Corning to Honor Industry's 100th Anniversary of Cell Culture

Corning to Honor Industry's 100th Anniversary of Cell Culture

April 10, 2007

Year-Long Celebration to Highlight Technology Advancements,
Leading Researchers and Corning Contributions


    LOWELL, Mass., April 10 /Xinhua-PRNewsire/ -- Corning
Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a global supplier of scientific
laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90
years, on April 2, 2007 announced it will be honoring the
industry's 100th anniversary of cell culture with numerous
initiatives and promotions throughout 2007. Corning's
year-long celebration will provide members of the life
sciences community with access to various historical and
educational resources, as well as modern-day product and
best-practice information.

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    "For nearly the entire history of cell culture,
Corning has supplied cell-culture researchers with the
products needed to grow their cells, including tissue
culture dishes, microplates, roller bottles, flasks and
CellSTACK culture chambers," said Maryanne DeChambeau,
targeted marketing manager, Corning Life Sciences. "As
a leader in the field, we felt this major milestone in cell
culture was an ideal opportunity to educate the market about
its esteemed history, the miraculous drugs and vaccines that
have resulted and the researchers and technologies that made
it all possible." 

    During 2007, Corning will provide dedicated content on
its Web site that spotlights researchers and product
developments associated with the 100-year history of cell
culture. Additionally, Corning will offer anniversary
promotions and contests, and incorporate numerous cell
culture topics and historic features into its existing
Scientific Seminar Series. The seminars are free online
technical sessions that researchers can attend to gain tips
and best practice information about growing and working with
cells. 

    Corning is constantly developing new products and
technologies to meet tomorrow's needs for better research
and production tools. The company is currently exploring
and/or involved with new technologies for growing cells,
artificial organs and tissues, new cell-based drugs and
vaccines, and stem cell technologies. 

    Recent examples include the Corning Epic system, the
industry's first high-throughput, label-free screening
platform for both biochemical and cell-based drug discovery
applications, and culture vessels with the new Corning
CellBIND and Ultra-Web synthetic surfaces, which provide
new substrates for researchers who are developing
applications such as stem-cell-based therapeutics or
replacement tissues and organs. 

    Major Corning milestones and firsts throughout the
history of cell culture include:

    1915: Introduction of PYREX glass 

    1923: Alexis Carrel develops first cell-culture flasks
from PYREX glass 

    1954: Polio virus for Salk's vaccine grown in PYREX 5L
Povitsky bottles 

    1974: Introduction of first plastic canted-neck flasks


    1974: 15mL and 50mL disposable centrifuge tubes in
racks 

    1975: One-piece plastic roller bottles 

    1983: Opticell ceramic-matrix bioreactors 

    1989: CellCube stacked plate bioreactors 

    1994: Ultra-low-attachment surface culture vessels 

    2003: Corning CellBIND surface culture vessels 

    2004: RoboFlask vessels 

    2005: Disposable spinner flasks 

    2007: Low-profile flasks 

    2007: HYPERFlask cell-culture vessels 


    "For the past 100 years, cell culture research has
resulted in drugs and vaccines that have made a profound
impact well beyond the walls of labs and research
facilities," said John Ryan, technical marketing
manager, Corning Life Sciences. "We are proud to be
such an active contributor to the history of cell culture
and are pleased that our work extends into the lives of
people around the world." 

    Corning Life Sciences helps customers succeed by
providing innovative, high-quality products and service in
the areas of polymer science, biochemistry and molecular
biology, glass melting and forming, surface modification
and characterization science. For more information about
Corning's cell culture products or on the industry's 100th
anniversary of cell culture, please visit
http://www.corning.com/cells100 . 

    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:

     Lydia Lu, 
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     Pamela D'Arcangelo
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