CAR is critical in understanding drug / drug interaction and metabolism

June 10, 2010- State College, PA INDIGO Biosciences, The Nuclear Receptor Company, announces the addition of another product to its growing line of INDIGO Nuclear Receptor Assay Kits. The INDIGO CAR Assay Kit is a robust, easy-to-use, high and low throughput screening solution for researchers in drug discovery and development research and toxicology studies.
CAR, or Human Constitutive Androstane Receptor, isoform 3 (CAR; NR1I3), is a nuclear hormone receptor that is important to the detoxification of foreign substances like drugs. It critical for understanding drug/drug interaction and drug metabolism. The INDIGO CAR Assay Kits are a valuable asset for researchers conducting small-molecule screening studies of compounds that could potentially affect these pathways.
The INDIGO CAR Assay Kits are essentially a lab-in-a-box that enables researchers to go from freezer to data in 24 hours using four easy steps: Thaw, Feed, Dose, Read. INDIGO Nuclear Receptor Assay Kits set a new standard for convenience by requiring no cell counting or washing steps. The INDIGO CAR Assay Kits are highly reliable. They feature stable-glow luciferase chemistry to produce
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results with excellent Z’ scores and high signal-to-noise ratios. INDIGO’s proprietary cryopreservation process, CryoMite, provides 95% cell viability post-thaw and enables INDIGO Nuclear Receptor Assay Kits to be shipped anywhere in the United States overnight, making them ready to use when the researcher is ready to test.
For more information about INDIGO Nuclear Receptor Assay Kits or the proprietary CryoMiteTM technology, please contact INDIGO Biosciences, Inc. by calling (814) 234-1919 or by e-mailing to mark@indigobiosciences.com. You may also visit INDIGO Biosciences, Inc. on the worldwide web at www.indigobiosciences.com.

INDIGO Biosciences, 814-234-1919, www.indigobiosciences.com
About INDIGO BIOSCIENCES
The Nuclear Receptor Company

Founded in 2005, privately-held INDIGO Biosciences, Inc. provides unique, cost-effective, reliable and user-friendly target-specific nuclear receptor assay products and contract screening services to drug developers, toxicologists and researchers within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and nutriceutical industries.

INDIGO Biosciences developed a unique and superior processing method called CryoMite™ which provides long-term cryo-preservation of cells for shipping and storage, enabling The Company to provide its unique Nuclear Receptor Assays for third party use via overnight delivery.

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