CARLSBAD, Calif. — GenVault Corporation (Carlsbad, CA) today announces a supply and resale agreement with Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), under which Life Technologies will have non-exclusive access to GenTegra(TM) DNA technology. This technology platform comes in several formats that are consistent with Life Technologies’ on-going efforts to promote the development and delivery of products […]

Variant of CryoStor DLite(R) Biopreservation Media Used in Cell Therapy Product Development BOTHELL, Wash. — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of biopreservation tools for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that it has executed a license and custom cGMP manufacturing agreement with Centocor Research & Development, Inc. […]

Lyon, France — genOway (ALTERNEXT-NYSE EURONEXT: ALGEN ; ISIN : FR0004053510), the biotechnology company dedicated to the development of genetically modified animal models, today reports an important framework agreement with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Harvard Medical School’s Teaching Hospital located in Boston (USA). The National Institute of Health (NIH) ranks BIDMC as the […]

POWAY, Calif. — NEXUS Biosystems, Inc. (“Nexus”), a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the acquisition of Aurora Biotechnologies of Carlsbad, CA (“Aurora”), a leading developer of proprietary high performance microplates for use in sample storage, high-throughput screening, and cellular imaging. “Combining the technologies and personnel of Aurora with […]

“No Wash” Immunoassay and Cellular Pathway Mapping Kits – World leader in assay technologies introduces 46 new kits, expanding ALPHA-based offerings to over 140 assays SAN DIEGO–ASCB 2009 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the expansion of its “No Wash” ALPHA (Amplified […]

World’s First Knockout Rat Developed Using Proprietary CompoZr ZFN(TM) Technology; 2009 Award Builds on 2008 CompoZr ZFN Win; Encompasses Proof of Concept ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL – News) today announced that the world’s first targeted knockout rat, made using its proprietary CompoZr(TM) Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology, has been ranked fifth in the […]

Heidelberg and Amsterdam / b3c newswire / — TET Systems Holding (TSH), a privately-held, German biotech company based in Heidelberg, the Academic Medical Center (AMC), and Technology Foundation STW announced today that they have entered into an assignment agreement. Scientists at the AMC have previously developed a novel series of reverse transactivators with improved properties. […]

GIBBSTOWN, N.J.–Deon Vos has been named President and Managing Director of EMD Chemicals Inc. He succeeds Meiken Krebs, who will assume the position of Senior Vice President of Strategy, Organization and Business Processes, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (EMD Chemicals is a North American affiliate of Merck KGaA). These appointments will take effect on January 1, […]

GOLDEN, Colo.–Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the filing of a new United States patent application entitled “POU5-F1 Expression in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells” and the development of new technology related to generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). IPS technology allows the use of reprogrammed adult cells to achieve properties […]

LANSING, Mich. — PRNewswire-FirstCall — Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG – News) announced today that it has acquired the BioKits food safety business of San Diego, Calif.-based Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO – News). The acquisition includes more than 50 test kits for food allergens, meat and fish speciation, and plant genetics. Gen-Probe acquired the BioKits business […]