SAN DIEGO — Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONVO) (“Organovo”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Samsara Sciences, Inc. (“Samsara”), a provider of highly specialized human liver cells, entered a non-exclusive global supply agreement with Lonza Bioscience Solutions (“Lonza”).  Under the terms of the agreement, Lonza will market human cell products from Samsara for further distribution to its customers. “We’re incredibly pleased to […]

San Diego, Calif., and Nanjing, JiangSu – Agena Bioscience (Agena) and Simcere Diagnostics (Simceredx), the subsidiary of SIMCERE Pharmaceutical Group, announced today the signing of a strategic partnership agreement focusing on expanding the use of Agena’s MassARRAY® System for companion diagnostics and pharmacogenetic testing in China. As a leading pharmaceutical company with strong connections to China’s […]

Location: Cambridge First-to-market Edit-R CRISPRa arrayed crRNA libraries enable native gene overexpression for high-throughput gain-of-function screening Available as small gene families, bespoke collections, the druggable genome, or human genome-wide collection Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or the “Company”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation to deliver inspired cell […]

Explore molecular interaction at the speed of life with the SP8 FALCON from Leica Microsystems Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems announces the SP8 FALCON, the world’s first truly integrated lifetime contrast microscope. The SP8 FALCON can record lifetime contrast 10x faster than previous solutions. This lifetime information lets researchers monitor interactions between proteins in living cells […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced that Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion to dismiss filed on December 14, 2017 by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. ONT had sought to dismiss Pacific Biosciences’ complaint for […]

AMSBIO has signed an agreement with Genea Biocells (San Diego, USA) to become global distribution partner to the academic community for its groundbreaking skeletal muscle differentiation product range. Genea Biocells developed the world’s first protocol to robustly differentiate human pluripotent stem cells to skeletal muscle cells with high yields and without cell sorting or genetic manipulation (Caron et al. […]

New Structure Consists of two Business Units, Diagnostics and Life Science, Supported by a Global Corporate Team Realignment Aimed at Building a Stronger, More Sustainable Organization; Paving the Way for Future Growth Resulting Cost Savings to be Reinvested Back into the Business CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) today announced the realignment of its business structure aimed at […]

New and updated assays increase application areas and improve performance MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne has expanded the automation capabilities of its popular Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)-branded RNAscope® in situ hybridization (ISH) technology with the launch of several new and updated assays. The developments increase both access to, and use of, RNAscope and improve overall robustness and ease-of-use. The continued investment in […]

Location: Cambridge Horizon’s Glutamine Synthetase-Knockout CHO K1 cell line has been used as part of a successful Investigational New Drug filing with the FDA Filing further validates the use of Horizon’s Bioproduction cell line platform for the manufacture of biotherapeutics Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Group”), a global leader […]

Samples to be collected from over 25,000 participants in Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII) cohort BETHLEHEM, PA. – DNA Genotek Inc., a leading provider of sample collection kits and end-to-end services, today announced that the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has selected DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene® family of microbiome collection devices to provide reliable […]