Millipore - Millipore First to Offer Full-length Biologically Relevant mTOR

Millipore First to Offer Full-length Biologically Relevant mTOR

Billerica, Massachusetts—August 27, 2007—Millipore Corporation today announced the availability of its full-length mTOR kinase as part of the KinaseProfiler™ Service. This kinase is the first biologically relevant mTOR to be commercially available.

The KinaseProfiler Service offers 264 kinases for selectivity profiling, using a catalytic radiometric assay format. The addition of the full-length mTOR to the KinaseProfiler panel provides high-quality, confidential screening of compounds against this critically important kinase.

The mTOR kinase has recently been linked to many important human diseases, including cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease ad neurological disorders. The kinase enables the regulation of cell cycle progression, cell growth, protein synthesis, ribosome biogenesis and autophagy, important target factors in the study of mTOR related diseases.

Millipore’s Bioscience Division provides innovative tools, services and biological reagents that drive advancements in biomedical and academic research as well as support the discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals. The product portfolio has been further enhanced with the 2006 addition of Chemicon^®, Upstate^® and Linco^® product lines, allowing Millipore to provide the most complete offering of life science tools on the market. Our customers work in leading research laboratories across a variety of industries throughout the world. Millipore improves their laboratory productivity and efficiency through optimized workflows. For more information, please contact Millipore Tech Service at 1-800-548-7853 or 951-676-8080 or visit www.millipore.com.

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Millipore is a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity in laboratory research and bioprocessing manufacturing sites. Through its broad product portfolio, the Company drives growth through innovation and delivers higher value-added applications to the marketplace. Millipore experts have a comprehensive understanding of customers’ research, which results in superior tools, technologies and services. The Company is part of the S&P 500 index and employs approximately 6,000 employees in more than 47 countries worldwide. For additional information on Millipore Corporation, please visit
www.millipore.com.

Millipore, Chemicon, Upstate, and Linco are registered trademarks and KinaseProfiler is a trademark of Millipore Corporation.

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Millipore Corporation
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lauren_nolan@millipore.com

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