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 […]

Provo, Utah -— Tute Genomics, a leader in cloud-based solutions for genome analysis, has raised $2.3 million in Series A1 funding led by UK-based Eurovestech. Peak Ventures and a number of angel investors also participated in the investment round. “We are at a pivotal time in genomics as the healthcare community adopts next-generation sequencing and […]

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 […]

Belfast — Andor Technology, an Oxford Instruments company and world leaders in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, is proud to announce the release of Komet 7 and Komet 7-GLP, our latest versions of the original Komet software first released in 1992 by Kinetic Imaging. Andor’s Komet software has been the recognized leader in the field […]

SAN DIEGO, NEW HAVEN, Conn. and SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONVO) (“Organovo”), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering breakthrough 3D bioprinting technology, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery have formed a collaboration to develop bioprinted tissues for surgical transplantation research, made possible by a generous gift from the […]

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 […]

Asynt has formed a partnership with Asahi Glassplant (AG!) to supply their range of high performance reaction vessels alongside, and incorporated with, its popular ReactoMate Controlled Lab Reactors. Having visited the AG! production facility in Japan – Asynt Managing Director (Martyn Fordham commented “I was greatly impressed by the AG! glassblowing capabilities which is technically […]

Following its successful acquisition and integration of Cytocell Ltd, Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, has provided an operational and financial update for the company’s financial year ended 30 September 2014. Operational highlights Creation of a focused molecular genetics business addressing large markets in cancer, molecular cytogenetics and reproductive health with a class-leading […]

SAN DIEGO –– OncoSec Medical Inc. (OTCQB: ONCS), a company developing DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, announced a collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and PerkinElmer, Inc. to help researchers develop biomarker tests to evaluate a patient’s immune response to cancer. This research supports the ongoing shift in oncology toward therapeutic strategies that […]