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NIH cash for new tools to unravel genome's secrets

18-Dec-2007 - The technology used to decipher an organism's gene sequence has come on in leaps and...

Pfizer not alone in feeling the heat of California fires

24-Oct-2007 - As the fires in California continue to rage, Pfizer and other pharma and biotech companies...

Sigma-Aldrich to develop zinc finger binding proteins with Sangamo

11-Jul-2007 - Sigma-Aldrich is to collaborate with Sangamo BioSciences to develop zinc finger DNA-binding proteins to create...

MorphoSys beefs up antibody research biz

01-Feb-2007 - MorphoSys has just opened new UK headquarters for its antibody-focused business unit, giving the company...

Pfizer axes jobs and closes plants

23-Jan-2007 - Pfizer has announced it will axe 10,000 jobs and close facilities in a further effort...

Cellartis channels Scottish expertise in stem cells

22-Jan-2007 - Cellartis has begun a new research programme in Scotland as part of a £9.5m (€14.5m)...

BG Medicine and Applied Biosystems collaborate on biomarker-guided drug discovery

17-Jan-2007 - BG Medicine will integrate Applied Biosystems' state of the art technology into its systems biology...

Ethical Stem Cell Source

08-Jan-2007 - Scientists have discovered stem cells in the amniotic fluid that surrounds the foetus in pregnant...

Fluidigm develops digital PCR technology

20-Dec-2006 - Fluidigm has launched its digital PCR technology, allowing scientists to analyse a single DNA template,...

New crystallisation approach heralds better drug specificity

19-Jul-2006 - A unique approach to drug development could be on the horizon after researchers utilised a...

Vical's avian flu vaccine meets NIH funding criteria

20-Jun-2006 - Preclinical data from Vical's avian flu DNA vaccine program has resulted in the company coming...

Protein factory could lead to new drug treatments

12-Jun-2006 - A membrane protein factory, which represents over half of all known drug targets could lead...

Abraxis BioScience adds facility to investigate SPARC

24-May-2006 - Abraxis Bioscience has added a research facility to expand the company's research and process development...

Bertin launches sample preparation product

20-Apr-2006 - Bertin Technologies makes available its solution for biological sample preparation to extract nucleic acids (DNA...

Plant-based technology forms new pharmaceuticals

23-Mar-2006 - An innovative technology derived from plants, which is designed for the production of new pharmaceuticals...

New brain disorder tools results in new drugs

21-Mar-2006 - Researchers have constructed a model of an axon, which they have used to reproduce a...

New research gives scientists powerful drug discovery tool

23-Feb-2006 - A consortium of US scientists have developed and evaluated a robust new system for analysing...

Varian introduces two new SPE formats

19-Jan-2006 - Varian introduces two new micro extraction solid phase extraction (SPE) formats for bioanalytical research that...

Thermo releases entry level crystallisation machine

13-Dec-2005 - Thermo Electron Corporation, have added to its crystallisation range with the new compact, entry-level, TableStore,...

Trend sees boom in pharma analytical tools

15-Nov-2005 - According to a recent report, analytic separation technology will continue to evolve as limitations are...

Olympus unveils Cutting Edge microdissection technology

22-Sep-2005 - Olympus introduces its CellCut laser microdissection system for the life sciences industry, which eliminates any...

Merck signs unique drug development deal

15-Sep-2005 - Merck has signed a research and drug development agreement with FoxHollow Technologies, which represents the...

Topigen introduces FANA technology for drug R&D

04-Jul-2005 - Topigen Pharmaceuticals has launched a new 3rd generation chemistry technology, which has been designed for...

Nanostream designs plate changing system to meet demand

07-Apr-2005 - Nanostream has introduced an integrated plate changing system designed to meet the increasing demand in...

Serono and Syntonix sign MS agreement

04-Apr-2005 - Serono and Syntonix Pharmaceuticals announced today that they have entered into an agreement that allows...