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Argonaut Manufacturing Services acquires lyophilization expert LyoGen

July 13, 2018

Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving molecular diagnostic and biopharmaceutical companies, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire LyoGen LLC. Terms [more...]

Primoceler Inc and SCHOTT AG to Join Forces

July 13, 2018

Schott, the specialty glass and glass-ceramics giant, owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, has entered into an agreement to acquire Primoceler Oy, a Finnish pioneer in glass micro bonding, based in Tampere. [more...]

Lab-On-A-Chip Technology Could Detect Abnormalities For Pregnant Women

July 13, 2018

A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led by University of South Australia researchers using lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive technology. [more...]

Zoetis to Acquire Abaxis, a Leading Global Provider of Veterinary Point-of-Care Diagnostic Instruments

July 13, 2018

–Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) and Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) today announced a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Zoetis will acquire Abaxis, a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of diagnostic [more...]

A New Sensor to Identify Proteins Responsible for Neuro-degenerative Diseases

July 13, 2018

In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, have designed a biosensor using gold nano-particles that can identify the presence of a protein called alpha-synuclein. The newly [more...]

FDA Approves Latest Generation Somatic Cell Counting Tests for Raw Milk

July 5, 2018

Three FOSS instruments have been approved for official use by NCIMS/FDA in the USA: Fossomatic 7 for testing total somatic cell count in raw milk Fossomatic 7 DC for testing of total [more...]

Seeing the Invisible with Microfluidic Devices

July 5, 2018

The laboratory is the traditional home of the scientific experiment. A biology lab is often like a cell nursery, where the cells are lovingly nurtured in conditions optimal for their [more...]

IARPA Awards Draper Multi-Year $7.8 Million Contract to Improve Biodetection Security

July 5, 2018

Draper has been awarded a three-and-a-half-year $7.8 million contract by IARPA (The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, National Intelligence Directorate) as part of the FELIX Program to research and develop tools to [more...]

Medical Sensors Design Conference

June 24, 2018

Rapid advances in medical technology, and the increasing need to store and rapidly access data are making sensors an important part of the medical landscape. At the Medical Sensors Design Conference June [more...]

Low-Cost Plastic Sensors Could Monitor a Range of Health Conditions

June 24, 2018

A low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic could be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative diseases. (Image Credit: KAUST) [more...]

Creating Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing

June 24, 2018

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing approach [more...]

Chip-Scale Broadband Optical System that Can Sense Molecules in the Mid-Infrared

June 10, 2018

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated, for the first time, a chip-based dual-comb spectrometer in the mid-infrared range, that requires no moving parts and can acquire spectra in less than 2 microseconds. [more...]

Sensera’s MEMS Devices Mimic Human Organs

June 10, 2018

Sensera is adapting its MEMS technology for new applications in bioengineering. The company’s MEMS technology is now being used at Harvard University for the creation of microfluidic devices which mimic the functionsof living [more...]

Precision NanoSystems raises US$6 Million to Accelerate Product Innovation and Global Expansion

June 10, 2018

Precision NanoSystems (PNI) today announced that it has closed a US$6M Series B investment. The funds will be used to expand PNI’s products and services globally and to provide a [more...]

Interview with Vortex Biosciences’ Microfluidic Technology

June 10, 2018

Personalized medicine is a term we’ve heard for years. The ability to tailor a patient’s treatment type and dosage to obtain the best response is a holy grail for cancer [more...]

Next-Generation Sequencing Sheds Light on Rotavirus in Indonesia

June 10, 2018

Figure Rotaviruses in the faeces of an infected child. By Dr Graham Beards Rotavirus A causes acute diarrhea in young children, and infects both animals and humans worldwide. A Japanese [more...]

Cell Cycle Analysis Market Prophesied to Grow by 2025

June 10, 2018

Cell proliferation regulation is a central part of the tissue morphogenesis process during the development of multicellular organisms. Moreover, the loss of control of cell proliferations is one of the [more...]

4rd Workshop on standards for microfluidics July 11& 12 at METAS, Bern, Switzerland

May 23, 2018

After three successful and productive microfluidic standardization workshops, the Microfluidics Association invite individuals, companies and associations active on the field to the 4thMicrofluidics Workshop. This workshop will be held [more...]

A Faster Way to Make Drug Microparticles

May 15, 2018

Pharmaceuticals owe their effects mostly to their chemical composition, but the packaging of these drugs into specific physical formulations also needs to be done to exact specifications. For example, many [more...]

Ink-jet Printing Promises Neural Precision

May 15, 2018

Researchers led by Patrick Smith of the University of Sheffield in the UK recently showed that they could print neuronal and other types of biological cells using a piezoelectric ink-jet printer. The [more...]