Madison, WI – BellBrook labs, an innovative developer of drug discovery tools, is seeking out collaborative scientific and commercial partners in cases where further development or commercialization of a technology is outside of the company’s core capabilities. The company develops technologies for both cellular and biochemical HTS assays. The company’s iuvo™ microchannel array platform, developed […]

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences, (NYSE: GE) and Cellectis Group (Alternext: ALCLS), the global genome engineering specialist, announced today that GE Healthcare has licenced Cellectis to develop, manufacture and sell models derived from stem cells for use in drug discovery and toxicity screening. The agreement follows the announcement that GE Healthcare […]

LITTLE ROCK, AK – Vivione Biosciences Corporation (TSXV:VBI) today announced a new three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). The focus of the CRADA is to expand the capability of Vivione’s RAPID-B™ diagnostic system. The Vivione RAPID-B™ system is a revolutionary high-performance […]

SANTA ANA, California — Irvine Scientific, a strategic manufacturer of cell culture media, announced today the expansion of their cell therapy product portfolio with the launch of new media and recombinant growth factors. The product line is designed to provide an integrated workflow solution for the culture of human stem cells and primary cells. In […]

NEWARK, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), a leading stem cell company developing novel cell-based therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that Greg Schiffman will join its executive team as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance, effective January 1, 2014. In his new role, Mr. Schiffman will be responsible […]

Belfast — The location of the site where autophagosomal membranes are created within the cell has been the subject of two competing models for many years. Now, a group of researchers from Osaka University led by Prof. Maho Hamasaki has located the origin of autophagosomes within the cell and shown that neither model is correct. […]

VANCOUVER – STEMCELL Technologies announced today that the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) will provide up to $1.5 million in financial support for the development of cell isolation technology that will further basic and translational HIV research as well as broader research in infectious disease. Despite significant progress in understanding […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Safer and more effective anticancer drugs may soon be developed thanks to a Small Business Innovation Research contract recently awarded to HemoShear by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). HemoShear, LLC, is the pharmaceutical industry’s leading developer of the most advanced human biology systems for […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX), an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenge of drug resistant organisms and hospital acquired infections, announced today that Mark C. Miller has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Miller currently serves as Executive Chairman and director of Stericycle (NASDAQ: […]

MADISON, WIS. — Cellular Dynamics International (CDI; Nasdaq:ICEL), announced today that the company has received the Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to create a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) biobank from 3,000 individuals. Receipt of the NGA signifies the entry into a definitive agreement with CIRM […]