Sigma-Aldrich Life Science Unit Signs Agreement with Culture Collections

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASQAQ:SIAL) announced that Sigma Life Science has signed a deal with the Culture Collections of Public Health England under which the ECACC collection of preserved cell cultures will be offered through the Sigma-Aldrich website.

As quoted in the press release:

ECACC cell lines are authenticated using Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profiling and other proprietary techniques. They are proven to be free of mycoplasma and other contaminants, providing researchers with a wide variety of readily available, high quality products,” Julie Russell , Head of the Culture Collections of Public Health England, the new United Kingdom organization that subsumed the activities of the UK’s Health Protection Agency on 1 April 2013, said. “This agreement will enable scientists around the globe to more easily access the ECACC cell lines.

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