FLIPR Calcium Assay Offers High Yield
April 25, 2013 12:12 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMolecular Devices has launched the FLIPR Calcium 6 Assay Kits, the latest addition to their range of calcium assay kits to address diversified GPCR and ion channel targets.
Quantifying Apoptosis Via High-throughput Screening
April 12, 2013 3:49 pm | by David Guffey, MS, Senior Technical Service Consultant; Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis | Articles | CommentsApoptosis, or programmed cell death, plays an essential role in organismal development and tissue homeostasis. During development, apoptosis is critical for the sculpting of organs and the elimination of unnecessary structures. Many cells die an altruistic death daily to secure homeostasis of the whole organism.
Rockland Antibodies Detect HCP Impurities
March 15, 2013 12:01 pm | Product Releases | CommentsRockland Immunochemicals Inc. has released host cell protein (HCP) antibodies that detect high, medium and low molecular weight proteins.
IDT, SGI Manufacture Gene Products
March 15, 2013 11:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsIDT and SGI have partnered to manufacture, commercialize, and market small synthetic gene products of up to 5 kb. IDT also launched its gBlocks Gene Fragments product line for use in combination with SGI’s proprietary DNA technologies.
Promega System for DNA Methylation Analysis
March 14, 2013 12:06 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPromega Corporation has launched MethylEdge Bisulfite Conversion System. The system offers an efficient method for rapidly performing bisulfite conversion and DNA clean-up within two hours, while maintaining DNA integrity to provide more intact, converted DNA for a variety of sensitive applications.
LC/MS Platform for Proteins, Peptides, and Glycans Analysis
March 12, 2013 12:17 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWaters has introduced an expansion of its biopharmaceutical platform solution with UNIFI, ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC (UPLC)CSH130 C18 and XSelect HPLC CSH130 C18 columns for peptide mapping, and three GlycoWorks kits for glycan labeling and sample preparation.
System Replaces Film-based Western Blots
February 21, 2013 2:14 pm | Product Releases | CommentsLI-COR Biosciences announces the launch of the C-DiGit Blot Scanner. C-DiGit Blot Scanner is a digital replacement for film-based chemiluminescent Western blots that eliminates the need for a traditional darkroom.
Cell Invasion Kit
January 11, 2013 11:47 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe need for more complete and physiologically predictive cancer invasion models has driven the development of the 3D cell invasion assay.
3D Cell Culture
January 10, 2013 12:10 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBio-Assembler Kits utilize magnetic levitation to culture cells in 3-D. Available in single, six and 24-well configurations, the kits supply magnetic drivers, low-binding dishes/plates, and Nanoshuttle-PL solution in quantities and volumes appropriate to kit size.
Antibody Purification Beads
January 9, 2013 1:46 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPromega Corporation has launched Magne Protein A Beads for the purification of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies from a range of diverse sources.
Antibody Purification Beads
January 9, 2013 11:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsPromega Corporation has launched Magne Protein A Beads for the purification of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies from a range of diverse sources.
Cloning Kit
January 7, 2013 11:59 am | Product Releases | CommentsNew England Biolabs Inc. has released the Gibson Assembly cloning kit and online primer design tool, NEBuilder, for the cloning of DNA fragments using the Gibson Assembly approach.
Cell Invasion Assay
December 19, 2012 12:03 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe need for more physiologically predictive cancer invasion models has driven the development of the 3500-096-K 3D cell invasion assay from Trevigen.
GADD45a Assay
December 17, 2012 12:37 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBlueScreen HC from Gentronix Ltd. uses genetically modified, human-derived cells to detect the genotoxic effects of compounds. The assay builds flexibility into the use of GADD45a assays for pharmaceutical, personal care, and consumer product testing.
AlphaLISA Assay Kits
December 12, 2012 12:12 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPerkinElmer Inc. has launched a range of assay kits utilizing AlphaLISA technology to help improve the safety testing, manufacturing and quality control of biotherapeutic drugs.
RNA Kits
November 26, 2012 12:01 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAMSBIO’s RNA kits are designed to improve next-generation sequencing workflow.
Pharmaceutical Materials
November 15, 2012 12:32 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSAFC has added more than 25 raw materials to its portfolio of PharmaGrade products. The PharmaGrade portfolio is comprised of over 65 high-quality buffers, amino acids, and specialty chemicals.
Retinoid Receptor Assay
November 13, 2012 11:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsIndigo Biosciences Inc., a provider of cell-based nuclear receptor reporter assay products and services, has added all nine retinoid receptor assays to the company’s suite of kits and screening services.
Exome Kits
November 9, 2012 12:05 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced SureSelect Human All-Exon V5 and V5 + UTRs for next-generation sequencing. The all-exon solutions incorporate the latest advances from Agilent Genomics, the originator of target enrichment for human exomes.
Oligonucleotide
November 8, 2012 1:02 pm | News | CommentsBio-Synthesis Inc. has acquired a license from BNA Inc. to manufacture and distribute BNA-NC, a third generation of BNA oligonucleotides. This agreement is valid worldwide with the exception of Japan and is meant for research use only at this time.
Reporter Assay
November 7, 2012 12:30 pm | Product Releases | CommentsEnzo Life Sciences has introduced the Leading Light Wnt reporter assay. Alterations in Wnt expression, surface receptors, signaling partners, and the battery of Wnt-regulated genes are known to manifest in a variety of clinically relevant disease states.
24-OHC ELISA
November 5, 2012 12:29 pm | Product Releases | CommentsEnzo Life Sciences expands its offering of unique target ELISA products for neurodegenerative disease research with the introduction of a 24-OHC kit.
Transfection Agent
October 25, 2012 11:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsBioo Scientific has released its NextFect 2012, a next-generation transfection agent. NextFect 2012 can be used in both cell culture and in animal systems, thereby streamlining the processes of understanding cellular activity in vitro, and of confirmation of activity in complex animal systems.
RNA Samples
October 24, 2012 11:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsAmsbio has expanded its range of ready-to-use RNA samples to now include mRNA/microRNA tissue preparations and a large number of RNAs from mouse and rat development stages.
PCR Master Mix
October 22, 2012 12:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPromega Corporation announced that it has launched GoTaq Probe PCR Master Mix, GoTaq Probe 1-Step RT-qPCR System, and GoTaq Probe 2-Step RT-qPCR System.


