January 2017

Novogene Agrees to Buy Ten PacBio Sequel Systems for DNA Sequencing Services

January 22, 2017

The PacBio Sequencing Systems, built on Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) Sequencing technology (Pacific Biosciences) Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (PACB) and Novogene Corporation, a leading provider of genomic and bioinformatic [more...]

Biotech Firm Raises $17 Million in Financing Round

January 22, 2017

Adarza BioSystems Inc., a Henrietta-based company, has raised $17 million in its Series C financing round, officials said Friday. 3×5 RiverVest Fund II L.P. is the lead investor for the round. It is co-managed by a joint venture [more...]

Accriva Diagnostics Acquired by Werfen and Instrumentation Laboratory

January 22, 2017

Hemochron, whole blood microcoagulation system (image credit: Accriva Diagnostics ) Accriva Diagnostics, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, announced today the definitive agreement with Werfen, a privately held medical diagnostics firm [more...]

Bio-Rad to Acquire RainDance Technologies

January 22, 2017

Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to acquire RainDance Technologies for an undisclosed price, the companies said today (Jan 16th 2017). “The company’s droplet-based solutions will extend our reach into next-generation sequencing [more...]

Smartphone Microscope Offers Cost-effective DNA Sequencing and Genetic Mutation Analysis

January 22, 2017

Working with a smartphone, the device can use different modes to display cell images (Image Credit: UCLA, Stockholm University and Uppsala University) A smartphone-based microscope developed by researchers at the California NanoSystems [more...]

5D Protein Fingerprinting Could Give Insights into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

January 22, 2017

This illustration depicts the device used to measure individual protein. The inset shows proteins (in red) flowing through a nanopore. (Credit: University of Michigan) In research that could one day lead to advances against [more...]

Multiregional Brain on a Chip

January 22, 2017

Image of the in vitro model showing three distinct regions of the brain connected by axons. (Credit: Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University) Harvard University researchers have developed a multiregional brain-on-a-chip that models the [more...]

World’s Largest Osteoporosis Screening Campaign Join Forces with the Leading Beverage Industry Company in Finland

January 22, 2017

One of Europe’s top new manufacturers of medical devices, Bone Index Ltd., and Finland’s largest private health care provider, Terveystalo, join forces with Hartwall, innovation leader in the beverage industry in Finland. [more...]

A New Technique Speeds Up Genetics

January 22, 2017

A microfluidics device used for the SMiLE-seq technique. (Credit: Alina Isakova) Scientists at EPFL have developed a technique that can be a game-changer for genetics by making the characterization of DNA-binding proteins much faster, more [more...]

BD Launches Reagents to Simplify Single Cell Research

January 22, 2017

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today (Jan 17th 2017) announced the commercial availability of its new kits that provide an easier method to identify and quantify genetic information [more...]

POC Medical Raises $21M for Portable Breast Cancer Screener

January 15, 2017

POC Medical Systems said today that it raised $21 million in Series A financing to fund clinical testing and commercialization of its portable breast cancer screening test, MammoAlert. The round was led by BioVentures Investors and also [more...]

MIT Researchers Make New Graphene Discovery

January 15, 2017

Graphehe gyroid (Image Credit: Zhao Qin, MIT) Researchers from MIT have created a new material that is actually stronger than graphene – making it 10 times stronger than steel, with only five percent of its density The research [more...]

3-D Antibody Arrays Offer Better Sensing

January 11, 2017

MIT chemical engineers discovered that they could force antibodies and other proteins to form layers by attaching each protein to a polymer tail. The proteins and polymers repel each other, so the molecules arrange themselves in a [more...]

10x Genomics Collaborates with PerkinElmer to Jointly Offer Automated NGS Solutions to Researchers

January 10, 2017

10x Genomics, Inc., a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, today announced they and PerkinElmer, Inc. will jointly offer automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions. PerkinElmer’s [more...]

Illumina Wants to Sequence Your Whole Genome for $100

January 10, 2017

From Admin: Illumina the global leader in next-generation sequencing technology, today introduced the NovaSeqTM Series, a new and scalable sequencing architecture expected one day to enable a $100 genome. Unveiled at the J.P. Morgan [more...]