Regenerative Medicine to Study Parthenogenetic Stem Cells OCEANSIDE, Calif.–International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB: ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com announced today that it is collaborating with renowned stem cell researcher Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D., and the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA) to study parthenogenetic stem cells and potentially therapeutic cells that can be derived from them. ISCO has […]

Roche’s CIM-Plate 16 Enables Real-Time Analysis of Cell Migration on the xCELLigence System PENZBERG, Germany–Roche Applied Science (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) announces the availability of the new CIM-Plate 16 for their xCELLigence System for cell analysis, for use in cancer research. The 16-well culture plate features electronic sensors for the direct study of cell […]

Dynamic, Intelligent Workflow Saves Hours of Analysis Time Orange County, Calif. — Beckman Coulter Inc. announces the introduction of its Kaluza Flow Cytometry Analysis Software, a package that greatly reduces processing and analysis times, allowing researchers more time to explore their data. Kaluza Software features new tools that simplify the management of multiple complex data […]

Company Hosts Cell Therapy Summit to Discuss Best Practices for Bringing Therapeutics to Market CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today is hosting the 1st Annual Cell Therapy Industry Summit, gathering leaders from all areas of cell therapy to discuss best practices and opportunities for bringing potential life saving […]

South San Francisco, Calif. — Fluxion Biosciences introduces a new microplate for its BioFlux live cell imaging workstations, extending their shear flow limits to simulate a variety of pathological vascular conditions. With the new High Shear Plate, the BioFlux systems can be an effective tool in thrombosis and platelet studies, cardiovascular and immunological drug screening […]

Homogeneous Fluorescence-based Assay for Detecting Intracellular Calcium Mobilisation Amsbio’s Screen Quest™ Calcium Assay kit provides a homogeneous fluorescence-based assay for detecting intracellular calcium mobilisation across a broad spectrum of biological targets. Calcium signaling is a key event in many physiological processes, but has also been linked to pathways that are important in cancer, much as […]

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com announced today that it had made important strategic changes in its management team to leverage its growing opportunities in the therapeutic and research product markets. The Company’s current Board Member and Executive Vice-President, Dr. Andrey Semechkin, will become CEO on November 15, 2009, and Brian Lundstrom, […]

Leader in drug screening tools and technologies now has local sales teams in China and South Korea Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France – Cisbio Bioassays (www.htrf.com), a member of IBA group and global developer of HTRF® (Homogeneous Time-Resolved Fluorescence) technology and services used in assay development and drug screening, today announced that it has established sales operations in […]

Less Expensive, More Reliable Rodent Panel Offers Both Predictivity and Mechanistic Profiles PITTSBURGH–Cellumen, Inc., a discovery and early safety assessment company, today announced that its in vitro Rat Hepatocyte Early Safety Assessment Panel provides increased predictivity for human drug induced liver injury (DILI) equivalent to that of a recently published panel comprised of human hepatocytes. […]

SEATTLE — Glencoe Software, Inc., the commercial arm of the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) Consortium (https://openmicroscopy.org), is proud to announce its collaboration with the American Society of Cell Biology’s exciting new project titled “The Cell: An Image Library.” The ASCB has been awarded a $2.5M stimulus grant through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Grand […]