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Rensselaer’s CCNI Helped Researchers Develop New Method to Predict Stem Cell's Fate

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting – with up to 99 percent accuracy – the fate of stem cells

2 Mar 2010

Cyntellect to Provide Microplate-Based Cytometry System to Harvard University and HHMI

Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance the study of cell biology, stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, has entered into an agreement with Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to provide their researchers with the LEAP™ Cell Processing Workstation.

2 Mar 2010

Life Technologies' SMS Technology Uses Nanocrystals as Main Engine

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced early stage results from its single molecule sequencing (SMS) technology. The technology promises to combine virtually unlimited continuous long read lengths...

2 Mar 2010

Researchers Discover Molecules in Cell Membranes Do Not Move Randomly

Researchers Sebastian Busch, Christoph Smuda, Luis Carlos Pardo and Tobias Unruh have published an article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

2 Mar 2010

Researchers Develop New Method to Detect Cancer Using Microscopic Bubbles

An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Jo...

2 Mar 2010

Farfield Group to be Acquired by Biolin Scientific

Biolin Scientific has agreed to acquire the analytical instruments provider Farfield Group. The acquisition of Farfield complements Biolin Scientific's product portfolio and provides new application opportunities in ...

1 Mar 2010

Mini-Laboratory for in Vitro Diagnosis

Many illnesses can be reliably diagnosed through laboratory tests, but these in vitro analyses often use up valuable time. A system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists, which can carry out complex analyses on the spot, will soon be ready for the market.

1 Mar 2010

Microbe Detective Seeking Out Germs

Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue transplants. With the aid of a new device, germs can be detected in artificial cartilage within a few hours.

1 Mar 2010

New Report Shows Biotechnology Companies to Use More Nanobiotechnology Than Before

After decades of high strung research, development, and refining technological improvements, nanobiotechnology is finally ripe for the picking. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are expected to utilize nanobiot...

1 Mar 2010

Biophysicists Develop New Technology That Helps Improve Decision Making in Drug Development

The search for new therapeutic agents is time-consuming and expensive. Pharmaceutical companies may have to screen thousands of compounds for the ability to bind a target molecule before they hit upon a promising drug ca...

25 Feb 2010