Cellometer Auto X4 Offers Fluorescence-Assisted Automated Cell Counting Functionality For Primary Samples and Viability Measurements, Ensuring Fast, Accurate and Repeatable Results LAWRENCE, Mass.–Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, provider of innovative devices and instruments for cell-based assays in cancer research and drug discovery, today announced it continues to expand its line of Cellometer automated cell counters with the […]

ALAMEDA, Calif.–BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTIM) announced today that it has initiated shipments of stem cell research products to its worldwide distributor, Millipore Corporation, according to the terms of the co-marketing agreement between the two companies that was announced on July 9, 2009. BioTime has shipped inventory of six ACTCellerate™ progenitor cell lines to Millipore and […]

European CE Mark for a Full Range of Its Complete (Protein Supplemented) Human Embryo Culture Media and Andrology Products SANTA ANA, Calif.–Irvine Scientific, a leader in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) announced today that it has received CE mark for a full range of its media designed for ART: Complete P-1® Medium with DSS™, Blastocyst Freeze […]

LENEXA, KS–XenoTech L.L.C., specialists in evaluation of drug candidates in vitro, is proud to introduce the latest innovation in the field of cryopreserved pooled human hepatocytes: CryostaX™. CryostaX™ is the largest single-freeze pool of cryopreserved human hepatocytes. This patent-pending single-freeze product offers large lots of hepatocytes that allow long-term predictable results. Like all of the […]

Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $100,000 from the National Institutes of Health. This 1-year funded project will enable the Company to further expand its cell motility assay product line into the High Througput Screening (HTS) market. By implementing modifications […]

Washington, D.C. – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today its intention to make a recommended cash takeover offer, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, to acquire all of the issued and to be issued shares of Genetix Group plc (GTX:AIM) for 85 pence per share implying an aggregate price of approximately GBP £50 million (USD $82 […]

Paris — Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis S.A. (Alternext: ALCLS), has today announced the launch of cGPS® Custom HEK293, its first research kit that can be used on cell lines derived from human material. The new cGPS® Custom kit will allow scientists to control the expression of any […]

Singapore — Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I.F), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has selected its proprietary Tunable Green Fiber Laser (TGFL) for research in flow cytometry. The TGFL is […]

Oxford UK — ProImmune Ltd., a leader in epitope discovery, immunogenicity and immune monitoring products and services has launched CFSE T cell proliferation assays for immunogenicity risk assessment. The new highly sensitive assays form part of ProImmune’s REVEAL™ Immunogenicity System, a suite of tools used in the design and selection of biological drugs at the […]

Agreement bolsters substantive cellular analysis product line Orange County, Calif. — Beckman Coulter, Inc. and CompuCyte Corporation have entered into a five-year global distribution agreement, under the terms of which Beckman Coulter will have the right to distribute CompuCyte laser scanning cytometers in cellular analysis markets worldwide. Beckman Coulter will maintain exclusive distribution rights for […]