A unique surface that mimics ‘in vivo’ bone offers a more consistent and defined alternative to preparing dentine or bone slices

CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced its new Corning® Osteo-Assay Surface for bone cell assays. This latest innovation from Corning Life Sciences, a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years, is manufactured using a proprietary surface technology that mimics ‘in vivo’ bone and delivers high lot-to-lot consistency, enabling researchers to achieve more predictable and reproducible results.

Corning will be showcasing its osteo-assay surface in Booth #1321 Dec. 5 – 9 at the American Society for Cell Biology’s 49th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. Corning’s newest surface comes pre-applied in 24- and 96-well plate formats. These ready-to-use multi-well plates also contain their own bar code for efficient automated tracking.

Corning’s osteo-assay surface is designed to:

– Maintain and grow bone cells for assays

– Provide reliable, uniform, and consistent coating for direct assessment of bone cell function and differentiation

– Enable high-content analysis

– Be used for solution-based quantitative assays

“Through continuous interaction with our global customer base we understood the need for an alternative to the current methods of conducting bone cell assays that would allow for the study of functional activity between osteoclasts and osteoblasts,” said Dr. Jeff Mooney, director commercial technology, Corning Life Sciences. “Our new Corning Osteo-Assay Surface for bone cell assays mimics bone in an ‘in vitro’ system. This provides researchers with the tools for conducting assays in a much more predictable manner to gain deeper insights and more advanced research results.”

Corning Life Sciences helps customers succeed by providing innovative, high-quality products and services in the areas of polymer science, biochemistry and molecular biology, glass melting and forming, surface modification, and characterization science. Corning cell-culture and assay labware products include tissue culture dishes, 6-, 12-, 24-, and 48-cell culture plates, 96-, 384-, and 1536-well microplates, roller bottles, flasks, tips, HYPERFlask® Vessels, and PCR Reaction Vessels. The business’s dedication to quality, technology, and innovation has enabled it to produce a comprehensive line of plastic laboratory disposables and reusable glassware that exceeds American Standard Testing Method (ASTM) standards for life science research.

The Corning Osteo-Assay Surface is currently available to U.S. customers. For additional information on the new Corning Osteo-Assay Surface or any other Corning Life Sciences products, please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll free in the United States, (+1) 1-978-442-2200 internationally, or visit www.corning.com/lifesciences.

About Corning Incorporated

Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.