Looking for One in Many Millions

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that have broken away from a primary tumor and entered the circulatory system. They can initiate new tumors (metastases) that are the driving factor for the vast majority of cancer-related deaths. Biopharma researchers, cancer researchers and oncologists have focused on the detection and analyses of CTCs to monitor drug... Read more

MKS Withdraws from Photonics West 2022

ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI) (“MKS”), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that it has withdrawn from exhibiting at Photonics West 2022 in San Francisco. Read more

Using Zebrafish to Understand How Blood and Lymphatic Vessels Develop

The above image displaying ribosomal biogenesis and blood vessels in developing zebrafish embryos was awarded first prize in the life sciences category of the LMA/VIA 2021 Image Competition (sponsored by ZEISS) of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Society. Dr. Kazuhide Shaun Okuda, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hogan laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Victoria, Australia, took... Read more

PacBio to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio announced today that its executives will be speaking virtually at the following investor conference: 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 13, 2022, at 12:00 pm Eastern Time (9:00 am Pacific Time) The live webcast can be accessed at the company’s investors page at... Read more

This Is Rock(Ed) Science

Together with Cobus Visagie and his image of fungi, Dr. Bernardo Cesare, Professor of Petrology at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padova (Italy), has been awarded third prize in our ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest for his image of a Brazilian agate. Prof. Cesare is a petrologist – a geologist specialized in the... Read more

GE Healthcare completes acquisition of BK Medical

BOSTON – December 21, 2021 – GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of BK Medical, a leader in advanced surgical visualization, from Altaris Capital Partners, LLC.  The companies entered into a definitive agreement for GE to purchase BK Medical for a cash purchase price of $1.45 billion on September... Read more