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Bioo Scientific’s Test Strips Increase the Ease and Sensitivity of Aflatoxin M1 Analysis in Milk
Bioo Scientific’s AuroFlow™ Aflatoxin M1 Strip Test Kit is a rapid, simple, cost-effective lateral flow assay, designed to detect Aflatoxin M1 residues in raw commingled cow’s milk in only 10 minutes. This strip test detects levels of aflatoxin M1 at levels as low as 0.5 ppb. The... - June 13, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Organomation Upgrades Sample Holder in Popular Lab Evaporator
Lab evaporators produced by Organomation continue to be among the most durable and flexible instruments in the sample preparation segment. - June 13, 2014 - Organomation
Each One, Tell One Receives a Pink-and-White Polka Dot Mini-Cooper to Help with Dense-Breast Tissue Awareness
The official Dangerous Boobs Tour vehicle hit the road last week at MINI of Reno, where the “Dangerous Boobs Tour” unveiled its latest tool, a Mini Countryman. Sandy Raffealli, owner of Bill Pearce Motors of Reno, graciously donated the Mini Countryman, which is wrapped in pink with... - June 12, 2014 - SonoCine, Inc
Future Genesis (FGen) Announces Deal with Biomedical Research Institute (BRI)
Future Genesis (FGen) has selected Rockville, MD Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) as its cryogenic laboratory. - June 12, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
MoBiTec Launches SpeedBlot (His) – A Strikingly Fast and Easy-To-Use Western Blot Stain for His-Tagged Proteins
Instant detection of poly-histidine tagged proteins on nitrocellulose membrane with SpeedBlot (His) is easy and does not require relevant hands-on time. Even 0.1 pmol detection limits can be achieved with this highly sensitive detection reagent. While common Western Blot protocols require 6 to 21 hours, staining with SpeedBlot (His) is completed after just about 90 minutes. - June 12, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Discover the Next IDE Inhibitor with the Newly Launched SensoLyte® IDE Activity Assay
AnaSpec Launches Industry’s First FRET-based Assay for Measurement of Insulin Degrading Enzyme (IDE) Activity for inhibitor high throughput screening- the SensoLyte® 520 IDE Activity Assay Kit. - June 12, 2014 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Citibank® Returns to Designing Spaces™ on Lifetime® to Lend Expertise on Buying a First Home
In the segment, “A First Time Homebuyer Education: Tips for Buying Your First Home”, Maria Zywiciel from Citibank, N.A. demystifies the mortgage process - June 12, 2014 - BrandStar
The Balancing Act® Airing on Lifetime® Talks Solution for Contact Lens Care, Crosses Northern Border to Explore Gateway
Clear Care® plus Canadian Museum of Immigration Take Center Stage on June 13th Show - June 12, 2014 - BrandStar
IonSense Introduces the DART®-EDU Program to Provide Educational Institutions with an Economical Path to Ownership of Its State-of-the-Art Mass Spectrometry Technology
Educational Leasing Program will enable chemistry departments to lower operating costs while providing students access to Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. To be exhibited at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Baltimore, MD, June 15-19, 2014, Booth 120. - June 10, 2014 - IonSense, Inc.
Women’s Health: Dr. Kathy Maupin Announces a Free Webinar to Answer Questions About Hormone Replacement
Hormone expert will answer questions about treatment for symptoms of menopause and testosterone deficiency through bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. - June 08, 2014 - BioBalance Health
AveXis to Present at Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Annual Conference
AveXis, a clinical stage synthetic biology platform company, today announced that Dr. Allan Kaspar, Chief Scientific Officer, will be presenting at The Family and Researcher Poster Session at The Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Conference, which will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in National... - June 08, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
TLC Ingredients Hosts Congressman Bill Foster
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) visited TLC Ingredients to learn more about their business and the chemical distribution industry. - June 08, 2014 - TLC Ingredients
ReproTech Ltd., to Build Wildfire and Earthquake-Resistant Storage Room in New Nevada Location
New Nevada cryostorage and office location for ReproTech. - June 07, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
Wake Radiology Extends Partnership with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Wake Radiology, the Triangle’s leading medical imaging provider, has extended its partnership with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Wake Radiology has been a sponsor of the Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast... - June 07, 2014 - Wake Radiology
PAML, LLC to Appear on Lifetime® Television— The Balancing Act®
PAML will be featured in a mini-series as part of the “Health Matters” programming in June 2014. During the mini-series, the host of The Balancing Act will discuss important health information with PAML’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Francisco R. Velázquez, M.D., S.M. - June 07, 2014 - PAML
Small Clinics Providing Ambulatory Care Services Could Reduce Emergency Department Misuse in the UAE
Patients with minor ailments advised not to abuse emergency department resources. - June 06, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Announces Dr. H. Perry Fell as the First Member of Business Advisory Panel
