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Article: APTAGEN ACQUIRES PROTEINGENESIS TO AUGMENT PROTEIN ENGINEERING.(Brief Article)
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- June 20, 2001
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Aptagen Inc. acquired ProteinGenesis Inc., launched its Protein Genesis platform and, once it raises more funds, expects to move up and compete in the biotechnology world.
Protein Genesis Inc., founded by Research Corp. Technologies (RCT), of Tucson, Ariz., and the University of Delaware, is a virtual company, with no employees. ProteinGenesis Inc. was merely the Protein Genesis technology that became incorporated, but it was the technology that drew Aptagen, not people, said Benjamin Rudolph, director of corporate communications at Herndon, Va.-based Aptagen.
"ProteinGenesis was more of a technology than a company," he said. "Protein Genesis is a ...