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Invitrogen acquires DNA Research

October 28, 2004 7:00 AM UTC

IVGN acquired DNA Research Innovations (Sittingbourne, U.K.), which develops and markets nucleic acid purification products, for $35 million in cash. IVGN said DNA Research's ChargeSwitch DNA purification technology has applications in research and molecular diagnostics. The technology can extract DNA from bacteria, tissue, blood and buccal cells, and also can be applied to surfaces including magnetic beads, microtiter plates, columns and cartridges. ...