VANCOUVER–In a landmark paper, researchers at Stanford University have described a new way to derive human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) without the use of contaminating mouse feeder cells. Using adipose cells as the starting cell population and mTeSR™1, a defined medium that allows the expansion of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells without […]
Peptide Veteran Phipps Takes Point for Hands-on Service to West Coast Clients New England Peptide has opened an office in San Francisco Bay to provide better service to clients on the West Coast. The office will be run by John Phipps, a leading peptide chemist and entrepreneur who founded Global Peptide Services. NEP is the […]
MADISON, Wis.–Promega announces the release of the Maxwell® 16 Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit which, among other labs, currently serves the OCA Hospital in Mexico for H1N1 clinical research. OCA, the largest private hospital in Monterrey Mexico, participated in a Promega early access program for the kit and continues its use after going through […]
SDI’s RapidChek® SELECT™ E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, Food Pathogen Detection Products Added NEWARK, Del. & WILMINGTON, Del.–SDI (Strategic Diagnostics Inc., NASDAQ:SDIX), a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for food safety and life science applications, and Wilmington, DE-based, DuPont Qualicon today announced the expansion of their distribution agreement to include SDI’s proprietary RapidChek® SELECT™ […]
Acquisition streamlines product distribution and enhances regional customer service and technical support. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8 — eBioscience Corporation, a leading global provider of innovative, high-quality cell analysis reagents announced today the acquisition of NatuTec GmbH, a leading distributor of high-quality biological research reagents located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. “For the past 10 years, […]
A New Broad Spectrum, Animal-Free Transfection Reagent to Go Head to Head With FuGENE(R) HD and Lipofectamine(TM) 2000 MADISON, Wis., Sept. 8 — From the transfection experts, Mirus Bio introduces its next generation transfection reagent, TransIT(R)-2020 Transfection Reagent. Mirus has expanded its transfection expertise with the development of a high performance, animal-free, broad spectrum DNA […]
PENZBERG, Germany–Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and RiNA GmbH of Berlin have agreed to transfer the complete Roche Applied Science RTS Protein Expression portfolio to RiNA GmbH, effective September 15, 2009. RiNA will contribute its longstanding experience in the field of cell-free expression systems and continue production at the same quality standards defined by […]
Company names senior director of research and development, vice president of business development, marketing manager and two new board members SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8 — Biomatrica, Inc., the leader in room temperature sample storage and stabilization, today announced several key appointments that will expand the breadth of leadership and commercial experience of its management team. […]
Novel Approach Enables Breakthrough in Human Stem Cell Manipulation for Medical Research and for the Development of Stem Cells as Therapeutics RICHMOND, Calif., Sept. 8 — Scientists from The Whitehead Institute used zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) designed by Sangamo BioSciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: SGMO) to efficiently and precisely modify the genomes of human embryonic stem cells […]
Latest innovation extends features and benefits of HYPERFlask to bench top users LOWELL, MA, September 8, 2009 — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced the new High Yielding Performance Flask Manual (HYPERFlask® M) cell-culture vessel. Corning developed this latest high-density, cell-culture technology in direct response to customer demand for the features and functionality of Corning’s original […]
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