Santa Clara, CA (Scicasts) - Agilent has announced that it has been selected by the South African Doping Control Laboratory as the primary provider of gas-phase testing instrument for the 2010 World Cup. The South African Doping Control Laboratory is certified by the World Anti-Doping Agency and will be responsible for all doping testing during the competition.

Madison, WI (Scicasts) - Genetic abnormalities are most often discussed in terms of differences so miniscule they are actually called "snips" — changes in a single unit along the 3 billion that make up the entire string of human DNA.

Aachen/Dresden, Germany (Scicasts) - Since July 2009 Transinsight GmbH and antibodies-online GmbH partner together with TU Dresden and RESprotect GmbH to develop and deploy new semantic search technologies for the Life-Science industry. Their joint efforts are funded by the THESEUS research program from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

Santa Clara, CA, Leipzig, Germany, and Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Scicasts) - Researchers from the Max Planck Institute (MPI), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Agilent Technologies and other prestigious institutions worldwide have shown that DNA capture techniques can greatly enable the sequencing of ancient Neandertal DNA, providing new insight into the nature of these prehistoric hominids.

Stanford, CA (Scicasts) -  Life is almost unbearably complex. Humans and mice, frogs and flies toggle genes on and off in dizzying combinations and sequences during their relentless march from embryo to death. Now scientists seeking to understand the machinations of the proteins behind the genomic wizard's screen have a powerful new tool at their disposal, courtesy of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Livermore, CA (Scicasts) - According to a report from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), law enforcement authorities seeking to detect bioterrorism attacks, doctors diagnosing diseases and regulatory agencies checking product safety may find a new ally in the Institutes detection technology.

Cambridge, MA (Scicasts) - Our DNA is under constant siege from a variety of damaging agents. Damage to DNA and the ability of cells to repair that damage has broad health implications, from ageing and heritable diseases to cancer. Unfortunately, the tools used to study DNA damage are quite limited. According to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (MIT), researchers have developed a new tool for rapid DNA damage analysis that promises to make an impact on human health.

Santa Clara, (Scicasts) - Affymetrix has announced the launch of the Axiom Genome-Wide ASI Array, a product which the company states can provide maximum power for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in East Asian populations. This array is the second catalog release for the Axiom Genotyping Solution, which includes a suite of population-optimized arrays for genomic studies that will be delivered in the next year.

Phoenix, AZ (Scicasts) - Titian Software has announced the launch of version 4.0 of its Mosaic Sample Management software. Mosaic is  a sample management software for small molecule compound libraries, and according to the company, is used by ten of the top 20 pharma companies. Applications of the new Mosaic 4.0 are extended to the enterprise-wide management of biological samples and reagents in many different types of life science research organisations in industry and academia.

New York, NY (Scicasts) - According to a report from NYU Langone Medical Center, researchers at the Institute have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases. The finding, based on seven years of research and described in the April 9 issue of Molecular Cell, allows scientists to investigate the unfolding of DNA, a process required for gene activation.

Carlsbad, CA (Scicasts) - Life Technologies has unveiled plans for the Applied Biosystems SOLiD PI System, a flexible and easy-to-use genomic analysis platform that, the company believes, will bring next-generation sequencing within the grasp of all life science research laboratories worldwide. Early customer adoption of the SOLiD PI System is expected to begin in the second half of 2010.

Carlsbad, CA (Scicasts) - Life Technologies has unveiled the launch of a new genetic analysis system designed to optimize data quality and deliver increased reliability, performance, quality assurance and ease-of-use specifically for forensic DNA testing laboratories. The Applied Biosystems 3500 Series Genetic Analyzer is the latest addition to the company's line of capillary electrophoresis (CE) DNA sequencing systems, and has been validated to support a specific feature set and workflow for human identification (HID) applications. The company made the announcement at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 62nd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Basel, Switzerland and Tokyo, Japan (Scicasts) - Genedata, a provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, has announced that the Japanese research foundation RIKEN has chosen Genedata Expressionist to support biomarker development for cancer research. The renowned government foundation is using proteome analysis and Mass Spectrometry (MS) to identify biomarkers to aid in the development of serum-based diagnostic methods.

Royston, UK (Scicasts) - Syrris, a chemistry automation product innovator, has announced that it has established its new Brazilian subsidiary. With offices on four continents and an expanding distributor network, the new office in São Paulo will enable Syrris to provide efficient and direct support to its rapidly expanding Latin American customer base.

Carlsbad, CA (Scicasts) - Life Technologies, a provider of innovative life science solutions, has announced a series of investments and new technologies designed to extend the use of sequencing in the research arena and make it more relevant for physicians.

Santa Clara, CA and Charleroi, Belgium (Scicasts) - Agilent Technologies has announced that the Institute for Medical Immunology (IMI), part of Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), has chosen the Agilent ELN electronic lab notebook to manage its scientific data.

Hamburg, Germany (Scicasts) - Olympus has introduced the new DP21 digital microscopy camera for high-definition (HD) image capture. Suitable for use in life science and materials microscopy, this 2.11 megapixel stand alone camera allows easy observation, focusing and framing, while enabling the smooth display of real-time 1600x1200 (UXGA) images. Furthermore, the intuitive handset enables all actions to be completed without the use of a PC.

Carlsbad, CA (Scicasts) - Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation has announced its entry into the flow cytometry instrumentation market with the debut of the Attune Acoustic Focusing Cytometer, a cytometry system designed to use sound waves to precisely control the movement of cells. Accoeding to the Company, the technology offers customers enhanced sample throughput, sensitivity and accuracy for a range of cell biology applications.

Branford, CT (Scicasts) - 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, has a series of developments which, according to the company, significantly expand the its high-throughput sequencing portfolio. Addressing the growing demand for next-generation sequencing data in everyday biological and clinical research, the company revealed the new GS Junior System, an affordable bench top sequencing platform slated for release in 2010.

Hamburg, Germany (Scicasts) - Olympus has announced the availability of the new Olympus FluoView FV10i confocal laser scanning microscope system, which according to the company, brings a whole new level of accessibility to confocal microscopy. It is designed to remove all of the complex steps involved in setting-up and using confocal microscopes, ensuring that users can concentrate on the images and data without any prior expertise. As a result, even the most inexperienced user can generate consistently excellent images quickly and easily.