Billerica, MA, EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that the company will be the initial distributor of HepaRG(TM) human hepatic cells from Biopredic. HepaRG cells, derived from a hepatocellular carcinoma, are supplied as cryopreserved, terminally differentiated cells and express major liver specific functions including Cytochrome P450 enzymes […]

Solon, Ohio, AMRESCO, LLC, a company offering a diverse range of biochemicals and reagents for life sciences, has added ZYP-5052, Autoinduction Media to their product line. The formulation, based on the work of Dr. Studier at Brookhaven National Laboratory, simplifies culture handling by utilizing differential metabolism of sugars by E. coli to automatically induce protein […]

Gothenburg – Vitrolife is a global biotechnology/medical device Group that works with developing, manufacturing and selling advanced products and systems for the preparation, cultivation and storage of human cells, tissue and organs. The company has business activities within three product areas: Fertility, Transplantation and Stem Cell Cultivation. The Fertility product area works with nutrient solutions […]

Ann Arbor, MI – 3D Biomatrix, a leader in the development of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture products, is proud to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with DivBioScience to market and sell the company’s Perfecta3D(TM) Hanging Drop Plates. The Hanging Drop Plates are designed to simplify and streamline spheroid formation, culture, and subsequent […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Firefly BioWorks, Inc., a developer of instrument-independent multiplexed assays, announced today the closing of a $2M private placement offering. Proceeds from this financing will be used to execute the company’s commercial strategy, by launching an early access program with leading academic and industrial partners. “We are very pleased that our offering was so well […]

KENT, Ohio–Each year, food-borne pathogens cause an estimated 48 million illnesses (affecting one in six people), 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Variant E. coli strains in ground beef and lettuce, Salmonella in turkey and chicken, and Listeria in cantaloupe and romaine lettuce have sparked widespread recalls […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and IPSWICH, Mass.– SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products and services for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, announced that they have partnered with New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) to create a new dual reporter assay system that leverages the unique advantages of SwitchGear’s LightSwitch™ Luciferase Assay System and […]

AMSBIO has added mouse Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (mLIF) to its extensive range of stem cell research products. Functionally tested with mouse ES cells, the affordably-priced AMSBIO recombinant mLIF combines both high quality and high activity. Mouse Leukemia Inhibitory Factor is a lymphoid factor involved in a number of biological processes including neural and hematopoietic cell […]

Madison, WI – BellBrook Labs developed the EPIGEN Methyltransferase Assayearlier this year to enable screening for inhibitors of methyltransferases (MTs), a family of chromatin modifying enzymes that has recently become the focus of intense drug discovery efforts. Although other MT assay methods were available, none of them had the right combination of HTS compatibility and […]

MALVERN, Pa.– Reaction Biology Corporation (“RBC”), a leading contract research organization providing drug discovery services in epigenetics, today announced the rollout of a new product line, recombinant proteins for epigenetic research. RBC’s initial offerings will emphasize the histone methyltransferases (HMTs), including exclusive targets for which there has been no previous commercial source. The enzymes offered […]