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a biotech start-up in Salt Lake City today announced the formation of its Business Advisory Panel. The first appointment to the Advisory Panel is H. Perry Fell, MBA, Ph.D. Perry is a distinguished scientist and leader who most prominently co-founded Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: SGEN) and served as its CEO from start-up through IPO. - June 05, 2014 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Medical Port Creates a New Product Designed for Non-Habitual Residents; the NHR Card
Medical Port | Premium Medical Tourism Facilitator, in a joint effort with its partners, has launched a new product that gives its subscribers exclusive and immediate access to a set of services in the fiscal, healthcare, customer care and leisure areas with specially conceived benefits and offers to the cardholders. - June 05, 2014 - Medical Port | Premium Medical Tourism Facilitator
Reproductive Tissue Storage Facility Ready for Hurricane Season
Cryostorage facility offers peace of mind to its clients in hurricane prone areas. - June 05, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
Applied Clinical Trials Announces First Annual Clinical Trials Outsourcing Quality Assessment
Applied Clinical Trials Announces First Annual Clinical Trials Outsourcing Quality Assessment Will conduct the first comprehensive in-depth analysis of outsourced clinical research quality. - June 05, 2014 - CRO Analytics
Colliers International Revealed New Report on Dubai’s Healthcare Industry at Hospital Build & Infrastructure 2014
The report analysed the key demand and supply, risk and success factors shaping the healthcare sector in Dubai. - June 05, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
UAE Hospitals Took Home Three Awards at the Middle East Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards 2014
Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards 2014 recognise Middle East healthcare pioneers - June 05, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
ACT Enters Phase I Human Clinical Trials with First-in-Class Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, announced today that it has begun clinical trials of PFK-158, a small molecule therapeutic candidate that inactivates a novel cancer metabolism target never before examined in... - June 04, 2014 - Advanced Cancer Therapeutics
Colorado BioScience Association Praises Boettcher Foundation as It Embarks on the Fifth Year of Its Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
Colorado BioScience Association congratulates Boettcher Foundation on the announcement of its 2014 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. Starting its fifth year, the program provides for the discovery of new knowledge that improves human health through the investment in and advancement of early-career scientists. - June 03, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
SmartStent Takes the Top Prize in MedTech’s Got Talent
SmartStent, a Victorian start-up commercialising a minimally invasive brain-machine interface platform, has taken out the top prize in STC Australia’s inaugural MedTech’s Got Talent challenge. - May 31, 2014 - STC
PAML Launches Consumer Marketing Campaign
Targeted marketing effort for consumer laboratory testing will touch over 1.7 million consumers throughout Washington and Montana. - May 31, 2014 - PAML
Stable Step, LLC (Powerstep®) Acquires Archmolds, LLC
Stable Step, LLC (Powerstep®) improves its orthotic offering with the acquisition of Archmolds™ Heat Moldable Orthotics. - May 30, 2014 - Powerstep
Well-Known Denver Real Estate Developer John M. Shaw to Oversee Properties in the Colorado Life Science District at Fitzsimons
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) is partnering with John M. Shaw as a consultant to oversee its real estate projects in the Colorado Life Science District at Fitzsimons. Shaw’s extensive track record of successful real estate development projects makes him the ideal partner to continue the FRA’s vision to build a world class life science district at Fitzsimons. - May 30, 2014 - Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority
Bioo Scientific Receives Presidential Award for Exports
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today presented Bioo Scientific with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the... - May 30, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
23 Year Old Internet Entrepreneur Launches New Healthcare Venture
Jay Kaplan, a recent graduate of Goizueta Business School at Emory University, and native Washingtonian, has launched a new healthcare internet start-up called Future Genesis (FGen for short). The private company was funded by former executives of another DC based healthcare start-up, Audax Health, which was recently acquired by United Healthcare’s Optum division. - May 29, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
Physician Targets Migraines with New Product: Migraine Proof
Migraine Proof is a new physician formulated nutritional supplement for men and women suffering from migraines and headaches. - May 29, 2014 - Migraine Proof
Tick the Boxes for Quality and Design with the New Detectable Pen from Detectamet
The new rugged HD Pen from Detectamet is metal and X-ray detectable. It is designed for use in all environments including wet and greasy work areas. The clever design incorporates better grip and a more reliable repetitive retraction system. The range offers a choice of three designs, eight colour variations for the casings and a choice of four ink colours. - May 29, 2014 - Detectamet
Solvo Biotechnology, the Transporter Company and Qualyst Transporter Solutions Execute a License to B-Clear® Services
Agreement Supporting Use of Qualyst’ s Patented B-CLEAR® Technology for Services offered by Solvo Biotechnology - May 29, 2014 - Solvo Biotechnology
Fertility Preservation Options for Cancer Patients discussed at MN Metro Oncology Nursing Society Event
New Brighton Community Center in New Brighton, MN was the setting for a presentation entitled Fertility Preservation for the Oncology Patient. This program strives to promote education and extend access to fertility preservation services. - May 29, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
