Global Cooling Inc.’s Innovative Stirling Ultracold Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers Secure Funding
Global Cooling Inc., developer and manufacturer of Stirling
Ultracold ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers featuring the innovative
free-piston Stirling engine cooling system, has announced that it has secured
Series B funding, led by Ohio Innovation Fund (OIF). Stirling Ultracold will
use the...
TMRW Life Sciences Raises $12M For IVF Robotic Process Automation
TMRW, the creator of the first Robotic Process Automation
(RPA) platform designed specifically for in vitro fertilization (IVF), has
raised over $12M in Series A financing alongside significant additions to its
corporate, scientific and advisory boards.
Brooks Automation, Inc. has acquired BioSpeciMan Corporation Biorepository
Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) is a leading worldwide provider of automation and cryogenic solutions for multiple markets including semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences. Brooks' technologies, engineering competencies and global service capabilities provide customers speed to market and ensure...
Regeneron Confirms New Chronic Liver Disease Drug Target Using Biobank Data
For the first time Regeneron has reported a variant in the HSD17B13 gene that is associated with reduced risk of, in other words protection from, various chronic liver diseases for which there are currently no approved therapeutics . The...
ISBER And The Biobank Branch, China Medicinal Biotech Association (BBCMBA) Sign Affiliate Agreement
The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) seeks to address the harmonization of scientific, technical, legal, and ethical issues relevant to repositories of biological and environmental specimens. The mission of ISBER as a global organization is to...
Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych Intends To Acquire Cryo-Save’s Stem Cell Banking Business
Esperite N.V. and Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych S.A. (PBKM) have announced that they have entered into an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the potential acquisition by PBKM of substantially all of Cryo-Save’s business related to stem cell banking. The...
Towards A Global Effort: Nightingale To Analyse Mexico City Prospective Study Blood Samples
Founded in 2013, Nightingale Health is a Finnish biotech company aiming to solve the world’s number one health issue - chronic diseases. With a proprietary blood analysis platform, the company can improve risk prediction of diseases such as cardiovascular...
Biobanking Science: Measuring Cell-Free Tumor DNA
Circulating cell-free tumor DNA (cfDNA) is released by solid tumors into the blood stream. There is a lot of interest among the medical and biobanking communities in using cfDNA as a relatively non-invasive way of predicting cancer prognosis and...
New Biorepository and GxP Archive Facility Opened by VWR
The global clinical trials and research outsourcing (CRO) market is expected to reach revenues of USD $64.58 billion by 2021 according to Frost & Sullivan. The clinical trials supply market in the USA alone has been estimated to be...
Autoscribe Informatics’ Matrix Gemini Biobanking Management System At The ABNA Conference
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating the Matrix Gemini Biobanking Management System at the Australasian Biospecimen Network Association Conference; The Art of Biobanking, on the 18th and 19th of October in Melbourne. Jodie Poole, the Autoscribe Informatics team’s newly appointed Technical...
