Corning Announces New HYPERFlask Cell Culture Vessel

Corning Announces New HYPERFlask Cell Culture Vessel

March 30, 2007

Revolutionary new design provides 10X more surface growth
area than standard T175cm flask, reduces harvest time and
saves incubator space


    LOWELL, MA., March 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning
Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a global supplier of scientific
laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90
years, on March 26, 2007 announced the new HYPERFlask
vessel for high-density cell culture. The HYPERFlask
features a novel multi-layer design that has the same
overall dimensions as a standard T175 flask but grows
approximately 10 times as many cells. Using Corning's
HYPERFlask vessels, customers can significantly decrease
processing and handling time, while reducing space
utilization and disposal requirements.

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    "For more than 90 years we have been dedicated to
making significant investments in research and development
in order to deliver state-of-the-art technologies and
innovations to researchers worldwide," said Jeff
Mooney, director commercial technology, Corning Life
Sciences. "The HYPERFlask vessel clearly demonstrates
our commitment to providing customers with a
first-of-its-kind solution that enables more efficient use
of time and resources in the lab and helps deliver more
accurate results."

    The HYPERFlask vessel has 10 equivalent layers or
flaskettes, each containing a gas-permeable cell growth
layer, that are joined together to form a multi-layered
cell culture vessel. The HYPERFlask vessel incorporates an
air gap between each flaskette for optimal gas exchange and
each flaskette is treated with the Corning CellBIND Surface
for optimum cell attachment and growth. HYPERFlask vessels
are designed for manual use, as well as for use in The
Automation Partnership SelecT automated cell culture
system, the only cell culture automation system compatible
with a T175 flask.

    Corning Life Sciences helps customers succeed by
providing innovative, high-quality products and services in
the areas of polymer science, biochemistry and molecular
biology, glass melting and forming, surface modification
and characterization science. Corning cell culture and
assay labware products include tissue culture dishes, six,
12, 24, 48, 96, 384, and 1536-well microplates, roller
bottles, flasks, and CellSTACK culture chambers. The
business' dedication to quality, technology, and innovation
has enabled it to produce a comprehensive line of plastic
laboratory disposables and reusable glassware that exceeds
American Standard Testing Method (ASTM) standards for life
science research.

    The HYPERFlask vessel is now commercially available.
For additional information on Corning Life Sciences
products, please contact a customer service representative
at [phone], toll free in the United States,
[phone] internationally, or visit
http://www.corning.com/lifesciences .

    About Corning Incorporated

    Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the
world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on
more than 150 years of materials science and process
engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone
components that enable high-technology systems for consumer
electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications
and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates
for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic
substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug
discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass
solutions for a number of industries including
semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.


    For more information, please contact:

     Pamela D'Arcangelo
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