Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has globally introduced the new automated instrument, the BD FACSDuet Premium Sample Preparation System, for cellular diagnostic applications.

GenScript Biotech, a preeminent global provider of life sciences services, and Boan Biotech, an integrated biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of biologics, announced a collaboration for the development and production of GenCircleTM dsDNA, a small circular double-stranded DNA vector without resistance markers, a key ingredient in gene and cell therapy.

Specific nuclear proteins act as a glue to pack genetic material in an absurdly small space in the human body. Proteins “gluing” DNA are called linker histones, and hold their secret in their electric charge. They are strongly positively charged, fusing to the strongly negatively charged DNA.