Applied DNA Sciences

Newsletters March 25, 2020

No. 486: On mega-moons, linear DNA and innovative immigrant services – and yes, lots of coronavirus stuff

The unusual: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of another weird and wild workweek, as the Great Coronavirus Pandemic continues to reshape our world and the regional and global innovation economies scramble to keep up. Please celebrate alone: It’s March 25 out there, the U.N.’s International Day of Solidarity With Missing or Detained Staff Members, which is actually about U.N. employees who made the ultimate sacrifice, but seems oddly redefined today. To…

Earnings March 16, 2020

Chembio eyes comeback with new CEO, new resources

CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS INC. Headquarters: Medford Industry: Healthcare Nasdaq: CEMI Reporting Date: March 12, 2020 Reporting Quarter: 4Q FY2019 Quarter Ended: Dec. 31, 2019 Numbers: Total fourth-quarter revenues ($6.9 million, down 11.8 percent), net product sales ($5.5 million, down 5.9 percent) and license/royalty/R&D/grant revenue ($1.4 million, down 29.4 percent) fell year-over-year, with the company’s quarterly net loss (increasing from $3.2 million in 4Q FY2018 to $3.9 million, or 23 cents per diluted share) following along….

Newsletters March 6, 2020

No. 481: In which aspirin arrives, coronavirus hits home and microbes pig out

Week strain: It’s been a stressful five days, dear readers, with the crashing stock markets and global pandemics, but you’ve persevered again – another Friday reached, another weekend on tap. Well done. It’s March 6 out there, and a fairly busy day on Planet Earth: Independence Day in Ghana, Foundation Day across the Norfolk Islands and Europe’s Day of the Righteous, honoring those who choose a moral path. Culture clash: Here in the States,…

Newsletters March 4, 2020

No. 480: On coronavirus, coronavirus and coronavirus – and introducing our 2020 Master of Innovation

Don’t worry, we washed our hands: Put ’er there, dear readers, and welcome to Wednesday, as we hurtle the hump of this latest busy (and blessedly spring-like) winter workweek. It’s March 4 out there – St. Casimir’s Day, honoring the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania, and National Pound Cake Day, celebrating the world’s most versatile cake. Strong language: It’s also National Grammar Day, a celebration of proper written and verbal grammar, desperately needed…

Biotech March 2, 2020

Island firm speeds coronavirus vaccines toward tests

By GREGORY ZELLER // Just weeks after announcing an expanded international collaboration targeting the menacing novel coronavirus, Applied DNA Sciences is preparing to mass-produce four potential vaccines. Leveraging the Stony Brook-based biotech’s unique DNA-manufacturing abilities, Rome, Italy-based Takis Biotech will test potential vaccines against the coronavirus (now going by COVID-19) in laboratory mice, on a large scale. Applied DNA expects delivery of four DNA-based “preclinical vaccine candidates” from Takis this month, and “within weeks” will…

Newsletters February 21, 2020

No. 477: In which the Suffolk IDA incentivizes and the double helix debuts – plus, sticky buns for all!

Just a word or two: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up another busy workweek and look forward to another well-earned weekend. It’s Feb. 21 out there, and before we begin, please speak up – today is International Mother Language Day, the U.N.’s multicultural salute to linguistic diversity. Going to extremes: Today is also National Grain-Free Day (a big one for the low-carb set) and National Sticky Buns Day (not so much)….

Newsletters February 14, 2020

No. 475: Love is in the air – along with Ferris wheels, podcasts and ‘mega sports’

We heart you: You’ve done it again, dear reader – another workweek conquered, another Friday reached, and for that, you have our undying affection. It’s Feb. 14 out there, which in addition to Valentine’s Day brings several annual celebrations: National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day (makes sense), National Condom Day (ditto) and Frederick Douglass Day (which you might not have thought of, but the famed abolitionist’s actual birthdate is unknown and he chose Feb. 14, so…

