Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) subsidiary, Mediatech, Inc., and Biological Industries, Ltd. (BI) announced an agreement to enable cell therapy research and manufacturing organizations to purchase the innovative, xeno-free human pluripotent stem-cell (hPSC) medium in conjunction with Corning’s other leading stem-cell culture products. “This product augments our growing portfolio of media and reagents, and our technical […]

AMSBIO has introduced new cell lines and controls for Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) research, and to test inhibitors of the PD-1 / PD-L1 pathway. The binding of PD-1, a receptor expressed on activated T-cells, to its ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2) negatively regulates immune responses. PD-1 ligands are highly expressed in many cancers, and […]

Venlo, The Netherlands, – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced the successful completion of the conditional, voluntary public tender offer for the shares in Exiqon A/S, a world leader in RNA technology. The extended Offer Period expired yesterday, on 22 June 2016, at 23.59 (CET). QIAGEN N.V. has in total received acceptances […]

Lophius’ new ready-to-coat MultiTrack microtiter plates are optimized to prepare and carry out ELISpot assays for research and diagnostic applications in the field of immunology, infectious diseases, transplantation, oncology and autoimmune diseases. Optimized for individual ELISpot assays, the MultiTrack plates allow maximum flexibility in assay configuration due to its Click-in frame with 12 x 8-well […]

New York, N.Y., and Hilden, Germany, – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced a collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine in a global study seeking insights on the prevalence of pathogens, including antimicrobial resistance, in urban environments. Starting today, researchers will simultaneously collect DNA and RNA samples from high-traffic areas in subway systems, […]

MILFORD, Mass. – Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced a joint effort with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute within Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to develop new methods of finding cancer markers and elucidating glycosylation pathways that could pave the way for new therapeutic strategies. As part of the research collaboration, […]

BERGISCH GLADBACH, – Miltenyi Biotec has extended its portfolio with the MACSPlex Exosome Kit, human. The fast and efficient process enables the characterization of 37 exosome surface markers in a single experiment. Studies indicate that the physiological significance of exosomes is not to be ignored. The molecular content that is passed from one cell to […]

Liege, Belgium – Diagenode, a high growth, innovative life sciences company that focuses in epigenetics and molecular diagnostics, announced that it has secured €7.5 million in financing. The additional capital includes an equity component provided by Epimède SA, SRIW SA, OBI SA and the Capricorn Health-tech Fund NV (CHF, Leuven, Belgium) which is managed by […]