Vivo Biosciences, ACEA Biosciences, Inc., and Roche to Develop New xCELLigence System Assays for Stem Cell and Cancer Research

PENZBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACEA Biosciences Inc. (San Diego, CA) and Vivo Biosciences Inc. (Birmingham, AL, US) announced that they have entered into a collaboration for the further development of label-free and real-time cell based assays for the xCELLigence System, which is co-developed by Roche (SIX:RO)(SIX:ROG)(OTCQX:RHHBY) and ACEA and marketed by Roche Applied Science. The new assays will incorporate Vivo Biosciences’ proprietary platform HuBiogel. HuBiogel is a human-derived, natural, biomatrix system which allows for growth, proliferation, and differentiation of primary cells, cancer cells, and stem cells in a 3D format and physiologically relevant environment that closely mimics the in vivo environment.