Biotech February 13, 2020

Applied DNA to speed up coronavirus countermeasures

By GREGORY ZELLER // Look out, coronavirus – Applied DNA is coming for you. Adding to its growing portfolio of cutting-edge Polymerase Chain Reaction-based projects, Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences is expanding its Joint Development Agreement with Italian R&D company Takis Biotech, with the headline-making 2019-nCoV in their sights. Already hot on the trail of new cancer vaccines, the partners will now work on a “linear DNA” vaccine against the dreaded Wuhan, China-based illness that’s…

Newsletters October 25, 2019

No. 449: Braving the rebrand, locking down opioids and building a better Manufacturers’ Symposium

Almost there: You’ve made it this far, dear readers, and congratulations for that, as we wind down another busy workweek and look ahead to another well-earned autumnal weekend. Shoe ins: It’s Oct. 25 on Long Island and around the world, and before we dive in, welcome aboard new newsletter subscribers Judy, Michael, Wayne, Lee, Lloyd, Gordon, Holly, Maryellen, Raymond, Sai, Richard, Stephen, Eric and Tim. If any of you had Crispin and Crispian, the…

Newsletters October 23, 2019

No. 448: In which the Earth ages, Applied DNA’s patents proliferate and Marvel gets super-Sirius

Turning point: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hurtle the hump and steam into the latter half of this latest busy workweek. Holy moly: It’s Oct. 23 out there, and you certainly don’t need us to tell you this, but it’s Mole Day, celebrated internationally (at 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. precisely) by chemists and design/tech types. Of course, at those times, on this date, in the American style of date-writing, it’s 6:02…

Biotech October 22, 2019

Pending patent a cellulosic score for Applied DNA

By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based biotech on the leading edge of DNA-based product authentication is about to add another U.S. patent to its growing collection. Applied DNA Sciences, which has raced to the front of the Polymerase Chain Reaction-based forensic-traceability field, has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its “Methods of Marking Cellulosic Products” – meaning its application to patent the technique has been allowed, and…

Biotech September 19, 2019

‘Linear DNA’ combo shows punch in cancer fight

By GREGORY ZELLER // Mark another impressive victory for LineaRX, this time in a two-front battle against cancer. The Stony Brook-based biotech with innovation in its DNA (literally) has lent its unique DNA-sequencing technology to two vaccine-candidate tests run by Italian R&D company Takis Biotech, which is hot on the trail of new therapeutic cancer vaccines. It might be catching up. On Thursday, LineaRX announced that both vaccines – each produced in “linear DNA” form…

Newsletters September 6, 2019

No. 435: Kicking off, sinking vs. swimming and justice for all (fraud victims, that is)

End run: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and the last leg of this busy late-summer workweek. It’s Sept. 6 out there, and if you had the Mayflower departing Plymouth, England, and setting a course for history on this date in 1620, well done! A half-crown and two shillings for you; please contact our Awards Department for more information. Are you ready for some football? It’s Unification Day in Bulgaria and Armed Forces Day in…

Biotech September 5, 2019

Down is up at Applied DNA, with the good stuff

By GREGORY ZELLER // An aggressive Long Island biotech is getting down, literally, with another global textiles supplier. Stony Brook-based supply-chain security specialist Applied DNA Sciences announced Thursday a new sales and marketing partnership with Navarpluma, a premier supplier of down and feathers to worldwide textiles manufacturers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this latest collaboration with an international partner will see Applied DNA’s SigNature DNA molecular-tracking system applied to Navarpluma’s products, which…

Newsletters August 16, 2019

No. 430: Growing up fast, helping Northwell’s ‘dependents’ and plugging Innovation Park

In country: You’ve done it again, intrepid innovator – another workweek in the books, another weekend on tap. It’s Aug. 16 on Long Island and around the world – and soon to be Friday Night in Dixie, as noted by Rhett Atkins. The hills are alive: To our readers in Kyoto, a blessed Gozan no Okuribi, the traditional Aug. 16 “send-off fire” concluding Japan’s annual Obon festival and ushering visiting spirits back to the…

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