RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing drug discovery animal model solutions, announces the launch of the first commercially available diet-induced NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) rodent model. NASH is a dangerous subtype of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and has recently garnered increased attention in the biomedical community due [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces that all commercial mouse colonies and contract mouse breeding barriers are free of a newly discovered pathogen. Taconic is the first and only commercial animal vendor to exclude mouse kidney parvovirus from its animals at all [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces the launch of TruBIOMETM, a first of its kind solution enabling the generation and maintenance of mice with custom microbiome profiles. TruBIOMETM was developed to meet the research community’s need for a microbiome solution that [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces it has obtained a license to the Wild Mouse gut microbiome from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Investigators at the NIDDK [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences’ Board of Directors has selected Nancy J. Sandy to succeed Dr. Robert J. Rosenthal as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Effective January 14, Ms. Sandy took the company’s top leadership position. Dr. Rosenthal, who held the position for four and a half years, continues his association with [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces the completion of a recent mission to the International Space Station. This project represents a collaboration between the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bioserve Space Technologies with support [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces a new relationship with Government Scientific Source (GSS). GSS is a leading dedicated distributor of laboratory equipment to federal, state, and local governments on contract with the GSA (General Services Administration). By having Taconic’s products [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences and Cyagen Biosciences, global leaders in the generation of custom genetically engineered rodent models and associated services, announced a strategic partnership. Under the agreement terms, the two companies will combine resources to provide the global scientific community with access to premium custom model design and generation [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered mouse model and service solutions, has launched local production of the Taconic diet induced obesity (DIO) model in Europe. DIO mice are used to study metabolic disease and obesity because they exhibit elevated glucose, insulin, cholesterol, leptin, and corticosterone, [...]
RENSSELAER, N.Y., Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered mouse model and service solutions, has been granted a license to the Easi-CRISPR technology from the University of Nebraska. Easi-CRISPR was developed in the laboratories of Drs. Masato Ohtsuka (Tokai University in Japan), and Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy (University of Nebraska). [...]