Horizon Discovery (Horizon) today announced it has secured worldwide exclusive rights to a panel of new human isogenic cell models developed by Dr. Zhenghe Wang, Assistant Professor of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, using its proprietary rAAV GENESIS gene-editing platform. The in-licensed lines will be added to Horizon’s rapidly expanding library […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime Asia, Limited, a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTX) today announced an agreement with Shanghai Genext Medical Technology Co., Ltd. to sell ACTCellerate™ cell lines to the medical and biological research communities in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. In addition to a wide array of human cell types, Genext will […]

Biodegradable transfection reagents now available through distribution BLACKSBURG, Va. & SAN DIEGO – Techulon Inc., an early stage life sciences company has signed an agreement with Nacalai USA, Inc. and its parent company Nacalai Tesque, Inc. for distribution of its Glycofect Transfection Reagent platform products in Japan. Glycofect is a polymeric transfection reagent designed to […]

PARIS – Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), has today announced the recipient of its post-doctoral fellowship award program. The Genome Customization Award (TGCA) is going to Dr Nelson Lau’s research group, from the Department of Biology at the Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts). The award was granted […]

Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India – Ocimum Biosolutions today announced its growth plans after having closed funding worth $8 million from multiple sources, including founders and existing shareholders, in order to cater to the growing demand for its integrated genomic services and to provide unparalleled, hassle-free user experience by enhancing its RaaS […]

AnaSpec is pleased to highlight our own proprietary HiLyte Fluor dyes for labeling amine and thiol modified oligonucleotides from AnaSpec’s wide collection of amine and thiol reactive 6-isomeric dyes of fluoresceins and rhodamines. Fluorescent dye-labeled oligos are widely used as primers for sequencing and PCR reactions, and also as probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization […]

Porvair Filtration Group reports that the open pore structure of their BioVyon™ sintered porous plastic materials offers optimum conditions for encouraging in-vitro cell culture and has been found to offer significant advantages over established Petri dish methods as well as the ceramic substrates (TCP) traditionally used. The efficient transfer of oxygen is essential for cell […]

Providing a MIQE compliant overview of this essential research technique CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has developed an extensive quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) user guide, which is available to download for free from www.idtdna.com. Providing user guidance on the entire qPCR process – from RNA […]

Scientists at Epigentek have developed a next generation ChIP technology which significantly improves chromatin immunoprecipitation speed and efficiency to assist in studies for DNA-protein interaction. This technology is incorporated into its new product, the ChromaFlash(TM) One-Step ChIP Kit (https://www.epigentek.com/chromaflash), which is the fastest ChIP kit currently available on the market. Next generation sequencing and microarrays […]

Paris – Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in Genome customization and subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), today announced that it has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Evrogen (Moscow, Russia) for access to its fluorescent proteins. This license allows Cellectis bioresearch to incorporate these proteins into its own products and will expand the company’s offering of Genome […]