SciGene Signs Reagent Supply Agreement with Life Technologies

March 19, 2009, Sunnyvale, CA — SciGene announced today that it has entered into an agreement whereby Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies, will supply SciGene reagents used in its BioPrime® Total Genomic Labeling System. SciGene will incorporate the reagents into a kit for use on the ArrayPrep™ Target Preparation System, a new instrument developed by SciGene that automates labeling, purification and loading of DNA samples onto microarrays for performing aCGH tests.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

About SciGene

SciGene (www.scigene.com) is a privately held company founded in 2003 that develops instruments that automate workflows used with microarray-based procedures in research and clinical diagnostic laboratories. SciGene instruments use automation and protocol optimization to enhance the quality of FISH and microarray-based diagnostic tests.

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