CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, offers a completely confidential custom gene synthesis service. By manufacturing any genes, including hard-to-clone sequences, IDT provides a cost-effective service, eliminating the outlay for construction, cloning, and sequencing. In addition, each gene undergoes design, review and consultation, codon optimization, and sequence verification […]

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has been issued a patent on its “single-blastomere” technique. Patent Number 7,893,315 broadly covers ACT’s proprietary single-blastomere technology that provides a non-destructive alternative for deriving human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines. “Of the […]

SALT LAKE CITY – Sorenson Forensics today launched its new Investigative Law Enforcement Ancestry DNA Test (Investigative LEADSM), putting cutting-edge genetic profiling expertise into the hands of investigators trying to identify unknown criminal suspects and victims. The forensics company unveiled Investigative LEADSM during the American Academy of Forensic Science Conference in Chicago held during the […]

Glasgow, Scotland – Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS), for research and molecular diagnostics applications, today announced the launch of its first research use only (RUO) multiplex assay system which allows precious […]

ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), the world’s largest and most diverse bioresource center, offers primary cardiomyocytes isolated from adult human tissue. Unlike cardiomyocytes derived from human ES or iPS cells, these heart muscle cells propagate in culture with high viability and plating efficiency. ATCC Cardiomyocytes are ideal for research related to heart disease, tissue regeneration, […]

SEATTLE, Wash. – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the first fixed-panel assay product to be developed on its Copy Number Variation (CNV) detection platform – the nCounter® Human Karyotype Panel. Researchers can use […]

Chalfont St.Giles – GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that on 1 April 2011, Kieran Murphy will be promoted to succeed current Life Sciences President and CEO Peter Ehrenheim who will retire from GE after a transition period on July 31 2011. Kieran is currently GE Healthcare’s Head of Global […]

Fremont, CA, United States – AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group, is pleased to offer two recombinant proteins for use in Neurodegenerative Disease Research, ?-synuclein (SNCA) and ?-synuclein (SNCB). Both ?-synuclein and ?-synuclein are expressed and purified from E. coli. ?-Synuclein is a 140-amino acid long recombinant protein (GenBank Accession # NP_000336) and ?-synuclein is 134-amino acid long […]

AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group and In Vitro have announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow In Vitro and its European branches to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products for Peptides, Fluorescent Dyes, Antibodies, Assay Kits, and Amino Acids throughout Europe. In Vitro’s branch locations in Europe include Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Norway. AnaSpec’s Director of […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the release of the Tet-Express Inducible Expression System, which provides the quickest and simplest Tet-inducible expression technology yet. At the heart of this new system is a cell membrane-permeable version of Clontech’s Tet-Off® Advanced transcriptional activator protein (the Tet-Express […]