MADISON, WISCONSIN AND EVREUX, FRANCE – Safety and Health Research Laboratories and Stemina Biomarker Discovery, Inc. announced today that CIT and Stemina have entered into a strategic partnership. Under the arrangement, CIT will distribute Stemina’s devTOX(TM) assay in Europe and will work with Stemina to validate the test for use under the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, […]

Genovis has acquired an exclusive license for a new technology that uses so-called upconverting nanoparticles as contrast agents in optical biomedical imaging. Genovis is acquiring the license from Lumito, a LUAB company, including an option to acquire the technology as a whole. The license grants exclusive rights to upconverting nanoparticles and to the technology required […]

ST. LOUIS – Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announces the following executive leadership appointments intended to more closely align its corporate structure with its strategic plan. Frank Wicks, President Research, will assume responsibility for the entire portfolio of Research products, including those in Research Essentials, Research Specialties and Research Biotech. This newly combined Research strategic business […]

Takara Bio Inc. (Otsu, Japan) today announced that it has entered into agreement with DSS Imagetech Pvt., Ltd. (New Delhi, India) to establish a joint venture in India, which engage in sales and manufacturing of research reagents and scientific instruments. Takara bio group holds 51% stock share of the new company as its consolidated subsidiary. […]

NorDiag today announces that the Company’s portfolio of sample preparation kits for the Arrow instrument in the Life Science market is available for sale to hospitals, laboratories and research institutes. The portfolio consists of three different applications; Arrow RNA, Arrow DNA and Arrow cell separation. In addition, NorDiag has a portfolio of CE IVD marked […]

Expanding on our offerings of long wavelength, highly sensitive SIRT assays, AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group, is pleased to release 2 assay kits for SIRT2, the SensoLyte® 520 FRET SIRT2 Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® Green SIRT2 Assay Kit. The substrate found in the SensoLyte® 520 FRET SIRT2 Assay Kit employs a FRET substrate, and the peptide […]

LGC Standards is delighted to announce the addition of the PRIMACYT range of in-vitro products and services to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products. PRIMACYT currently offers hepatocyte cells to the drug discovery research community throughout Europe and the partnership with LGC Standards will facilitate a wider distribution of these cells […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today launched its Anatrace(R) brand Neopentyl Glycol (NG) Class(TM) Detergents, the next generation of detergents to significantly advance the study of integral membrane proteins (IMPs), the most important proteins found in the human genome. Developed by leading chemists, and available only from Affymetrix, the NG Class represents a […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to merge Utah-based Glycosan BioSystems, Inc. (Glycosan) with BioTime’s wholly-owned subsidiary, OrthoCyte Corporation. The acquisition is expected to close by March 18, 2011. […]

WALTHAM, MA – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie AG, a key player in the field of automated nucleic acid isolation, as part of the Company’s strategy to advance its offerings to the molecular […]