gel injectable implant

RegenScientific announced that it has received FDA-clearance for its Renu Gel injectable implant indicated for vocal fold injection augmentation and today the company commenced shipments of this new product to physicians and hospitals in the United States.

28 May 2015

AXT to distribute OpenSpecimen Biobanking software solution

Based on an open source platform designed by Krishagni Solutions, OpenSpecimen (formerly known as caTissue Plus) is currently used by a host of highly-respected research institutions across 12 countries where it manages biospecimens from collection to utilisation...

From AXT Pty Ltd 26 May 2015

High Grade Agarose for Nucleic Acid Electrophoresis

CleverGEL is a new environmentally friendly agarose suitable for routine analysis of nucleic acids using standard electrophoretic procedures...

25 May 2015

Sex-determining gene in mosquitoes may help reduce disease transmission

Researchers with the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech have identified a gene responsible for sex determination in mosquitoes that can transmit yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya viruses.

22 May 2015

MSR, PATH announce launch of new water treatment product

Local outdoor gear manufacturer MSR (Mountain Safety Research) and Seattle-based international nonprofit organization and global health innovation leader PATH today announced the launch of a new water treatment product, the result of a five-year partnership to bring low-cost community water solutions to the global market.

20 May 2015

Quertle introduces new search engine for biomedical, life science and healthcare professionals

Biomedical and health IT solution developer Quertle LLC today released Quetzal Search and Communication biomedical search engine. Built on Quertle’s Quantum Logic Linguistic technology, Quetzal is specifically optimized for biomedical, life science and healthcare professionals.

14 May 2015

Brooks Automation, BioCision recognized with ISBER’s prestigious award for CryoPod Carrier

The CryoPod Carrier, jointly developed by Brooks Automation, a global provider of automated sample storage systems for compound management and biorepositories, and BioCision, LLC, a leader in advanced biomaterial sample handling and standardization tools, has won the 2015 New Product of the Year award from the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories.

13 May 2015

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany granted FDA Fast Track designation for development of evofosfamide

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation for the development of evofosfamide (previously known as TH-302), administered in combination with gemcitabine, for the treatment of previously untreated patients with metastatic or locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer.

12 May 2015

Fecal transplantation cures C. diff infection, eliminates multi-drug resistant pathogens

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and several other body sites.

7 May 2015

Cleaver Scientific launch safe series DNA electrophoresis products

The 'Safe' Series of products from Cleaver Scientific have been designed to make DNA electrophoresis procedures safer, more convenient and more economical to run.

From Cleaver Scientific Ltd 6 May 2015

GE Healthcare’s first Innovation Village in the UK creates international interest from young life science businesses

Edwina Hart, Welsh Minister for Economy, Transport and Science and Kieran Murphy, President and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences, opened the first phase of GE Healthcare’s new campus for growing businesses developing tools and technologies for the global life sciences industry on 27th April.

29 Apr 2015

Multichannel Pipette accelerates sample screening and genotyping assays INTEGRA

INTEGRA has published a new customer video from the Institute of Clinical Chemistry research group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in which researcher Christina Thomas reviews how the VOYAGER multichannel pipette has accelerated their sample screening and genotyping assays.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 28 Apr 2015

Porvair Previews New Microplate Products at ACHEMA

Visitors to ACHEMA 2015 have been invited by Porvair Sciences to Stand F44 in Halle 4.2 to see their expansive range of application optimised microplates and microplate equipment...

From Porvair Sciences Limited 24 Apr 2015