CARLSBAD, Calif. – International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) (www.intlstemcell.com), the first company to perfect a method of creating human “parthenogenetic” stem cells derived from unfertilized human eggs, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology (Lifeline), grew 2011 first quarter product sales by 35% and gained well over 200 new customers compared with the […]

PARIS and SEATTLE – Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement with Pregenen, an American biotechnology start-up company dedicated to the creation of innovative tools for genome engineering. Pregenen is a spinoff from the Northwest Genome Engineering Consortium, a group that brings in renowned international researchers […]

IRVINE, Calif. – Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTC Markets: INKN), an innovative high technology innovation and development company announced today, that this week it will unveil and begin commercial sales of its first commercial product – the StemDisc 450, a unique cell culture product for the development and study of spheroid cells and tissues. Priced […]

Rostock, Germany – Cytocentrics, specializing in automated patch clamp and ion channel screening services, proudly announces the launch of the CytoPatch™ Instrument, a fully automated device for gigaseal patch clamp measurements in the whole cell configuration. Major innovations of the device include the true patch pipette resembling the manual patch clamp, a unique perfusion system […]

MADISON, Wis. – Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced the online publication of an article in the journal Blood demonstrating for the first time a methodology for researchers to access the biology stored in repositories of banked blood samples through the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). According to the article, entitled “Human lymphoblastoid […]

CAMDEN, N.J. – Coriell Institute for Medical Research announced today the availability of powerful new stem cells to the scientific research community. These cells – called induced pluripotent stem cells – possess many of the important properties of embryonic stem cells. However, they bypass controversy as they can be made from skin cells or blood […]

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Promega Corporation and ATCC (historically known as the American Type Culture Collection) have formed a partnership for the cell banking and bioproduction of cells to create a new line of bioluminescence-based drug discovery assays for biologics. In the partnership, ATCC will produce and authenticate cell banks and production lots of engineered and […]

MILL VALLEY, Calif. – BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell®FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1oC/minute in a […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Andrey Semechkin, Ph.D., CEO of International Stem Cell Corporation (“ISCO”) announced today that Kurt May, a highly experienced senior business executive and biotechnology entrepreneur, is concluding his service as a faculty member at the University of San Diego’s School of Business Administration and is joining ISCO as a Senior Vice President. Mr. […]

Penzberg, Germany – The xCELLigence RTCA System of Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is being used in the European Union’s DETECTIVE (“Detection of endpoints and biomarkers for repeated dose toxicity using in vitro systems”) Project, a joint study funded by the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) and the European Commission, where Roche is a member […]