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Tecan, Invitrogen Unit Combine Liquid-Handling, Magnetic Bead Technologies

Oct 21, 2005

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (GenomeWeb News) - Tecan plans to combine its  Freedom EVO automated liquid-handling platforms with magnetic bead technology made by Invitrogen subsidiary Dynal to enable researchers isolate biological starting material, including mRNA, DNA, and recombinant proteins, the firms said today.

 

The Freedom EVO series, which offers a variety of liquid-handling and robotic-arm options, complements the bead technology, called Dynabeads, which are compatible with many molecular tags. This makes it possible for researchers to isolate and concentrate cells, DNA, mRNA, organelles, and proteins from different kinds of sources.

 

Financial terms of the alliance were not disclosed.

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