Heidelberg, Germany – Medicyte has now started operational activities to provide and qualify different types of upcyte® liver cells for use in the multi-international Hepatic Microfluidic Bioreactor (HeMiBio) project. HeMiBio is an artificial liver that may be more predictive for human liver toxicity and liver metabolism of drugs than current in vitro and animal models. […]

Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Accuri Cytometers, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company that develops and manufactures personal flow cytometers for researchers. The acquisition expands BD’s presence into the emerging affordable personal flow cytometer space, and […]

Bristol, UK, Sydney and Newcastle, Australia – Ascent Scientific together with Children’s Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle today announced that they have entered into a license, supply and distribution agreement for a range of small molecule dynamin inhibitors for research – these are novel tools for investigating cellular processes. The agreement was […]

South San Francisco, California – Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry has purchased the IonFlux 16 automated patch clamp instrument. The IonFlux system will enable detailed studies of nanoparticle membrane disruption, a novel application for automated patch clamp instruments that are typically used for the characterization of ion […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for StemPro® MSC SFM — a first for this next-generation stem cell culture medium that is now cleared as a medical device and satisfies a crucial requirement for researchers involved in clinical trials in the United States. The StemPro […]

MADISON, Wis. – In addition to reliable high efficiency transfection reagents, Mirus Bio has expanded its transfection expertise with the development of the Reagent Agent(SM) – a new online tool designed to determine the best solution for delivery of any nucleic acid into any cell type, including hard-to-transfect cell lines and primary cells. Search results […]

North Billerica, MA – Seahorse Bioscience, Inc., the leader in the design and development of instruments for assessing cellular bioenergetics, has announced In Vitro Technologies Pty Ltd as the new distributor of Seahorse XF Analyzers and consumables in Australia and New Zealand. Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzers provide the first and only kinetic method to measure […]

Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce the NEW CL-200 Dual Channel Bipolar Temperature Controller for automatic control of two Peltier devices. Accurately maintaining temperatures between -6° and 65°C with a single control, this model features a feedback thermistor switch that allows the user to select which thermistor is used for feedback control. Built-in protection for […]

St. Louis, MO. – Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), today announced the addition of new genetically modified cancer cells to the Company’s range of high-quality cell lines. These human knockout and knock-in oncology cell lines, created using Sigma’s proprietary CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology which […]