FOSTER CITY, Calif. & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, and its joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc. (NYSE:MDZ) (TSX:MDS), and PREMIER Biosoft International today announced that they have signed a co-marketing and reseller agreement to deliver solutions for glycobiology research worldwide. Glycobiology is the study of sugars or saccharides known as glycans, which play essential roles as components in all living organisms. Researchers use life science tools to investigate glycans to further understand biology, such as how sugars affect the structure and activities of proteins.