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Thermo Fisher, KPL Partner on Fluorescent Dyes

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Thermo Fisher Scientific and KPL have signed a non-exclusive agreement giving KPL global rights to use Thermo’s DyLight Fluorescent Dyes in combination with KPL’s line of antibodies and proteins.
 
The antibodies and dyes can be used in a variety of life science research applications including fluorescence microscopy, Western blotting, and flow cytometry. KPL said it is expanding its offering of DyLight conjugates later this year using a complete series of DyLight dyes across the visible spectrum.
 
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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