Life Science

Proscia, the digital and computational pathology solutions provider, and Datavant, which securely connects organizations with health data, have announced a partnership that will provide life sciences companies with digitized pathology data to power the development of novel therapeutics and diagnostics. The partnership brings together Datavant’s privacy-preserving connectivity technology and the largest U.S. health data ecosystem…

Because of their excessive size, weight, power, cost and environmental sensitivity, continuous wave deep ultraviolet lasers have long been exclusively laboratory devices. The Model 261, from UVC Photonics, is an entirely new approach to deep ultraviolet lasers. Several years of development has resulted in a rugged, compact and low-cost module suitable for integration into fixed,…

ZEISS has recently introduced two new software functionalities with ZEISS LSM Plus and ZEISS Airyscan Joint Deconvolution, users achieve better results in confocal microscopy. Maximizing recovery requires improvements in efficiency Laser scanning microscopes (LSMs) are the multifunctional high-end microscopes in every imaging facility, valued as much for their instant, high-quality imaging of optical sections as…

Biognosys, a developer and provider of next-generation proteomics technology and solutions, and Thermo Fisher Scientific, have extended a co-marketing agreement to provide life science researchers with comprehensive mass spectrometry answers to gain deep proteomics insights at a large scale. The agreement leverages the two companies’ complementary capabilities in mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Biognosys deploys Thermo Fisher…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending December 17, 2021, closed at 5,518.10 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.09% (or -117.84 basis points) from the week ending December 10, 2021. The stock of 14 RDWI members gained value from 0.06% (Intel) to 12.69% (Pfizer). The stock of…

Contipharma, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development and marketing of targeted medical solutions, is now making a saliva-based PCR test available across the entire continent of Africa. The test, which was developed by the University of Liège (ULiège) in Belgium and is CE marked, can detect all known variants of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron. It…

Biognosys, a developer and provider of next-generation proteomics technology and solutions, and Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced they have extended a co-marketing agreement to provide life science researchers with comprehensive mass spectrometry solutions to gain deep proteomics insights at a large scale. The agreement leverages the two companies’ complementary capabilities in mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Biognosys…

Nalu Medical’s The Nalu mIPG, system is a miniaturized implantable pulse generator (mIPG) for treating chronic pain. The implant is 9 to 27x smaller than the commercially available implantable pulse generators (IPGs) yet delivers treatment outputs similar to larger IPGs but with additional capabilities around advanced waveforms, programming and upgradability. The Nalu mIPG offers the…

Brightseed’s Forager is an AI-based scientific platform that maps the chemical complexity of plants to the biological complexity in humans. Through this map, Forager identifies bioactive compounds that solve unmet human health needs, linking distinct compounds from specific plants to fundamental biological processes that drive our health. Nature has evolved a wealth of natural compounds…

The new Brand accu-jet S pipette controller stands alone as a versatile and well-balanced addition to any lab. It makes lab work simple, easy and efficient, whether it is used for cell culture work, reagent preparation or general pipetting. Adjust power and precision on the fly, with pressure sensitive buttons that smoothly control pipetting speed…

For research applications requiring highly precise genome editing, including engineering CAR T cells and creating cellular models for disease discovery, the Invitrogen TrueCut HiFi Cas9 Protein* significantly minimizes off-target events while retaining maximum on-target editing efficiency. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the new protein to complement its growing portfolio of CRISPR genome editing solutions. CRISPR genome…

PerkinElmer has announced that the performance of its SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assays are not impacted by the emergence of Omicron (B.1.1.529), a variant of concern that was recently identified by the World Health Organization (WHO). There are more than 30 Omicron mutations reported in the S gene of SARS-CoV-2. PerkinElmer’s assays do not target the S…

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has outlined predictions for the life sciences industry in 2022. The predictions come from three experts recently appointed by the Alliance to drive collaboration efforts across its three key themes. Their insights span the urgent fights against antimicrobial resistance,…

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Lab-on-a-Fish is a wireless, miniaturized underwater technology system that provides real-time monitoring of fish and small aquatic species in marine, freshwater and estuarine habitats. The PNNL technology is the first in the world to combine edge computing with wireless acoustic sensing to assess animal behavior (acceleration and gyration); physiology (electrocardiogram and…

GUIDE, from MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital, is the first technology that enables a medic or EMT to catheterize a central vein or artery rapidly and accurately in a pre-hospital environment and save lives from trauma injuries. GUIDE performs the key step of inserting a needle in the vessel, after which a medic…

PerkinElmer and Honeycomb Biotechnologies, announce the commercial launch of the first of its kind HIVE scRNAseq Solution for single-cell isolation and analysis. The HIVE solution leverages a portable, handheld device for the capture, storage and RNA-Seq library preparation of a diverse range of cell types, including fragile and labile cells such as granulocytes, nephrons, hepatocytes and…

Historically, one of the biggest hurdles facing pharmaceutical research and development has been the laboratory itself. While laboratory instruments have seen considerable advancement over the years, scientists spend more time on the logistics of setting up and running laboratory experiments than they do designing experiments and interpreting results. This is a significant complication for start-up…

Hello Heart, a digital therapeutics company focusing exclusively on heart disease, announces its digital health application for blood pressure management can achieve and maintain lower blood pressure over time, even for those most at risk for heart disease. The results, published in JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Medical Association, showed that…

Imec, a nanoelectronics and digital technology research and innovation hub, and miDiagnostics, a spin-off of imec in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University specialized in the development of point-of-care tests for a wide range of health conditions, announce that they have signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for imec’s patented COVID-19 breathalyzer.  Aerosols and droplets from exhaled…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for PerkinElmer’s PKamp Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Panel 1 assay. Qualified laboratories* can immediately begin using this single test for the simultaneous qualitative detection and differentiation of COVID-19, influenza A, influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isolated from nasopharyngeal, anterior nasal and…

By Aliyah Kovner, LBNL A technology developed by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows great promise for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms arise, potentially changing the course of research and treatment for this condition, which affects millions of people worldwide and is estimated to be the sixth leading cause of death in…

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the launch of Gibco Cell Therapy Systems (CTS) NK-Xpander Medium, a GMP-manufactured cell culture medium that supports large-scale growth and culture of functional natural killer (NK) cells with or without the use of feeder cells. This is the first medium from Thermo Fisher specifically designed to support expansion of NK cells for…

Dr. Steve Arlington, president of The Pistoia Alliance, a global not-for-profit advocating for greater collaboration in biopharma, is calling on the pharmaceutical industry to continue building on the advances in collaboration it has built over the past two years. Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly during the pandemic, which in turn has greatly improved remote patient…

DuPont has announced two new major lines of products for its DuPont Liveo biopharmaceutical processing customers, as the company launches its healthcare investment roadmap to meet customer needs and the healthcare industry’s rapid expansion. Liveo Pharma TPE Tubing – A range of extruded thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) pharma tubing dedicated to fluid transport and single-use bioprocessing…

Proscia, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, has released study results on new technology that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, with a high degree of accuracy. The findings illustrate the promise of AI to deliver faster diagnoses, improve patient outcomes and optimize laboratory economics…