Cambridge and London, UK, : Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has established a Center of Excellence (CoE) for gene editing with Washington University in St Louis and the BRIGHT Institute. One of the leading genome sequencing facilities in the world, Washington […]

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) – Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in genome customization and commercial subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), announces that it has been awarded a contract to provide services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies. This multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, has a maximum order limit […]

Cyprotex PLC (AIM:CRX), the preclinical ADME-Tox services company, today announces a new licensing agreement with Sigma® Life Science (“Sigma”), the innovative biological products and services business of Sigma Aldrich® Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL). Sigma Life Science has applied its exclusive CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease technology to the ADME-Tox field to create a range of proprietary cell-based assays […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Immundiagnostik AG today announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine clinical analysis. The collaboration […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. and CORALVILLE, IA – RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, and Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) Inc., the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, today announced a collaboration focused on consumables specifically tailored to perform the fast-growing application of digital PCR. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will work together on the […]

Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) advises that, in conjunction with its assertion partner Sheridan Ross P.C., the Company has filed patent infringement suits in respect of its non-coding DNA technologies against the following entities in the following jurisdictions: ? Genesis Genetics Institute, L.L.C. (filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District […]

ST. LOUIS, — Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, initiated a licensing program aimed at contract research organizations (CROs) and pharmaceutical companies for its novel CompoZr® Transporter Knockout Cell Lines for preclinical ADME screening and safety studies. Complete functional knockouts of transporters in the […]

CARLSBAD, CA — International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB:ISCO) www.internationalstemcell.com) (“ISCO” or “the Company”), a California-based biotechnology company focused on therapeutic and research products, today announced that its subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology (LCT), will begin selling products through Fisher Scientific, Inc.’s (“Fisher Scientific”) online catalogue as an Encompass Preferred Supplier. Typically large pharmaceutical companies buy research […]

BELLINGHAM, Wash.–dissolving dust-free grade (DF) Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS). Two manufacturing processes, chemical synthesis and enzyme conversion, make up current worldwide acrylamide production. Chemical synthesis of acrylamide involves adding water to acrylonitrile, usually catalyzed by the addition of Copper (Cu+). This widely used production method carries three significant disadvantages including poor yield, unwanted polymerization or […]

SAN DIEGO and ST. LOUIS, — Assay Depot and Rare Genomics Institute have joined together in a unique partnership with 19 life science companies to launch the first Rare Disease Science Challenge: Be HEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries). Rare diseases affect over 25 million Americans, yet less than five percent of the 7,000 […]