PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21 — Cell Biosciences, Inc., a provider of nanoproteomic analysis systems to life science researchers, today announced the launch of its first kits for the analysis of specific oncoproteins on the Firefly(TM) 3000 Protein Analysis System. The new kits are optimized for characterization of proteins in the MEK and ERK families, […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.– Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled in favor of the opposing parties in oral proceedings before the European Opposition Board related to the ‘945 (EP 1214945) patent in its Kreutzer-Limmer patent estate. This ruling does not affect other granted […]

Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2009 – caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today that they completed the commercial launch of their first two caproKitsTM. The products are designed for researchers in the area of proteomics and drug development who are interested in small molecule protein interactions. The two products are called SAH caproKit and cAMP caproKit, respectively. […]

LEOMINSTER, Mass., Jan. 14 — PolyOrg, Inc. a Massachusetts, USA based organization has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with the Copenhagen Inventor Group that enables PolyOrg to manufacture and distribute PNA monomers worldwide. “We are extremely pleased to have granted PolyOrg a license to sell PNA monomers,” said Peter Nielsen, Ph.D., Professor at the […]

MADISON, Wis.–Designed to work with difficult samples, Promega Corporation now offers two new Maxwell® 16 Nucleic Acid Purification Systems: -Maxwell® 16 Cell Low Elution Volume (LEV) DNA Purification Kit -Maxwell® 16 FFPE Tissue LEV DNA Purification Kit The new Maxwell 16 Systems give clinical and research laboratories a more comprehensive offering of fully automated DNA […]

BioDtech, Inc. (BDTI) an emerging life science company, today announced the release of EndoPrep™, the first product designed for the safety of genetically engineered and protein drugs. EndoPrep™ allows for the more accurate detection of a toxin associated with the production of antibodies, recombinant proteins and synthetic peptides which are the basis for new cancer, […]

FREMONT, Calif.–DiscoveRx continues to innovate in field of GPCR signaling assays, tools and services and now has the largest and most comprehensive portfolio of assays and reagents for non-force coupled GPCR analysis. With a portfolio of over 300 validated assays for known and orphan GPCRs along with HitHunter™ second messenger and PathHunter™ ß-Arrestin assays and […]

Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), announced today that it has launched KNOCKOUT™ SR XenoFree Media for use in the culture of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Until now, most of the research carried out on hESCs has used mouse-derived feeder cells and culture media containing components derived from bovine sources. Ideally, hESCs […]

Milestone Achieved A Year Ahead of Schedule ST. LOUIS and RICHMOND, Calif., Jan. 12 — Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced it has reached a major production capacity milestone as part of its agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) to commercialize zinc finger nuclease reagents (ZFNs) for research applications. The milestone triggers a payment […]

SAN PEDRO, Calif.–Celprogen Inc. has announced that they have successfully De-DIFFERENTIATED Human Somatic Cells (primary skin fibroblast, keratinocytes, cardiac, liver and neuronal cells) to their embryonic like pluripotent cells (iPCs). This De-differentiation process was achieved with non-viral induction utilizing Celprogen’s De-differentiation media and matrix system for reprogramming adult somatic cells to iPCs in tissue culture. […]