Darmstadt, Germany -– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, today achieved an important milestone in the process of acquiring U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. The shareholders of Sigma-Aldrich approved the merger with Merck at a special meeting held at the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science […]

LANSING, Mich. -— Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has named Richard Calk, Jr. as president and chief operating officer. He is expected to assume his responsibilities immediately. Calk replaces Steve Snyder, who resigned in July for personal reasons. “Richard’s background in operations, sales and marketing management, along with his strategic planning skills, […]

WILMINGTON, Mass. -– Kapa Biosystems, Inc. today announced the expansion of its commercial operations in Europe with the addition of a direct sales and support channel for the United Kingdom. To help ensure the highest level of customer service and satisfaction, the company will be working closely with Anachem Ltd. to facilitate a seamless transition […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), today announced that Sigma® Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, has entered into a non-exclusive agreement for the use of CRISPR/Cas technology covered under patents held by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Under the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich is able to make, use and distribute […]

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and NEW YORK, NY, USA –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences(NYSE: GE) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced today the signing of a non-exclusive license agreement granting GE Healthcare Life Sciences access to intellectual property held by the Broad Institute relating to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene engineering system for research […]

Goettingen, Germany — Recently, researchers found that the quality of cryotubes may affect the survival rates of embryos after freezing-thawing and that it thus is essential to examine the inside surface of the cryotubes for its smoothness before vitrifying embryos (1). Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., Japan, is a pioneer in plastics. Their Cryogenic Vials are […]

AMSBIO, experts in extracellular matrices, have introduced the Cultrex® Embryoid Body Formation Kit to generate consistent, reproducible and identical in size embryoid bodies. It has been qualified to form embryoid bodies from human pluripotent stem cells. Embryoid bodies are finding increasing use in regenerative medicine, in-vitro screening and as a model of embryonic development. The […]

Bristol, UK — Hello Bio has launched a new website https://www.hellobio.com to support scientific researchers around the globe. Based near Bristol in the UK, Hello Bio offers research tools such as agonists, antagonists, inhibitors, antibodies, fluorescent tools and peptides for use in scientific research into conditions such as cancer, obesity and neurodegenerative disorders. Hello Bio […]

CANOGA PARK, Calif. — One Lambda, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and leading producer of research and in vitro diagnostic products for the HLA transplant community, today launched its RUO NXType™ Kit, a research use only (RUO) solution for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing by next-generation sequencing (NGS). The NXType sequencing kits feature long-range […]

Goettingen, Germany — MoBiTec is excited to present a new range of monofluorinated nucleosides, manufactured by its UK-based partner company Dextra Laboratories Ltd., Reading, UK. Dextra is a leading provider of carbohydrate analysis, synthesis and GMP manufacturing. The introduction of a fluorine atom into a molecule is known to impart unique properties due to its […]