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Healthlinx Launches OvPlex in UK, Heating Up Race to Get Ovarian Cancer Dx to Market

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:23 +0000

The launch in the UK by the Aussie firm follows a smaller launch in Australia as proteomics cancer diagnostics begin to make headway into the market after years of setback and false starts.

Kinexus to Launch Peptide Microarray Services in Coming Months for Protein Kinase Analyses

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:03 +0000

In addition, the company said it may be offering mass spec-based services for targeted analysis of phosphorylation sites.

Q&A: Team Uses Dynamic Proteomics to Study How Multi-Drug Combinations Affect Proteins

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:45 +0000

A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science said its approach, which found that protein-drug dynamics in multi-drug combinations can be predicted based on the dynamics in pairs of drugs, could be a way "to bypass the combinatorial explosion problem of research on drug combinations."

Bruker Paying $37.5M for Varian's ICP-MS, Lab GC, GC-QQQ-MS Businesses

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:16 +0000

The sale of the three businesses satisfies conditions set forth by the European Commission as part of its conditional approval of Agilent Technologies’ purchase of Varian.

OriGene Raises $16M to Continue Building Antibody Collection

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:18:53 +0000

According to the company — whose goal is to build a monoclonal antibody collection that will cover most of the human proteome — its TrueMab monoclonal antibody collection is "far superior in quality" to small peptide-generated antibodies.

Thermo Fisher Outfits Scottish Metabolomics Facility with Four Mass Specs

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:06 +0000

According to an official with the facility, the new instruments will advance metabolomic research across Scotland.

Recent Research Papers of Note

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:13:35 +0000

Included is a paper describing a new isobaric tandem mass tag for quantitative proteomics; a method of stopping tissue degradation for proteomics analysis; and a high-throughput de novo sequencing approach.

New Products

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:11:02 +0000

GE Healthcare, Agilent Technologies

Movers & Shakers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:07:32 +0000

Rick Burdsall, Amrit Takhar, Malcolm Padwick, Fergus Macpherson, Louise Bayne, Sean Kehoe, Dan Sawyers, Greg Kelly

Vermillion Eyeing Return to Nasdaq, Launches OVA1 Ovarian Cancer Test with Quest Dx

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:49 +0000

Also this week, Medicare said it is covering the test, and Vermillion reformed its scientific advisory board.

Agilent, Duquesne U Form Mass Spec Center of Excellence

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:57:39 +0000

The center will serve as a regional showcase for Agilent's mass spec technologies and ultimately could become a mass spec core facility for Duquesne.

NCI-CPTC, AACC Agreement Aims to Advance Proteomics in Clinical Labs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:35 +0000

The alliance aims to take proteomics into the clinical chemistry lab and to encourage proteomics researchers to adopt procedures and processes that are routinely practiced in clinical chemistry labs.

Bigger not Always Better: Larial Proteomics Endures Homelessness, Proteomics Downturn, and Recession

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:27:49 +0000

The company's strategy that bigger isn't always better has so far enabled the shop to remain afloat even as other proteomic-service firms closed down or left the field.