News about product and service launches
SCIEX Vitamin D 200M Assay for the TopazTM System designed to measure Vitamin D with greater accuracy and simplicity for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) analysis in clinical diagnostic labs May 24, 2017 Framingham, MA — SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics division of SCIEX, a global leader in mass spectrometry in the life sciences industry,... Read more
Clinical researchers studying germline disorders now have access to an extension of the highly referenced, Ion AmpliSeq next-generation sequencing (NGS) line of assays. The new Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand targeted sequencing panels for inherited disease research provide easy and practical design customization capabilities to lower upfront costs regardless of project size. Thermo Fisher Scientific will introduce... Read more
Basel, 24 May 2017 New data at ATS add to the body of evidence for Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) In new post hoc analyses of phase III data, Esbriet reduced the risk of death in patients with more advanced lung function impairment and the risk of respiratory-related hospitalisations as a first... Read more
Basel, 24 May 2017 New data at ATS add to the body of evidence for Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) In new post hoc analyses of phase III data, Esbriet reduced the risk of death in patients with more advanced lung function impairment and the risk of respiratory-related hospitalisations as a first... Read more
New platform enables real-time collaboration for scientific workflows May 23, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time ASHLAND, Ore. & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FlowJo, LLC, a life science informatics and data analysis company with 19+ years experience in software for analyzing single-cell data, launched FlowJo Envoy, a cloud environment for the coordination of the resources, people, and data... Read more
Purpose-built hybrid cloud improves performance and reduces cost of genomic analysis and data management May 23, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lab7 Systems, Inc., a leader in laboratory workflow management for data-intensive life science applications, announces the Lab7 High-Performance Genomic Cloud powered by IBM, a complete solution for the management and analysis... Read more
RADNOR, Pa., May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), the leading global independent provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, has published its sixth annual Sustainability Report. Detailing the Company’s global sustainability efforts, the report describes VWR’s steady progress in addressing and improving the environmental, economic and social impacts of... Read more
The DMi8 S with LASX Navigator allows researchers to quickly create high resolution overviews like the whole mouse brain in this example. This facilitates orientation on the sample and easy discovery of critical regions for further examination. Image courtesy of Dr. Wei Mo, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, China. “Live-cell imaging is the future... Read more
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, launched today a new capillary electrophoresis (CE) system designed to offer a low-throughput, cartridge-based system for Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis. For use with oncology research, genome editing, species identification, and human cell line authentication among other common applications, the Applied Biosystems™ SeqStudio™ Genetic Analyzer supports... Read more
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikon Instruments Inc. today unveiled a new silicone immersion objective lens, CFI SR HP Plan Apochromat Lambda S 100XC Sil, for super-resolution and multi-modal imaging. The new silicone immersion objective lens from Nikon provides high numerical aperture and long working distance to enable super-resolution imaging of thick... Read more