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Pregenen, Cellectis partner to develop meganucleases

Cellectis, the French genome engineering specialist, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement with Pregenen, an American biotechnology start-up company dedicated to the creation of innovative tools for genome engineering.

30 Jun 2011

454 Life Sciences launches new GS FLX+ System for high-throughput sequencing

454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, announced today the launch and immediate availability of the new GS FLX+ System, an instrument capable of generating extra-long sequencing reads up to 1,000 by in length.

28 Jun 2011

Los Alamos National Lab scientists win three R&D Magazine's 2011 awards

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have won three of R&D Magazine's 2011 R&D100 Awards. Recognized as the "Oscars of Invention" by the Chicago Tribune, these awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year.

23 Jun 2011

VENENUM opens new medicinal chemistry facility in Hamilton, NJ

VENENUM Biodesign, a drug discovery company that utilizes ultra-high throughput screening (UHTS) of its compound collection to identify potential therapeutic agents against its novel disease-based targets, or its partners' targets, announced today that it opened its new medicinal chemistry space at 8 Black Forest Road in Hamilton, NJ.

22 Jun 2011

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced mass spectrometry systems raising performance standards for biology and analytical chemistry analyses at the annual conference of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry.

7 Jun 2011

Avantra announces Rapid Assay Prototyping Service for researchers and clinicians

Avantra Biosciences, a leading innovator in protein diagnostics, announces a Rapid Assay Prototyping Service. Avantra's new service allows researchers to cost effectively accelerate their research efforts using custom designed biomarker assays developed on Avantra's proven QPDx BioChip platform.

6 Jun 2011

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced that researchers will present additional evidence for the potential utility of profiling breast cancer based on the PAM50 gene signature at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting taking place in Chicago, Illinois from June 3-7.

4 Jun 2011

New report: Life science tools market to reach over $80B by 2016

The life science tools market will reach over $80 billion by 2016, according to a new report on companiesandmarkets.com. The life science tools market has shown steady growth over the last couple of years despite the economic downturn.

3 Jun 2011

Mouse virus not responsible for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, new study finds

Two years ago, a widely publicized scientific report plucked an old mouse virus out of obscurity and held it up as a possible cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. According to a new study published today by a group of researchers in California, Wisconsin and Illinois, that report was wrong.

1 Jun 2011

Chronic fatigue syndrome and mouse virus – no association

An earlier study published in 2009 had claimed that a mouse virus was the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome. New evidence suggests that this assumption is wrong. According to latest evidence the earlier study findings were likely based on contaminated lab samples, US researchers said Tuesday.

1 Jun 2011

Complementary technologies for rapid EHEC identification and detection

With the recent outbreak in Europe of Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), Roche Applied Science and TIB Molbiol are providing scientists with complementary technologies that can be used for the rapid identification and detection of EHEC.

30 May 2011

IT-IS Life Sciences, Roche sign exclusive distribution agreement for new LightCycler Nano Instrument

Roche Applied Science has signed a worldwide exclusive OEM agreement with IT-IS Life Sciences Ltd for the distribution of the new LightCycler Nano Instrument, which will complete the company´s portfolio for the low throughput real-time PCR systems market.

30 May 2011

Cellix Inks OEM supply agreement with Cell Biolabs

Cellix are pleased to announce the signing of an OEM manufacture and supply agreement with Cell Biolabs on a range of microfluidic biochips and accessories for cell-based assays. Cell-Biolabs, based in San Diego, CA, will supply the biochips from their current Cell-Based Assay product range thereby diversifying their product portfolio and entering into the microfluidics field.

23 May 2011

Roche's new cobas TaqScreen MPX viral discriminatory test, v2.0 now available in Europe

Roche announced today that the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test, version 2.0 for use on the cobas s 201 system is now commercially available in Europe.

23 May 2011

Automated microfluidic device can monitor hematopoietic stem cells

A Canadian research team has developed an automated microfluidic cell culture platform to monitor the growth, survival and responses of hundreds of hematopoietic stem cells at the single cell level.

23 May 2011

Gen-Probe seeks FDA regulatory clearance for PANTHER fully automated and integrated molecular testing system

Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that the Company has filed a 510(k) application with the US Food and Drug Administration for its PANTHER system, a fully automated and integrated molecular testing system designed with the flexibility to handle a wide range of testing needs.

20 May 2011

USPTO grants four key patents for Alvine's proteases to detect celiac disease

Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued four key patents: 7,943,312; 7,928,056; 7,923,532; and 7,910,541, protecting various aspects of Alvine's core technology.

19 May 2011

ProBioGen, Life Technologies' new cell line development kits now available for biologic drug production

Life Technologies Corporation and ProBioGen AG today announced the availability of Gibco Freedom Cell Line Development Kits, a new line of royalty-free products that integrate cells, reagents, culture media and protocols to bring simplicity and flexibility, eliminating up to two months in the earliest stages of new biological drug development.

17 May 2011

Fluidigm launches 192.24 Dynamic Array integrated fluidic circuit for genome studies

Fluidigm Corporation today introduced its 192.24 Dynamic Array™ IFC, designed to genotype 192 samples against 24 SNP assays in a single run, providing 4,608 data points in just one hour. The 192.24 integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) has immediate applicability in agricultural biotechnology and genome wide association studies.

16 May 2011

Techulon receives U.S. patent protection for Glycofect Discovery and Therapeutic Delivery Platform

Techulon, Inc. announced today that its Glycofect Discovery and Therapeutic Delivery Platform has been awarded United States patent protection. The patented invention provides a new class of non-viral transfection vectors based on synthetic carbohydrate containing polyamides that can be used for both in vivo and in vitro applications.

16 May 2011

Reagents News and Research

Pregenen, Cellectis partner to develop meganucleases

454 Life Sciences launches new GS FLX+ System for high-throughput sequencing

Los Alamos National Lab scientists win three R&D Magazine's 2011 awards

VENENUM opens new medicinal chemistry facility in Hamilton, NJ

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Avantra announces Rapid Assay Prototyping Service for researchers and clinicians

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

New report: Life science tools market to reach over $80B by 2016

Mouse virus not responsible for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, new study finds

Chronic fatigue syndrome and mouse virus – no association

Complementary technologies for rapid EHEC identification and detection

IT-IS Life Sciences, Roche sign exclusive distribution agreement for new LightCycler Nano Instrument

Cellix Inks OEM supply agreement with Cell Biolabs

Roche's new cobas TaqScreen MPX viral discriminatory test, v2.0 now available in Europe

Automated microfluidic device can monitor hematopoietic stem cells

Gen-Probe seeks FDA regulatory clearance for PANTHER fully automated and integrated molecular testing system

USPTO grants four key patents for Alvine's proteases to detect celiac disease

ProBioGen, Life Technologies' new cell line development kits now available for biologic drug production

Fluidigm launches 192.24 Dynamic Array integrated fluidic circuit for genome studies

Techulon receives U.S. patent protection for Glycofect Discovery and Therapeutic Delivery Platform

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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