BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany – Miltenyi Biotec, the only company to offer a seamless experimental integration path from sample preparation through cell separation, culture, and analysis for primary cells, today entered into a strategic alliance with TeutoCell, a provider of cutting edge cell culture technology. The new partnership will broaden that experimental integration path to include […]

Milford, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences (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 announced it has added lyophilization capabilities to produce high-purity reagent grade HSA (human serum albumin) in powder form. SeraCare has provided powder-form HSA for […]

PARK CITY, UT – Biotechnology company Fluoresentric, Inc. announces its real-time PCR dedicated sample preparation kits, Direct-2-PCR™, BACT-2-PCR™, and HiT-4-PCR™ which are significant improvements to existing products. Each kit is specifically designed to rapidly isolate DNA or RNA in buffers specifically formulated to perform exceptionally with real-time PCR detection, quantification, and genotyping applications. Direct-2-PCR™ (store.fluoresentric.com) […]

STRASBOURG, France – Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company developing innovative technologies for molecular and cellular biology, announced today that ExcellGene SA, a privately held company providing rapid and low-cost solutions for protein manufacturing and process development based on mammalian cells to the Pharma/Biotech industry, has signed an extended supply agreement for Polyplus-transfection polyethylenimine (PEI) based […]

Shanghai, China — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today opened its state-of-the-art Biopharmaceutical Technical and Training Center in Shanghai, China. The 2,500 square meter facility will provide support, training and validation services to EMD Millipore’s biopharmaceutical customers with operations in China. “We are responding to China’s commitment to strengthen […]

Boston, MA – PEGS Summit: DNA2.0 today announced that it will offer third-party genetic constructs through the company’s groundbreaking gene assembly and design application, Gene Designer. The Rhamex™ protein expression systems from Xbrane Bioscience will be the first commercial constructs that users will be able to access and order directly through Gene Designer. In addition […]

LEXINGTON, Ky., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Transposagen) and System Biosciences (SBI), both leaders in genetic modification technology, have announced a non-exclusive marketing and distribution agreement between the two biotechnology companies involving Transposagen’s piggyBac™ technology. The piggyBac™ Genetic Modification System enables researchers to: •Alter the genomes of numerous animal species with a […]

West Chester, Pennsylvania, Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc., (MTTI) announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from the Massachusetts General Hospital for novel fluorescence dyes developed by Scott Hilderbrand, Ph.D., Fangwei Shao, Ph.D., and Ralph Weissleder, Ph.D. M.D.. Dr. Scott Hilderbrand, Principal Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School said, “Due to the […]

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today the introduction of a new RNA reagent for use in developing advanced therapeutic medicines. The new product, the Burdick & Jackson rBMI activator, is designed to help laboratories reduce the use of costly amidites, critical ingredients used in the process of making RNA-based medicines, without reducing RNA […]

London – Sistemic Ltd and Roslin Cells Ltd today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the development of new technologies for the standardisation of the manufacture of stem cells for their use in cell therapy and drug development screening. Both parties believe that only through the development of stem cell standardisation can the full […]