Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced HiSeq 1000, a single flow cell version of the company’s HiSeq 2000 sequencing system. HiSeq 1000 is designed for researchers who want the ease of use, industry-leading…
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Boehringer Ingelheim and MacroGenics enter global antibody-based therapeutics alliance
Boehringer Ingelheim and MacroGenics today jointly announced that they have entered into a global alliance to discover, develop and commercialize antibody-based therapeutics which may span multiple therapeutic areas, including immunology, oncology, respiratory,…
Rush University awards $25 million contract to Siemens
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, one of the top academic medical centers in the United States, has awarded a five-year, $25 million contract for medical equipment and health IT consulting services…
Golden Helix accelerates copy number variation detection methodology
Golden Helix, Inc., today announced the incorporation of technologies that will greatly accelerate genetic research. By enabling the company’s SNP & Variation Suite software to run on off-the-shelf video graphics cards, or…
MacroGenics, Pfizer enter global research collaboration and license agreement for DART products
MacroGenics, Inc., a leader in next-generation antibody platforms and therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into a global research collaboration and license agreement with Pfizer Inc. to discover, develop and commercialize…
AutoGenomics granted FDA 510(k) clearance for INFINITI CYP2C19 Assay
AutoGenomics, a leader in providing automated, molecular testing solutions announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its INFINITI® CYP2C19 Assay. The test…
Medicare reimbursement changes increase demand for intermittent catheters
According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, reimbursement changes have caused the demand for intermittent catheters to increase significantly. In April 2008, Medicare changed reimbursement…
Iran to Establish Nanometrology Center Soon
Iran plans to establish a nanometrology center in the near future, Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Nasrin Soltankhah announced. “In order to study the standards of the products manufactured in the…
Mundus studies potential for VTOL UAV against Malaria
Mundus Group Inc. (Pink Sheets:MNDP), studies potential for VTOL UAV to provide increased capabilities in fight against Malaria and disease spread through mosquitoes with precision aerial laser eradication treatments. In an effort…
PinPointe FootLaser receives FDA clearance for treatment of nail fungus
The podiatry practice of Mark E. Spier, DPM, announced today that the PinPointe™ FootLaser™ has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of nail fungus (onychomycosis)….
New source of blood-derived biomarkers may help in cancer diagnosis
The future of cancer diagnosis may lie in just a few milliliters of blood, according to a research team led by Professor Arie Admon of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. In a…
Innovative program for new graduate doctors to ensure safety prescription
A new software based program has recently been created for new graduate doctors to ensure they prescribe safely from day one on the wards. The SCRIPT (Standard Computerised Revalidation Instrument for Prescribing…
Kryptonite adhesive can improve heart patients recovering from open-chest surgery
New research shows that a surgical procedure using a cutting-edge super glue pioneered a year ago by Calgary researchers can improve the recovery of heart patients recovering from open-chest surgery, Dr. Paul…
Cellectis and CiRA commence iPS cell scientific collaboration
Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, and the Center for iPS Cells Research and Application (CiRA) of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, have announced today that they have started a scientific…
FDA clears Medtronic Kyphon Xpander II IBT
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Medtronic Kyphon Xpander II Inflatable Bone Tamp (IBT) for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures with minimally invasive Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty. Kyphon Xpander…