CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced an unprecedented program that streamlines the detection of three common contaminants of mammalian cell culture-based biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The Applied Biosystems Cell Culture Rapid Methods Program applies core technologies from across the company to combine one sample preparation step with one instrument platform for real-time PCR based detection of Mycoplasma, Vesivirus 2117 and Mouse Minute Virus (MMV).
