June 14, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCOE) announces the discovery of a novel, patent-pending technology to produce unlimited numbers of liver cells (hepatocytes) that are free of contamination with potentially dangerous undifferentiated cells. The technology is based on the natural, physiological properties of the cellular environment, and does not require any additional purification of [...]
June 14, 2011
MANASSAS, Va. - ATCC, the premier biological materials resource and standards organization, and iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan) (AJ) today announced a worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement for AJ’s induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell patent portfolio. The portfolio arises from work by Professor Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) [...]
Fox Chase Cancer Center Signs Agreement with Life Technologies Corporation
June 14, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's leading cancer research and treatment institutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation that will underpin a new program to provide next-generation sequencing analysis of solid tumors. The agreement is a foundational element in the planned Cancer Genome Institute at [...]
NEW ElectroPrep Dialyzer System
June 14, 2011
The NEW ElectroPrep System from Harvard Apparatus is an extremely versatile patented sample prep technology based on electro-dialysis. The ElectroPrep can be used for electro-dialysis, electro-elution, electro-filtration, electro-fractionation or electro-concentration for running a sample simultaneously into multiple molecular weight cut off (MWCO) fractions…. in as little as three minutes. This ElectroPrep System is ideal for [...]
Servomex Americas Announces the US Launch of the SERVOTOUGH Laser Gas Monitor Range
June 14, 2011
Houston, USA - Servomex is pleased to announce US launch of the SERVOTOUGH Laser series, a range of high performance process gas analysers designed for the in-situ measurement of a wide range of gases present in extreme or harsh process conditions. Available as both cross-stack (in-situ) or extractive configurations, the SERVOTOUGH Laser range features extensively [...]
Custom Glassblowing Services for Laboratory Glassware
June 14, 2011
The Kimble Chase Custom Glass Shop offers a unique resource to meet the need scientists and researchers often have for glassblowing skills that were once commonly available on-site at many large laboratories. Now considered almost non-existent, scientific glassblowing is a sought-after profession performed daily at the Custom Glass Shop by more than twenty practicing glassblowers, [...]
Affymetrix Expands the Expression Power of the GeneAtlas® Personal Microarray System
June 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the availability of the most widely cited gene expression microarray for use on the GeneAtlas®Personal Microarray System, bringing the power of the world’s largest collection of referenced microarray gene expression data to the personal bench-top of every life scientist. The new array strip format for the [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Südpack Medica AG Sign Exclusive Cooperation Agreement
June 14, 2011
Aubagne, France; Goettingen, Germany; Ochsenhausen, Germany; Baar, Switzerland - Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma and biotech supplier, and Südpack Medica AG, a manufacturer of innovative packaging solutions that belongs to the Südpack Group, have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement on the development, manufacture and supply of polymer plastic films for the biopharmaceutical [...]
June 14, 2011
LEXINGTON, Mass. & SALZBURG, Austria - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of microdroplet-based single molecule and single cell analysis solutions, and Sony DADC Austria AG, today announced the culmination of a multi-year collaboration for the co-development and manufacture of microdroplet-based “smart consumables” for use in life science markets. As part of this collaboration, RainDance [...]
June 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has developed a new method to identify radioactive iodine using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The method will first be used by Gakushuin University in Japan, with a donated Agilent 7700 ICP-MS System. Testing will be performed in the lab of Dr. [...]

