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ZyGEM Corp. Signs Agreement to Incorporate Its Breakthrough DNA Extraction Technology Into Rubicon's Research and Diagnostic Products

... focus on diagnostic single-cell whole genome amplification kits, has the potential to be expanded to include ... Rubicon, an emerging leader in pre-analytical amplification of clinical samples." Rubicon will soon ... markets, which require rapid, reproducible amplification to profile patient genotypes, karyotypes and ...

World Gene Amplification Technologies Market to Reach $2.2 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

... Gene amplification technology is one of the rapidly growing markets ... field. By the year 2015, global market for Gene amplification technologies is projected to reach $2.2 billion. ... (HGP) have been the major growth drivers for gene amplification ....

Sigma-Aldrich Releases WTA2, a Transplex Whole Transcriptome Amplification Technology for Degraded RNA Samples

... WTA2 Kits Offer Rapid, Robust amplification of Partially Degraded RNA ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28 ... Unit. "The TransPlex(R) Whole Transcriptome amplification product line adds an important tool for ... services for whole genome and whole transcriptome amplification from DNA, serum, and formalin-fixed ...

Ahram Biosystems Completes Development of a Palm-Size Portable PCR Device

... system delivers highly efficient and fast PCR amplification in a fully portable format ... PCR device as it provides not only the fastest amplification but is highly efficient with a wide dynamic ... and CEO. "The ability to achieve rapid PCR amplification in a fully portable format will not only enable ...

Powersafe Technology Corp. Recapitalizes, Executes Merger Agreement with Amplification Technologies, and Invests in Amplification

... "PWSF") has entered into a merger agreement with amplification Technologies, Inc., a privately held ... Powersafe to be newly issued to shareholders of amplification and reserved for the exercise of options ... as a director and President of Powersafe. amplification is a Delaware corporation formed in May 2002 ...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

A New Era in the Application of Lab-on-a-Chip to Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis

... VDS makes use of the highly advanced nucleic acid sequence-based amplification - enzyme-linked oligonucleotide capture (NASBA-EOC). The VDS technology ... molecular diagnostics technology. Convenient, reliable and specific amplification of the target RNA is achieved under isothermal conditions, alleviating the ...

ZyGEM Releases Application Note Showing its DNA Extraction Kits Rapidly Produce High Yields of Quality DNA

... of DNA using PCR reagents supplied in the kits and also with an external amplification system. The prep GEM(TM) Tissue extractions and amplifications yielded ... The prepGEM(TM) Tissue kit is compatible with all PCR detection and amplification reagents, and the stability of the prepGEM(TM) reagents allows convenient ...

Cepheid Announces Symposium Speakers and Program Highlights for 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

... London: Evaluation of commercial toxin detection and two nucleic acid amplification tests for the routine detection of Clostridium difficile infection ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

MicroPhage Closes Latest Financing

... launching products, which leverage the tremendous power of bacteriophage amplification technology for rapid bacterial identification and susceptibility testing." ... susceptibility/resistance testing. Using its bacteriophage-based amplification platform, the company has developed a patented process that is a product ...

RainDance Technologies Delivers RDT 1000, Sequence Enrichment Solution to The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

... application utilizes a library of PCR primers in droplets enabling the amplification of hundreds to thousands of genomic loci in a single tube. The RainStorm format avoids the limitations of traditional multiplex hybridization and amplification technologies. RainDance's solution minimizes process-induced bias or error ...

Results of United Kingdom MRSA Surveillance Program Using Cepheid GeneXpert(R) System Demonstrate Benefits of Rapid Testing

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Molecular Diagnostic Test for MRSA and S. aureus Categorized 'Moderate Complexity' by FDA

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for First On-Demand Diagnostic Test for Life-Threatening MRSA and Staphylococcus aureus From Patient Positive Blood Cultures

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for First Rapid On-Demand Molecular Diagnostic Test for MRSA and S. aureus

... board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Climate change: When it rains it (really) pours

... Marine & Atmospheric Science. The report, "Atmospheric Warming and the amplification of Precipitation Extremes," previewed in Science Express this Thursday, ... in heavy rainstorms in response to a warmer climate. However, the observed amplification of rainfall extremes was found to be substantially larger in the ...

Cepheid Introduces GeneXpert(R) Infinity-48 System at 2008 American Association of Clinical Chemistry Meeting

... board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Signs Group Purchasing Contract with Novation, the Nation's Largest Healthcare Contracting Organization

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Biomatrica's PCRboost(TM) Enables 5-Fold Improvement in Amplification of Difficult Samples

... performance 5-fold or more by improving sensitivity and specificity during amplification of genomic DNA or RNA templates. PCRboost makes it easy for scientists ... see bands that were invisible without it." PCRboost greatly improves the amplification of difficult samples, enhancing the yield, specificity and consistency of ...

