Center Valley, PA (USA) –– Avantor™ Performance Materials has added three new amino acids to its portfolio of J.T.Baker® brand amino acids, used in cell cultures, drug formulations and nutritional products. The company now offers all 20 standard amino acids needed by the human body to produce proteins. The new J.T.Baker® L-alanine, L-aspartic acid, and […]

Salzburg, Austria and Jena, Germany – Sony DADC BioSciences, the world leader in the manufacturing of microstructured polymer products, and SCHOTT AG, an international technology group with more than 125 years of experience in the areas of specialty glass, materials and advanced technologies, have pooled their expertise to develop a novel glass-polymer cell detection slide […]

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry announced today that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to turboFISH technology – A Method for Rapid Single Molecule RNA FISH. With this turboFISH license, Biosearch maintains exclusive access to continuing Stellaris® RNA FISH […]

INDIANAPOLIS AND EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – Synpromics, the synthetic promoter company, announces an important collaboration with Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), to develop Synpromics’ proprietary technology for application in plant science. An initial proof of concept project with Dow AgroSciences has commenced to demonstrate the application of Synpromics’ […]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND – Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of oligonucleotide reagents, is launching its high-end Link+ range at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS), which takes place in Naples, Italy, from 6-8 October. Manufactured to the highest available industry specification, Link+ will offer customers a collection of premium phosphoramidites to […]

MADISON, Wis. — Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) (Nasdaq:ICEL), announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued Patent No. 8,546,140 entitled “Methods for the Production of iPS Cells Using Non-Viral Approach” on October 1. The newly issued patent relates to the method by which adult tissue cells, such as blood or skin, are […]

Ipswich, MA – New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®), which filed suit against Enzymatics and three former NEB employees for stealing its intellectual property, intends to appeal today’s decision by the Massachusetts Superior Court after the court declined to rule on the merits of the case, because of a technicality about the timing of when the […]

Madison, WI USA. — Promega Corporation announced today the launch of the ROS-Glo™ H2O2 Assay. A non-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-dependent, plate-based bioluminescent assay for detecting reactive oxygen species (ROS), ROS-Glo H2O2 Assay is designed to specifically detect hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in both enzyme and cell-based applications. The ROS-Glo H2O2 Assay measures the activity of enzymes that […]

NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – HUREL® Corporation (“Hurel”), a world-leading provider of advanced tissue constructs and microfluidic cell-based assay platforms for pre-clinical drug development, today announced that it has entered into a multi-phase Research and Development collaboration with Sanofi US Services Inc. (“Sanofi US”). Sanofi, an integrated global healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions […]

Los Angeles, CA — Extreme Peptide, an online company that specializes in providing researchers with high quality custom peptides, protein expressions, and chemicals, recently announced that its newest website changes are now in effect. The company’s website upgrades include the creation of a simpler navigation system and the addition of detailed company and product descriptions. […]