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TCS Cellworks Ltd and Cell Culture Service announce bilateral distribution agreement

15 Nov 2007

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Leading human cell culture specialist TCS Cellworks has today announced a bilateral distribution and support agreement with Cell Culture Service (CCS). The agreement will see CCS distribute and support the entire TCS Cellworks product range in Germany. This includes their innovative and unique angiogenesis assay based on the co-cultivation of fibroblasts and human endothelial cells. TCS in turn will distribute the CCS’s cell-based PRINCESS® Instant Assays in the United Kingdom.

Dr. James Otter, Manager of TCS Cellworks said, “We want to provide a fast and convenient technical support service to our German customers. For this reason we decided to collaborate with CCS, who can represent our products in a competent way.” Dr. Oliver Klotzsche, CEO of CCS commented, “The ready-to-use cell based assays from TCS perfectly complement our product portfolio of unique cell-based assay kits. As such we would like to utilise this opportunity and combined product offering, to benefit a wider cell-based research community”.

The ready-to-use AngioKit® assay from TCS Cellworks is supplied in both a 24-well format for high content analysis (HCA), and a 96-well format for use in a high throughput screening (HTS) set-up. It is the first totally human cell co-culture model of angiogenesis that mimics all stages of the human angiogenic process; from endothelial cell activation, proliferation and migration, through extracellular matrix penetration and on to the formation of tubules, lumen as well as anastomosis.

With the PRINCESS® Instant Assays CCS Cell Culture Service sets new standards for cell-based analyses and screenings. CCS’s proprietary procedures enable cells to be frozen in microtiter plates while maintaining their viability and sensitivity over long periods of time. The cells can be activated on demand by the addition of medium for immediate use in an assay. As a result, highly consistent ready-for-use test plates are immediately at hand when needed, removing the deviations often associated cell culture.

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Cell / Tissue CultureCell culture or tissue culture is used to study the biology of cells or tissues and to isolate cellular products in an environment which can be manipulated and well defined. Accurately control your culture environment with bioreactors or culture incubators, bind your cells to a surface or together with an extracellular matrix. Distinguish cell types with differential media or proliferate cells with certain characteristics using selective media. Enrich your media with supplements such as growth factors, sera and vitamins. Find the best cell and tissue culture products, kits and equipment in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.High-Throughput ScreeningHigh-throughput screening (HTS) is an automated drug discovery technique for identification of active compounds against a compound library. Use HTS readers and integrated assay preparation / analysis workstations to screen your compounds. Identify active compounds against various HTS libraries, including membranes, proteins and peptides and HTS cell lines. Find the best high-throughput screening products in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.Cell-Based AssaysCell-based assays are used to monitor the presence, quantity and activities of a desired cellular analyte including drug molecules or biomarkers. This can reveal information on cell health (apoptosis, cytotoxicity, viability and proliferation assays), cell metabolism, cell migration and cell signaling mechanisms. Find the best cell-based assay products, kits and equipment with our peer reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receiving pricing direct from manufacturers.High-Content ScreeningHigh-content screening (HCS), also known as high-content analysis (HCA), is a high-throughput technique used in drug discovery to identify substances that alter the phenotype of cells. HCS uses fluorescent microscopic imaging and automated image analysis to investigate cellular events such as apoptosis, cell viability, GPCR activation, oxide production, neurite outgrowth, and cell signaling. Find the best fluorescent labeling reagents, cellular assays, and high-content imaging systems in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.

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