QIAGEN and Applied Biosystems Settle all Disputes over Real-Time PCR Thermal Cycler Patents

26-Jan-2009 - Corbett, QIAGEN, ltf Labortechnik GmbH & Co. KG, and Applied Biosystems, LLC, part of Life Technologies Corporation announced a settlement of their disputes concerning infringement by Corbett’s Rotor-Gene_TM Real-Time PCR-Cyclers and Applied Biosystems’ Real-Time Thermal Cycler Instrument ...

Enigma Diagnostics signs exclusive licence agreement with the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

24-Aug-2007 - Enigma Diagnostics announced that it has signed a new exclusive licence agreement with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The worldwide licence covers a broad range of technologies, including Pyrostart, ResonSense and Temperature Control, which are important elements of ...

Gene Lab To Go

Reasonably priced and battery-driven: a pocket PCR device

02-May-2007 - A huge number of diagnostic techniques are based on PCR (the polymerase chain reaction): the use of PCR allows even the tiniest amounts of genetic material to be duplicated so that it can be analyzed. This should make things such as the rapid and reliable identification of a dangerous infectious ...

Applied Biosystems technology helps to expand salmon conservation project

14-Jul-2005 - Assays and instruments from Applied Biosystems are being used to monitor wild salmon populations in the Pacific Ocean as part of a multinational genotyping project based at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The decline of populations in this area is not only a threat to regional ...

Applied Biosystems Announces Joint Research Protocol with the NCI Cohort Consortium in Study of Breast and Prostate Cancer

20-Apr-2005 - Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corporation business, announced a joint, research protocol with the Cohort Consortium of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the largest cohorts performing disease association studies. The protocol is being applied to discover inherited gene variants in ...

A better way to copy DNA

15-Jul-2004 - Scientists have developed a new method for DNA amplification that could replace the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In the August issue of EMBO reports, Huimin Kong and colleagues at New England Biolabs (Beverly, MA, USA) describe a way to copy mass amounts of DNA that has significant advantages ...

MWG Biotech AG successful in important patent dispute for thermocycler apparatuses.

22-Mar-2004 - The European Patent No. 236 069 B1, titled "Apparatus and method for performing automated amplification of nucleic acid sequences and assays using heating and cooling steps" of Applera Corporation, U.S.A., was completely revoked by the European Patent Office. This patent covered the basic ...

Gene Function and Drug Research Equipment Sale Scheduled

27-Aug-2003 - Facility Loaded with Genomics, Pharmaceutical, Medical & Research Pathology Equipment and Supplies REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- AuctioNet, announced the live and online Bidcast auction of the surplus equipment inventory to the ongoing operations of Deltagen, Inc., a provider of drug discovery tools ...