September 21, 2017 Forensics & Security Lab Top-10

FBI Approves DNA Detection Kit to Genetically Identify Male Perpetrators of Sexual Assault

FBI Approves DNA Detection Kit to Genetically Identify Male Perpetrators of Sexual Assault Chemistry behind Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Yfiler Plus PCR Amplification Kit helps solve decades-old cold cases SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has granted approval for forensic laboratories to upload genetic profiles to... Read more

September 21, 2017 Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Shimadzu's New DPiMS-2020 Probe Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometer Offers Quick Measurement Without Pretreatment

Shimadzu Corporation has released the DPiMS-2020 probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometer, which can perform mass spectrometry quickly without complicated pretreatment. Usually, a solvent, column, and other materials need to be prepared and an approximate concentration of the sample needs to be checked before performing analysis using a mass spectrometer. There has always been a demand... Read more

September 21, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

MilliporeSigma Introduces Eshmuno® P Anti-A and Anti-B Chromatography Resins for Enhancement of Plasma-Derived Immunoglobulin

Increased safety for patients undergoing immunoglobulin treatment Excellent stability for longer product lifetime Higher quality control with improved product release test Billerica, Massachusetts, September 20, 2017 — MilliporeSigma today launched Eshmuno® P anti-A and Eshmuno® P anti-B affinity chromatography resins specifically designed to remove anti-A and anti-B isoagglutinin antibodies during the manufacturing of plasma-derived immunoglobulin (Ig) therapies.Trace amounts of... Read more

September 19, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10

Agilent Technologies Joins with LabCentral to Help Advance Scientific Discovery

Strategic Sponsorship Will Provide Innovative Technology and Nurture Promising Biotechnology Startup SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 19, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced a platinum sponsorship agreement with LabCentral, a biotech innovation hub based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is an independent, shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life sciences and biotech... Read more

September 19, 2017 Chromatography Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10

Agilent Announces Expanded Use of Cancer Diagnostic in the United States

Dako PD-L1 IHC 28-8 PharmDx Approved for Two New Indications SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 19, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cancer diagnostic known as PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx for use in cases of urothelial carcinoma (UC) and of squamous cell carcinoma... Read more

September 19, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Molecular Devices and Cytena Partner to Launch the CloneSelect Single-Cell Printer

Announcing the Single-Cell Printer for documented isolation of cells in clonal cell line development Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 19, 2017 – Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced a partnership with Cytena GmbH to launch the CloneSelect™ Single-Cell Printer™ in North America. This novel system utilizes sophisticated microfluidics-based technology... Read more

September 18, 2017 Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Bruker Launches the timsTOF™ Pro Mass Spectrometer to Enable the Revolutionary PASEF Method for Next-Generation Proteomics

DUBLIN, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — HUPO2017 — At the 16th Annual World Congress of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), Bruker introduces the timsTOF Pro system for PASEF mass spectrometry, using proprietary trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) technology for higher-speed, higher-sensitivity and robust shotgun proteomics with outstanding single-shot peptide and protein identification performance. The novel timsTOF Pro... Read more

September 13, 2017 Acad, Gov/Utilities Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10

Agilent Obtains U.S. FDA Approval for GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay

Assay Detects Genetic Anomalies and Helps Move Inquiries from Cause to Care Faster SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 13, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced that it has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay: its first comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) assay for diagnostic... Read more