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Mar 31, 2014
PositiveID Wins Contract to Support Biothreat Detection Research
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – PositiveID today announced it has signed a contract to support work being conducted by UTC Aerospace Systems' ISR & Space Systems unit to detect biological threats for the US Department of Defense.
Mar 31, 2014
IntegenX Earns ISO 9001:2008 Certification
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Human DNA identification technology company IntegenX today said it has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system.
Mar 31, 2014
Copy-Number Level of Amylase Gene Linked to Obesity Risk
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Researchers have linked low copy-number levels of the salivary amylase gene to obesity risk, a finding they reported in Nature Genetics yesterday.
Mar 31, 2014
Grifols Inks Blood Screening Partnership with Japanese Red Cross; Hologic to Benefit
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Grifols said today that it has been selected by the Japanese Red Cross Society as a partner in nucleic acid screening of the country's 5.3 million annual blood donations.
Mar 31, 2014
Sony DADC to Develop Detection Vessels for Singulex's IVD Platform
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Sony DADC Austria and Singulex today announced a supply agreement for the design and manufacture of customized detection vessels by Sony DADC BioSciences for Singulex's Sgx Clarity System.
Mar 31, 2014
Rubicon Genomics Inks Additional Agreements for DNA Library Prep Kits
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Rubicon Genomics today announced distribution deals to expand the availability of its DNA library preparation products.
Mar 31, 2014
Most-Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: Mar 31, 2014
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – What were the articles that gained the most interest from GenomeWeb Daily News readers last week? Here are the top five:
Mar 29, 2014
Window to the Past
Technological advances are pushing the field of ancient genomics to take on ever more challenging samples.
Mar 29, 2014
This Week in Science: Mar 29, 2014
In Science this week: synthetic yeast chromosome, and more.
Mar 29, 2014
Omics All Along the Journey
In Cell, Eric Topol argues that individualized medicine can help people throughout their lives.
Mar 29, 2014
Intense Pressure
A survey by New Scientist finds high pressure on those working in stem cell fields.
Mar 28, 2014
IBM Research Tapped to Provide Computational Solutions for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Coalition
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This week, IBM Research and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) said that they have signed a collaborative agreement to use computational tools developed by IBM to research new and improved treatment options for tuberculosis.
Mar 28, 2014
Expanse Bioinformatics Granted Patents for Algorithms Underlying Planned Informatics Products
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Expanse Bioinformatics has been awarded four new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that cover data mining algorithms that the company has developed and plans to incorporate into a series of informatics products for the genetics market, the first of which it
Mar 28, 2014
Cartagenia said this week that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has selected its Bench platform for use in its healthcare facilities including Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, the UW Biotech Center, and other institutions.
Mar 28, 2014
Title: Computational methods for transcription factor binding site analysis
US Patent Number: 8,666,670
Mar 28, 2014
Gene Codes has released Sequencher 5.2, the latest version of its DNA sequence data analysis software.
Mar 28, 2014
Ewan Birney, associate director and senior scientist at the European Bioinformatics Institute, has been appointed as interim head of the newly launched Center for Therapeutic Target Validation, a public-private research initiative between GSK, EMBL-EBI, and the Wellcome Trust San
Mar 28, 2014
Panel Debates ACMG Incidental Findings Recommendations at Annual Meeting
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Mar 28, 2014
Cedars-Sinai Creating Research Institute with Proteomics Focus
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is creating a new institute within the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute that will apply proteomics technologies and methods in basic, experimental, and clinical medicine research projects, a Cedars-Sinai executive told GenomeWeb Daily News
Mar 28, 2014
Atossa's 2013 Revenues Rise 31 Percent
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Atossa Genetics said after the close of the market on Thursday that its full-year 2013 revenues grew 31 percent year over year on increased product sales.
Mar 28, 2014
In Brief This Week: Genetic Technologies, Promega; Cernostics; Invisible Sentinel; Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, North Shore InnoVentures, Covaris
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genetic Technologies this week announced a settlement and licensing agreement with Promega. Under the terms of the deal, GTG granted Promega "broad rights" to GTG's Intron Sequence Analysis and Genomic Mapping patents. Financial and other terms were not disclosed.
Mar 28, 2014
ABRF sPRG Study Finds Field is Precise but Still Struggles with Accuracy in Quantitative Proteomics
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Albuquerque – When it comes to protein quantitation, the proteomics community is very precise, but not all that accurate.
Mar 28, 2014
With MALDI-TOF-based microbiology assays making significant headway in terms of clinical adoption, researchers and vendors have begun turning their sights on new applications for the technology.
Mar 28, 2014
Researchers at France's Institut Pasteur are using Myriad RBM's TruCulture blood collection and culturing system to characterize the immune responses of 1,000 healthy individuals.
Mar 28, 2014
BG Medicine this week announced results from an analysis of three multicenter clinical research trials that indicate its BGM Galectin-3 test is predictive of rehospitalization for heart failure within the first 30 days following discharge from an initial hospital stay.