December 2017

UC Davis licenses technology for miniaturized chemical detectors

December 25, 2017

The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce a licensing agreement with SensIT Ventures Inc. for a breakthrough technology that can be used to identify a broad range of chemicals from environmental samples. The license, [more...]

Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) Diagnostics Global Market Top Key Players

December 13, 2017

Cancer is diagnosed by blood count, bone marrow biopsy, and molecular identification of mutated cells. CTC diagnostics helps in the identification of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) shed by tumor cells. CTCs are cancerous cells which detach [more...]

IDEX Corporation to Acquire thinXXS Microtechnology AG

December 13, 2017

IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) announced today the acquisition of thinXXS Microtechnology AG; a leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of microfluidic components serving the point of care, veterinary, and life science markets. Located in [more...]

Sphere Fluidics and Geneva Biotech receive Eurostars Genome Editing Grant

December 3, 2017

Cyto-mine, a benchtop automated instrument for single cell analysis (Credit: Sphere Fluidics) Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Geneva Biotech, an [more...]

Vibrating Sensors Could Identify Blood Biomarkers

December 2, 2017

Purdue University researchers have found a method of identifying biological markers in small amounts of blood that they believe could be used to detect a myriad of diseases, infections and different medical conditions at early stages. [more...]

Team Develops Innovative, Ideal Liquid-Repellent Surfaces

December 1, 2017

On liquid-repellent surfaces, liquid droplets bounce away instead of being stuck. These surfaces are important in many fields, such as water-repellent clothes and anti-fouling kitchenware. Used as drag-reduction coatings for water [more...]

Microfluidics Probe ‘Cholesterol’ of the Oil Industry

December 1, 2017

It sounds cliché, but things do get worse before they get better when oil and gas lines are being cleared of contaminants, according to Rice University researchers. Until now, nobody knew exactly why. Asphaltene is a complex of [more...]

BD Expands Genomics Portfolio with New Single Cell Platform for RNA Expression Analysis

December 1, 2017

BD Rhapsody™ single cell analysis system (Credit: Becton Dickinson) BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of BD Rhapsody, a platform for single [more...]