Eugene biomedical supplier signs licensing agreement.Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Eugene-based Molecular Probes Molecular Probes is a biotechnology company located in Eugene, Oregon specializing in fluorescence. The company was founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota, then moved briefly to Texas and finally to Oregon in the early 1980s. , the world's leading supplier of fluorescent dyes Noun 1. fluorescent dye - a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and for biomedical research Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. , has signed a licensing agreement with a major biosciences company. BD Biosciences, a unit of Becton, Dickinson and Co., based in Franklin Lakes, N.J., will use Molecular Probes Alexa Fluor The Alexa Fluor family of fluorescent dyes is produced by Molecular Probes, a subsidiary of Invitrogen. Alexa Fluor dyes are typically used as cell and tissue labels in fluorescence microscopy and cell biology. dye in a new line of products. The products will enable researchers studying the progression of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or cancer, for example, to better assess what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. in a cell, said Tony Ward, marketing director for BD Biosciences Pharmingen. Molecular Probes has entered some 80 licensing agreements over the years, but this is among the largest and most significant, said Jack Ball, Molecular Probes chief commercial officer. The firms did not disclose details. The partnership "spreads the name of the Alexa Fluor dye," Ball said, "so it's basically a huge endorsement of that product line." Licensing agreements are financially advantageous for Molecular Probes, Ball said. "We've got over 120 issued and applied-for patents," Ball said, "and we think we can exploit those to a much larger extent by actively going after these types of agreements." Molecular Probes, founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland, has about 225 employees at its facility in west Eugene and 15 employees in Leiden, The Netherlands. The firm sells 2,800 products to labs worldwide. The dyes help analyze cell activity, screen for disease and toxicity, and study genes and the proteins associated with them. |
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