CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new high-tech DNA laboratory is the latest tool in the international effort to save the endangered cheetah population. The Applied Biosystems Genetic Conservation Laboratory, located at the headquarters of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Otjiwarongo, Namibia, is the result of a collaboration between CCF and Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE). Through this arrangement, Applied Biosystems is providing genetic analysis systems and reagents to enable CCF to initiate a genetic conservation program as part of its mission to help ensure the long-term survival of the cheetah.
