Lentivirus-Based Gene Delivery Products for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with Stemgent, Inc. to offer Stemgent's portfolio of lentivirus-based delivery systems for the generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This agreement expands Sigma-Aldrich's [...]

Stratophase develops new SpectroSens Insertion Probe for real-time bioproduction monitoring - Collaboration with CPI leads to improved bioprocess efficiency Romsey, UK -- Stratophase, a specialist in real-time chemical and biochemical measurement and detection, has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an Insertion Probe variant of its unique SpectroSens system. Enabling real-time [...]

New technology for the online analysis of complex organic gases Munich, Germany – Ascenion GmbH has acquired shares in Photonion GmbH, a start-up company founded by scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München together with two mid-sized companies, Airsense Analytics GmbH, Schwerin, Germany, and Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland. Photonion’s mission is to develop and commercialize a [...]

Shepshed, LEICESTER, UK -- In a new paper published online in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology by scientists from the University of York, UK, the thermo-reversible mountant CyGEL™ (www.biostatus.com) has been validated for imaging live parasites, demonstrated with Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major. CyGEL™ proved quicker and simpler to use, with better reproducibility than agarose. Parasites [...]

Facilitates dissolution testing, chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectroscopy Billerica, Massachusetts -- Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools, and services for the global life science industry, today announced the introduction of the redesigned Millex® 13 mm sample preparation syringe filter. The filter, which is used in tens of thousands of laboratories worldwide [...]

Rockville, Maryland -- OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has adopted its VERIFY Tagged Antigen™ (Over-expression Lysates) in the Human Protein Atlas program. This program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and is set up to explore the human proteome systematically using Antibody-Based Proteomics. “Generating high quality [...]

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has adopted its VERIFY Tagged Antigen(TM) (Over-expression Lysates) in the Human Protein Atlas program. This program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and is set up to explore the human proteome systematically using Antibody-Based Proteomics. "Generating high quality [...]

Announces Near-Term System and Diagnostics Initiatives CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) today announced in its third quarter Form 10-Q filing that, as previously disclosed, the Company engaged Thomas Weisel Partners LLC (TWP), a nationally recognized investment bank, to assist the Company with its evaluation and execution of strategic alternatives. Based on the [...]

Initial Phase II Task Order Issued to Caliper for $1.8 Million HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has been awarded a new funding commitment for [...]

Transaction adds to QIAGEN's content engine for development of future diagnostics and boosts the Company's presence in pharma discovery and validation VENLO, The Netherlands -- QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has signed a definite agreement to acquire SABiosciences Corporation, a privately-held developer and manufacturer of disease- and pathway-focused [...]