FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, and its joint venture partner, Sciex, a division of MDS Inc.’s Analytical Technologies business, (NYSE:MDZ, TSX:MDS), today announced a new instrument system and software designed to assist the growing number of life scientists involved in biomarker research. An updated release of the Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX 4800 MALDI TOF/TOF™ mass spectrometer and enhancements to ProteinPilot™ software, which augments the performance of the 4800 Plus, is expected to help scientists gain deeper quantitative insight into the study of proteomics.
