Stratos Genomics Raises $4M in Series A Financing to Develop Low-Cost Sequencing Technology

Startup Stratos Genomics said this week that it has closed a $4 million Series A financing round to continue to develop its low-cost sequencing method for whole-genome analysis and molecular diagnostics.

Lease Up/Lease Down (Sept. 5-11): Whirlpool & Deloitte Expand, Monsanto Downsizes

CoStar compiles news of company expansions and relocations, as well as consolidations, closures and layoffs. Look for Lease Up and Lease Down every week, to stay updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate. In this week's issue...

Reportlinker Adds Molecular Diagnostics - Technologies, Markets and Companies

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

New Two-Hour TB Test

JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.

Bach hopes for gene doping test at 2012 Olympics

Berlin - International Olympic Committee vice-president Thomas Bach believes that a test method to detect gene doping will bea big deterrent and may be used at the 2012 London Olympics.