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Cancer Research UK Licenses DNAStar's Lasergene Software

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Cancer Research UK has licensed DNAStar’s Lasergene software, DNAStar said today.
 
Under the terms of the deal, CR-UK will use the DNA- and protein-sequencing assembly software for three years at the Lincoln's Inn Fields and at Clare Hall labs, DNAStar said.
 
GATC Biotech distributes DNAStar’s software in Europe.
 
Financial terms of the deal were not released.

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