US-based Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals has announced today the issuing of a patent entitled, ‘Nucleic Acids Encoding Hyperactive PiggyBac Transposases’ on 19 March 2013 and a patent entitled, ‘A Genetically Modified Rat ...
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US-based Illumina has announced the introduction of its TruGenome undiagnosed disease test provided by Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory (ICSL). Using whole human genome sequencing, the TruGenome test helps clinicians in identifying ...
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US-based BioNano Genomics has announced the launch of the IrysChip V2, a new, high-throughput chip for the Irys system that now supports human genome analysis. With a 15-fold increase in throughput, the new chip now makes possible the ...
US-based genetic analysis firm OpGen has entered into an agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies for the development of human chromosome mapping analytical service for clinical research applications. The new service, which will be a ...
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Genia Technologies in consortium with Columbia University and Harvard Medical School, has secured a three-year $5.25m grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop ...
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Researchers at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unique gene that controls the generation of neurons, and play a crucial role in understanding serious diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Led by ...
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Biotechnology company Bharat Biotech has introduced world's first clinically proven typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar-TCV, to protect infants aged six months and more and adults from typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi. Commercial ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of allowance for Sangamo BioSciences’ patent application entitled ‘Novel DNA-binding Proteins and Uses Thereof.’ Claims cover the critical components of TALE ...
Affymetrix has launched a whole-genome copy number assay for highly degraded FFPE solid tumor samples, called OncoScan FFPE assay kit, at Chicago. The new OncoScan FFPE assay kit with its unique molecular inversion probe (MIP) technology ...
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Researchers at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified potential targets for therapeutic drugs against aggressive breast cancer. Working in collaboration with local and international institutions, GIS scientists ...
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Appistry has introduced a new integrated suite of tools to help for-profit researchers and physicians analyse next-generation sequencing (NGS) cancer genome data. Designed to provide high sensitivity, the Cancer Genome Analysis Suite also ...
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HistoGenetics, a New York-based biotech firm specialized in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing services and Sequenced-Based Typing (SBT), has selected Illumina's MiSeq sequencing system for use in its CLIA laboratory. Illumina's MiSeq ...
Medical, agricultural and computer researchers at the University of Alberta (U of A) have developed a new device, which can rapidly detect E.coli in food. The testing device, which is the size of a large shoebox, is more sensitive at ...
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US-based genomics company BioNano Genomics has launched Irys System for genome mapping in the region of European Union (EU). The Irys benchtop instrument is fully automated and uses the IrysChip to uncoil and confine long DNA molecules in ...
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Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) has acquired all the assets of Evivar Medical (Evivar), which includes its Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C (HCV) web-based decision support tools and the associated viral genome analysis systems (SeqHepB ...