PARIS and SEATTLE – Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement with Pregenen, an American biotechnology start-up company dedicated to the creation of innovative tools for genome engineering. Pregenen is a spinoff from the Northwest Genome Engineering Consortium, a group that brings in renowned international researchers […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime, Inc. /quotes/zigman/219441/quotes/nls/btx BTX -3.74% today announced the appointment of its Vice President of Business Development, William P. Tew, Ph.D., to the additional position of Chief Commercial Officer. Dr. Tew will be responsible for the commercial operations of the BioTime family of companies and for near-term product development activities. Dr. Tew’s commercial […]

In compliance with ASX Continuing Disclosure Rules, Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to report that it has now executed a Settlement and License Agreement with Navigenics Inc. (“Navigenics”) of Foster City, California. Navigenics was a counterparty to the Company’s recently announced patent infringement suit filed in the District Court of Colorado […]

IRVINE, Calif. – GeneTex, a leading manufacturer of high quality antibodies, is pleased to announce that they will be launching a full line of zebrafish antibodies. Zebrafish have been increasingly utilized as a model organism for scientific research. Due to their short lifecycles and relatively large clutch sizes, they are a useful model for genetic […]

Fremont CA – Since its introduction, AnaSpec, EGT Group’s product line of SensoLyte® 520 MMP Assay Kits has become the new standard in MMP assay sensitivity. These fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based assay kits utilizing the 5-FAM/QXL™ 520 are some of the most sensitive and brightest lines of MMP assay kits in the world. AnaSpec […]

Madison, WI USA – Promega Corporation announced today the launch of highly sensitive bioluminescent assays for the measurement of the relative activities of histone deacetylases (HDAC) for basic research, screening and drug discovery. The new HDAC-Glo(TM) and SIRT-Glo(TM) Assays and Screening Systems use a single-reagent-addition, add-mix-measure protocol for easy implementation in bench top to high […]

Sydney, Australia – NuSep (ASX: NSP) wishes to advise the market that it has signed a new three year Gels distribution agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific. This agreement has a minimum guaranteed purchases commitment of US$850,000 over the first 15 months. This distribution agreement will provide access to NuSep’s nUView gels in the Bio-Rad and […]

MADISON, Wis. – Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced the online publication of an article in the journal Blood demonstrating for the first time a methodology for researchers to access the biology stored in repositories of banked blood samples through the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). According to the article, entitled “Human lymphoblastoid […]

CAMDEN, N.J. – Coriell Institute for Medical Research announced today the availability of powerful new stem cells to the scientific research community. These cells – called induced pluripotent stem cells – possess many of the important properties of embryonic stem cells. However, they bypass controversy as they can be made from skin cells or blood […]

MILFORD, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today acknowledged the receipt of an unsolicited offer from MSMB Capital proposing to purchase all of the outstanding shares of SeraCare for $4.25 per […]