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High resolution of U‐SPECT/CT system helps perform kinetic analyses of viral spread in vivo

The ability to visualize and analyze the spread of viral infections in primary and metastatic tumors is an essential component in characterizing the therapeutic efficacy of oncolytic viruses.

12 Sep 2013

Bruker introduces new products with scientific capabilities for research, industrial and applied markets

At Pittcon 2013, Bruker today announced numerous new product introductions for research, industrial and applied markets, designed to deliver more confident analyses with increased sensitivity, specificity and productivity, as well as novel scientific capabilities which expand the boundaries of molecular and materials research.

19 Mar 2013

Bruker to purchase preclinical imaging product portfolio and related assets from Carestream

Carestream Health and Bruker have entered into an agreement for Bruker to purchase the preclinical in-vivo imaging equipment product portfolio and related assets from Carestream's Molecular Imaging business. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

24 Sep 2012

Bruker first quarter revenue increases 13.6% to $405.6 million

Bruker Corporation today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

2 May 2012

Bruker acquires SkyScan

Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired all of the shares of SkyScan N.V., a scientific instruments company located near Antwerp, Belgium. Financial details were not disclosed. For the remainder for 2012, the acquisition of SkyScan is expected to add approximately $13 million to Bruker's revenue and to be accretive to EPS by about $0.01.

2 Apr 2012

Dana-Farber receives MLSC grant to expand cancer imaging research

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded Dana-Farber Cancer Institute a $10 million grant to support the expansion of its pioneering cancer imaging research program.

1 Feb 2012

Bruker announces new ultra-high field BioSpec 150/11 MRI system for preclinical research at ISMRM 2011

At ISMRM 2011, Bruker today announces a novel BioSpec 150/11 system, a new ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging scanner for preclinical research that will open new frontiers in molecular and microscopic imaging.

10 May 2011

Caliper Life Sciences third quarter GAAP revenue decreases 8% to $29.7 million

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., today reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Third quarter GAAP revenue decreased 8% to $29.7 million from $32.2 million in the same period in 2009 as a result of divestitures in 2010 and 2009. Revenue from on-going business increased 10% on a reported basis and 11% on an organic basis.

28 Oct 2010

NCI selects Caliper's Quantum FX microCT system to study tumor models in lung cancer

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that the National Cancer Institute has purchased Caliper's Quantum FX, a stand-alone microCT system for pre-clinical imaging, to study spontaneous tumor models in lung cancer.

23 Sep 2010

Caliper launches toolkit for direct co-registration of images from multiple preclinical imaging modalities

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery, life sciences research and molecular diagnostics, today introduced software and accessory items to enable the direct co-registration of images from multiple preclinical imaging modalities.

9 Sep 2010

Caliper Life Sciences second-quarter GAAP revenue decreases 10% to $29.0 million

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., today reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Second quarter GAAP revenue decreased 10% to $29.0 million from $32.1 million in the same period in 2009 as a result of divestitures in 2010 and 2009. Revenue from on-going business increased 4% on a reported basis and 6% on an organic basis (which assumes constant currency).

3 Aug 2010

Kennedy Krieger Institute orders for Bruker's ultra-high field MRI CryoProbe

Bruker has received an order for the first ultra-high field MRI CryoProbe in North America to be installed at the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD. Supported by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) award to Dr. Peter van Zijl, Director of the Center, the 500 MHz MRI CryoProbe is part of an ultra-high field preclinical MRI BioSpec® system that includes an 11.7 T UltraShield Refrigerated (USR™) magnet and AVANCE™ III electronics.

17 Jun 2010

TF2 bispecific antibody pretargeted therapy prolongs survival in animal model of human colonic cancer

Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that pretargeted therapy with TF2, a bispecific antibody against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and a small peptide, delayed tumor growth and prolonged survival in an animal model of human colonic cancer.

10 Jun 2010

Caliper Life Sciences introduces Quantum FX stand-alone microCT system for preclinical imaging

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery, life sciences research and molecular diagnostics, today announced the Quantum FX, a stand-alone microCT system for preclinical imaging. Introduced at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2010, the Quantum FX is a low dose, microCT system that provides researchers with a 3-dimensional anatomical view of disease activity, tumor development and therapeutic response over multiple time points during the course of a study.

19 Apr 2010

Caliper Life Sciences releases Living Image 4.0 software for its IVIS in vivo imaging systems

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced Living Image 4.0 software for IVIS® in vivo imaging systems. Living Image software drives the more than 800 Caliper IVIS systems currently installed in laboratories worldwide.

3 Dec 2009

Philips and Bruker sign MOU to develop new imaging technology

At the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Bruker BioSpin, a division of Bruker Corporation, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) scanners, a new imaging technology, for the preclinical market.

From Philips Healthcare 23 Sep 2009

IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system from Caliper Life Sciences

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced the IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system, the latest addition to the IVIS product family.

14 Sep 2009

World's first PET/MR images of the human brain

The world's first PET/MR images of the human brain, taken simultaneously by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and magnetic resonance (MR), debuted during the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals, June 2-6 in Washington, D.C.

From Siemens Healthineers 5 Jun 2007