Cepheid and Instrumentation Laboratory Introduce Xpert(TM) HemosIL(R) FII & FV Assay to European Clinical Testing Market

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Cepheid Receives Health Canada Medical Device License for Xpert MRSA(TM) Test and GeneXpert(R) System

... on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid ... of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in ...

Signalife Receives FDA Clearance for OTC Non-Prescription Event Recorder Device

... monitor their condition. The HeartLife Tempo Card uses the award-winning amplification technology contained in Signalife's Fidelity 100 Heart Monitor. In ... technician, cardiac nurse or cardiologist. With the sensitivity of the amplification technology used in the Fidelity 200 HeartLife Tempo Card - developed by ...

Make way for the real nanopod

... a pre-selected segment, or channel, of the electromagnetic spectrum. amplification and demodulation properties arise from the needle-point geometry of carbon ... the field-emission current is generated by the external power source, amplification of the radio signal is possible. Furthermore, since field emission is a ...

Cepheid Schedules 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results Announcement and Webcast

... procedures. The company's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Prescription-Free Digital Hearing Aid Just Released

... the needs of hearing impaired people. HearPod aids are 100% digital, full-featured and have some of the most advanced noise canceling and sound amplification computer chips available. Their innovative design also reduces sound feedback inside the ear, thereby making HearPod hearing aids among the most ...

MIT reels in RNA surprise with microbial ocean catch

... microbe, Prochlorococcus, in the lab created a method for amplifying the RNA extracted from small amounts of seawater by modifying a eukaryotic RNA amplification technique. When Shi began lab studies of the RNA in their samples, she found that much of the novel RNA they expected to be protein-coding was ...

Transgenomic, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Board Members

... company built on a proprietary antibody library construction technology, the STI technology, which applies RNA transcription rather than PCR for the amplification of variable lgG domains to yield high fidelity mAb libraries. Prior to STI, Dr. Schuh was the Founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of ...

Cepheid Reports 2009 First Quarter Results

... laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Cepheid Schedules Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Financial Results Announcement and Webcast

... laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Roche to Introduce New LightCycler(R) MRSA Advanced Test in the EU

... System With more than 6,600 LightCycler(R) Instruments in the market today, the LightCycler(R) System is among the most widely utilized real-time amplification systems available. The LightCycler(R) 2.0 Instrument was the first system to introduce hybridization probes, true melting curve analysis, automated ...

Cepheid Announces New Diagnostic Technology to Aid World Efforts in Halting the Spread of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB)

... procedures. The company's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity paves the way to future nanolasers

... the light, enabling the scaling down optical devices beyond diffraction limit of the light. Cavities are the confined spaces in lasers where light amplification takes place and this new micro-sized metallic cavity for plasmons improves on the quality of current plasmonic cavities by better than an order of ...

Cepheid Announces Preliminary 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Revenue Results

... laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Gordon, Familant Join Baker Botts as Part of Expanded Life Sciences IP Initiative

... counsel on patents involving virtually all aspects of biotechnology, most notably litigating foundational patents in the areas of nucleic acid amplification and recombinant antibody production. Their pharmaceutical patent experience encompasses a broad spectrum, from the earliest therapeutic proteins and ...

PAREXEL Establishes Alliance with SITS Network of Clinical Sites Specializing in Stroke Studies

... our expanding network of sites." The objective of SITS International is the broad implementation of evidence-based stroke care and the amplification of its effects by benchmarking against best practices to certify excellence in stroke treatment. SITS is an academic-driven international ...

Transgenomic Awarded SBIR Grant to Support Development of SURVEYOR(R) Endonuclease Adaptor-ligated Libraries (SEAL) for Determining Whole Genome Sequence Variation

... of the mutation. The library can be sequenced directly via standard or massively parallel systems, queried at any desired genetic locus by PCR amplification or archived for subsequent multi-query analysis. About Transgenomic Transgenomic is a global biotechnology company that provides ...

China Medical Technologies Receives SFDA Approval for Breast Cancer HER-2 FISH Probe

... HER-2 FISH probe (the "HER-2 FISH probe") from the State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA") in China. The HER-2 FISH probe is designed to detect amplification of the HER-2 gene in human breast cancer tissue. HER-2, also known as HER-2/neu, is a gene that is notable for its prognostic role as well as the ...

Cepheid to Webcast Upcoming Financial Presentations

... laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology ...

Dorset County Hospital Enhances MRSA Surveillance Programme Through Rapid Patient Screening

... of contamination. The GeneXpert(R) System is the only system to combine on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification and detection functions for fully integrated and automated nucleic acid analysis. The system is designed to purify, concentrate, detect and identify ...
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