04/15/2013
Bio-Rad’s new ddPCR library quantification kits enable QX100 Droplet Digital PCR system users to precisely and directly measure library concentrations for next-generation sequencing.
04/09/2013
Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology dramatically enhances current telomerase activity assays, with important implications for the early detection of cancer and the rapid evaluation of cancer therapeutics.
03/11/2013
The QX100™ Droplet Digital™ PCR system was cited as the future market leader in digital PCR systems for its precision, simple workflow, and affordability. More than half of the researchers surveyed plan to buy a QX100 system in the next year
03/08/2013
Bio-Plex Pro RBM human, rat, and canine kidney toxicity panels, developed in partnership with Myriad RBM, Inc., enable earlier quantitation of FDA-approved markers of acute and chronic kidney injury in clinical and preclinical settings with unprecedented sensitivity.
02/20/2013
Bio-Rad has completed the acquisition of AbD Serotec, a leading antibody manufacturer offering over 15,000 antibodies, kits, and accessories. This acquisition will accelerate future antibody development and enhance product offerings in diagnostics and life science research.
01/27/2013
Bio-Rad will present a new and improved workflow for the evaluation of antibodies used to measure residual host cell protein impurities in biotherapeutics at the Well Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Symposium in Washington, D.C. January 29–31.
01/04/2013
Professor Alec Morley (Flinders University, Australia), a pioneer in digital PCR, has chosen Bio-Rad Laboratories’ QX100 Droplet Digital PCR system to develop a diagnostic test for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Monoquant, the company started by Morley to develop this technology, is seeking FDA approval for its new test.
12/15/2012
Bio-Rad’s new S3 cell sorter will be shown at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, December 15–19. The S3 cell sorter is an automated, easy-to-use, benchtop cell sorter equipped with one or two lasers, forward and side scatter detectors, and up to four fluorescent detectors.
12/11/2012
In a recently published study in Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University demonstrated the superiority of the QX100™ Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) system over qPCR for copy number analysis of cancer genome amplifications in FFPE tissue samples.
12/05/2012
A retail version of this kit, one of the most popular products offered by the company’s life science education program, introduces consumers to molecular biology by allowing them to extract their own DNA and bottle it as a necklace charm.