SAN FRANCISCO and ROCKVILLE, Md. — — Hitachi Software Engineering America, Ltd. (Hitachi Software) and OriGene Technologies, Inc. (OriGene) today announced a co-marketing agreement to jointly promote OriGene’s multiplex assays built on Luminex xMAP®/Bio-Plex technology and Hitachi Software’s MasterPlex® software suite for analysis and reporting of multiplex assay data. According to the agreement, OriGene will […]

Establishes Leadership Position in Emerging Field CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced today that it has concluded its tender offer and acquired a majority stake in Geneart AG, the global leader of the synthetic gene market segment. The combination of Geneart with Life Technologies’ resources and commercial capabilities […]

ALAMEDA, Calif.–BioTime, Inc. (AMEX:BTIM) announced today that on June 1, 2010 the Company will be offering for sale five new human stem cell lines for research use only. These cell lines were developed using BioTime’s ACTCellerate™ technology. These highly purified, novel, and scalable cell lines are embryonic progenitors, meaning that they are intermediate between human […]

Micronic Europe BV has introduced a range of new storage tubes (0.50ml, 0.75ml, 1.10ml and 1.40ml) and capping products that absolutely secure the long term integrity of DNA samples for forensic analysis. DNA sample storage is paramount in forensic DNA, epidemiological, clinical and genetic database laboratories. In forensic laboratories there is always the possibility, even […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fermentas International Inc. – a manufacturer and global distributor of enzymes, reagents and kits for molecular and cellular biology research – for $260 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment. […]

MINNEAPOLIS — — Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that Roeland Nusse, Ph.D. has accepted a position on the Techne Corporation Board of Directors and will also serve as a member of Techne’s Nominations and Governance Committee. Dr. Nusse’s initial term will begin immediately and run through October 28, 2010. Techne Corporation’s shareholders reelect all […]

AnaSpec has introduced two new Glutathione (GSH) related kits – the SensoLyte® Glutathione Cellular Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® GST Activity Assay Kit Fremont, CA — AnaSpec has introduced two new Glutathione (GSH) related kits – the SensoLyte® Glutathione Cellular Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® GST Activity Assay Kit to complement the colorimetric and fluorimetric […]

New Agents Further Extend VisEn’s Leading Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Agent Portfolio to Enable Expanded Readouts of Key Biomarkers in Research and Drug Development BEDFORD, Mass. and WARSAW, Poland — — VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced the commercial launch of two new imaging agents — ProSense® […]

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will provide novel protein research products to the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, supporting a two-year project to map the human proteome that is expected to significantly accelerate biomarker discovery and advance personalized medicine. The project, known […]

Research by Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology Expected to Accelerate Biomarker Discoveries in Cancer and Other Human Diseases ROCKFORD, Ill. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will provide novel protein research products to the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, supporting a two-year project to map […]