Whole Slide Imaging of the Pancreas to Study Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy. The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. Usually, the body’s own immune system mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing cells (called beta cells)... Read more

PacBio to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio announced today that its executives will be speaking at the following investor conferences: Stifel 2021 Virtual Healthcare Conference on November 16, 2021, at 11:20 am Eastern Time (8:20 am Pacific Time) Canaccord Genuity Virtual MedTech, Diagnostics and Digital Health & Services Forum on November 18,... Read more

Prenetics 選擇 PacBio 的 Sequel IIe 為醫療護理建立個人化基因組學

加州門洛公園和香港, Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio 將向全球領先的基因組學和診斷測試公司 Prenetics Group Limited 提供高品質、高度準確的測序平台。該公司在香港、東南亞和英國增加了更全面的基因篩查服務,包括攜帶者篩查和癌症風險篩查。 Prenetics 行政總裁 Danny Yeung 表示:「隨著 CircleDNA 在全球為消費者取得成功,Circle Medical 將成為專供醫生專業服務的醫生專用產品。與 PacBio 的合作使我們能夠在消費者和臨床環境中擴大下一代測序技術的實用性和機會。」 Prenetics 臨床總監 Senthil Sundaram 醫學博士表示:「PacBio 的 SMRT HiFi 測序技術能夠在攜帶者篩查和癌症風險篩查中提供額外的基因資訊,我們很高興將這優勢帶給客戶和患者。」 PacBio 的技術將成為 Prenetics 的 Circle Medical 產品的關鍵組成部分,這是一種基因測試,旨在滿足醫生的診斷需求並提高檢測突變的準確性。Prenetics 還利用 PacBio 技術將表觀基因組學應用於終端消費者的產品,例如老齡、護膚和人口健康,以及用於醫療的產品,例如腸癌和肝癌。 PacBio 行政總裁 Christian Henry 表示:「這種合作夥伴關係體現了 PacBio SMRT 測序技術與世界頂級研究人員的創造力結合時的適應能力。Prenetics 已在全球內顯示出強勁的業務增長,我們很高興與他們密切合作,共同推動臨床基因組學的下一階段增長。」 PacBio 科學總監 Jonas Korlach... Read more

[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche announces the repurchase of the equity stake held by Novartis in Roche

Roche and Novartis agree on the repurchase by Roche Holding Ltd of 53.3 million Roche shares from Novartis Holding AG. Repurchase is conditional upon the approval of a capital reduction by cancellation of the repurchased shares and the approval of the interim financial statements prepared for the purpose of the transaction by an Extraordinary General... Read more

PacBio’s Sequel IIe Selected by Prenetics to Build Personalized Genomics for Healthcare

MENLO PARK, Calif. and HONG KONG, Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio will be providing its high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms to Prenetics Group Limited, a leading global genomics and diagnostic testing company, as the firm adds more comprehensive genetic screening services including carrier screening and cancer-risk screening in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and... Read more

PacBio’s Sequel IIe Selected by Prenetics to Build Personalized Genomics for Healthcare

MENLO PARK, Calif. and HONG KONG, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio will be providing its high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms to Prenetics Group Limited, a leading global genomics and diagnostic testing company, as the firm adds more comprehensive genetic screening services including carrier screening and cancer-risk screening in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and... Read more

Understanding Drug Resistant Cervical Cancer Cells

Dr. Pontsho Moela, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), caught our attention with her Tweet showing her excitement at the installation of a new ZEISS Primovert microscope by her local ZEISS representative which will be used for cancer cell visualization. We contacted her to find out more about her research... Read more

MKS Instruments Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share, payable on Read more

Imaging the Cytoskeleton to Understand Schizophrenia

Upper left: Prof. Takeo Yoshikawa, RIKEN Center for Brain Science; Upper right: Prof. Nobutaka Hirokawa, University of Tokyo; Lower, members of Dr. Hirokawa’s lab – from left to right – Dr. Momo Morikawa, Shogo Yoshihara and Dr. Yosuke Tanaka. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which patients often suffer hallucinations, delusions and disordered thinking that... Read more