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Life Technologies Completes Investment in Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 16th, 2010

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced that it has made an equity investment in Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), a privately held company founded to commercialize synthetic genomic advances. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

SGI and its founders are world leaders in the design and construction of synthetic genomes, where DNA can be assembled in the laboratory and used to create or modify cells and whole genomes. Synthetic biology can have applications across a number of fields, from the development of new sources of fuel, to products such as new vaccines that will improve human health.

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