Launching an Improved Range of Visulize™ Antigen ELISA Kits, Affinity Biologicals Inc. Simplifies Quantitative Assays of Hemostasis and Thrombosis-Related Proteins
Affinity Biologicals Inc. Makes a Valuable Addition to the Family of ELISA Kits with VisuLize™ Antigen Kits - May 29, 2014 - Affinity Biologicals
Industry's First Fluorimetric Assay for Glutaminyl Cyclase
AnaSpec Launches Industry’s First Fluorimetric, 96-well format Assay for Measurement of Glutaminyl Cyclase (QC) Activity - the SensoLyte® Green Glutaminyl Cyclase Activity Assay Kit. - May 29, 2014 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Life Science Strategy Group Launches the OutsourcePharma Advisory Board
Online community dedicated to pharmaceutical sponsors provides open forum to discuss drug development and outsourced Contract Research Organization (CRO) services. - May 28, 2014 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Pet Health Insurance Professionals Attend DC Summit
Summit is the one time each year you’ll find the top dogs in pet health insurance all in the same room. Add in the coolest cats in marketing from other key industries, and you’ve got a powerful pack charged with all the news you need to know about this growing field. This year’s... - May 28, 2014 - NAPHIA - North American Pet Health Insurance Association
Banana Boat® Takes Sun Care on the Road on Designing Spaces™ Airing on Lifetime®
Dr. Ellen Marmur educates viewers on protecting your family on vacation while having fun in the sun in May 29th “Kids Spaces” Edition. - May 25, 2014 - BrandStar
MiTeGen Awarded $998K NIH Phase II SBIR Grant to Develop Hyperquenching Devices
Two year funding for the development of advanced cooling devices. - May 24, 2014 - MiTeGen, LLC
Jane Rohlf, MD & Premier Research Join Wake Research: New Investigational Site Added to Established Organization of Integrated Clinical Research Investigational Site
Raleigh-based Wake Research (Wake Research Associates, L.L.C.) announces an affiliation with Dr. Jane Rohlf and Premier Research, of Trenton, New Jersey. “Dr. Rohlf brings wealth of research expertise and her site fit well into our strategic plan to offer Biopharmaceutical Industry a broad... - May 24, 2014 - Wake Research Associates
Budgetpetcare Announces Memorial Day Long Weekend Sale
Long Memorial weekend 2014 is to honor the martyrdom of America’s war heroes. BudgetPetCare would like to salute these brave men and women who selflessly serve their country. This long weekend, is also a time to acknowledge all the service animals that served in the US military. To... - May 24, 2014 - Budgetpetcare.com
Disposable Transfer Pipette Promotion Now Available at Leading Distributor Pipette.com
Disposable transfer pipette promotion now available at major pipette distributor, Pipette.com. Research labs doing chemistry, basic biology, and/or any other type of liquid handling analysis will find this promotion beneficial. - May 24, 2014 - Pipette.com
Bioo Scientific Offers State-of the-Art, Full Service Analytical Food Testing
Bioo Scientific is offering testing services for antibiotic, toxin, hormone and pathogen contamination in food and feed. These services provide testing capabilities to food and feed producers without laboratory infrastructure. - May 23, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Kontich Production Site Featured on the European Business Journal Website, Highlighting Their OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals
Saint-Gobain Seals has been featured on the European Business Journal website; it will also be published in their magazine in the next few months. The article, titled “Sealing the market,” focused on their production site in Kontich, Belgium, in which Geert Vanthienen, Product manager -... - May 23, 2014 - Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group
endpoint Introduces PULSE™ 3.0 Platform for IRT Systems in Clinical Trials
PULSE enables highly customized IRT trial design while maintaining endpoint’s signature 30-Day delivery timeline. - May 23, 2014 - endpoint
Northeastern M.D.s to Gather for Presentation by Dr. Emil J. Haldey, Leading Pharmaceutical Compounding Expert
The prestigious National Medical Association will host a seminar on Friday featuring Dr. Emil J. Haldey, a doctor of pharmacy and a leader in the specialized field of pharmaceutical compounding. The event will take place May 23, beginning at 2 p.m., during the National Medical Association Annual... - May 22, 2014 - HALDEY Pharmaceutical Compounding
Detectamet’s Doubly Detectable Resin Set Brushes
Detectamet’s Detectable Double Detainment System is used in a new brush range which uses stainless steel staples to fasten bristle groups into the brush head and then the adhesion is reinforced by applying a detectable and antimicrobial resin to surround and lock in the bristles. The whole of the brush is made of detectable materials. - May 22, 2014 - Detectamet
Simplesa Signs Licensing Agreement with Winning the Fight for Deanna Protocol Products
Simplesa LLC signed a licensing agreement with the 501(c)3 nonprofit WINNING THE FIGHT, INC. to provide products specifically formulated for people following the Deanna Protocol. Deanna Protocol nutritional supplementation is based on Dr. Vincent Tedone’s research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), which uses dietary supplements to support nutritional needs of patients with ALS. - May 22, 2014 - Simplesa LLC
Pipette.com, Major Pipette Distributor, Launches Twitter Art Contest
Pipette.com is giving away a brand new pipette as well as other lab prizes to a lucky Twitter follower. In addition, followers may now enter to win other prizes including free pipette-themed shirts, discounted calibration, and more. - May 22, 2014 - Pipette.com