Hudson, New York – Taconic announced that it has officially launched CRISPR gene editing technology after receiving a license under certain patents from The Broad Institute. The Broad Institute patent represents the first granted patent for use of CRISPR technology in eukaryotic cells and is based on work by Dr. Feng Zhang in a paper […]

GE’s most biologically relevant human cell model for improved compound safety profiling Identifying potential cardiotoxicity as early as possible in the drug development process can reduce the risk of costly program failures and minimize health risks. Cytiva™ Plus provides a high fidelity human heart cell model that is available in quantities compatible with screening, enabling […]

Lexington, KY — Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., based in Lexington, KY, has announced the issuing of Patent No. 8,722,964 entitled, “Genetically Engineered or Transgenic Rats Exhibiting a Cancer Phenotype Due to a Disruption of Germline Tumor Suppressor Genes” on May 13th. The patent has terms extending through October 22, 2030. The patent covers all genetically modified […]

The study, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), tests whether resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and red grapes, may be beneficial to patients suffering from mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Resveratrol has been shown to have multiple benefits for people with common illnesses associated with aging, but its […]

Porvair Sciences has announced a new 5-layer cell culture flask developed to fulfil the need of the growing number of applications that require large numbers of cells. While single layer flasks are well proven for small-scale cell culture scale up, their use can become laborious and time-consuming when large numbers of cells are required. Offering […]

INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS — Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today an exclusive manufacturing license and supply agreement that will allow Sigma-Aldrich to manufacture and supply zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) reagents for use with EXZACT TM Precision Technology. Under the […]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND — Link Technologies Ltd (www.linktech.co.uk), a specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has announced the availability of a novel vitamin modifier, which has shown in initial tests to have the potential of improving cell delivery of oligonucleotides. The new reagent, 5’-Niacin-CE Phosphoramidite, is easily incorporated during solid phase oligo synthesis. The niacin-based modifier from Link […]

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — Today at its first annual Mid-Atlantic User Group Meeting Hepregen Corporation, a leader in the development of next generation HepatoPac(TM) and HepatoMune(TM) cell-based in vitro assay products, announced the commercial launch of the company’s first rat HepatoPac(TM) kit designed specifically for toxicology applications. The kit contains one or more standard 96-well […]

Rockville, Maryland — This new method, marketed under the S-PLEX brand, is 1000 times more sensitive than existing ELISA technologies, and enables measurements of biomarkers that were previously not possible. The results reported at the AAPS conference demonstrate detection limits well below 1 fg/mL, which rivals any immunoassay available today. “We are extremely pleased to […]