Acton, Massachusetts, May 2004 - Addressing the need for a low tech approach to cell culture scale up without significant capital investment, Corning Life Sciences has expanded its CellSTACK™ Culture Chamber product line by offering customers a broader range of chambers, fittings, and handling equipment.

Corning has added a 5-STACK chamber with a cell growth area of 3,180 cm² providing customers more options in scalable cell culture. All 1, 2, 5, 10, and 40-STACK chambers, are available with the new patented Corning® CellBIND™ surface for enhanced cell attachment or standard tissue culture treatment. There is no additional lead time for Corning® CellBIND™ treatment.

For added convenience in filling and venting manifolds are now available for 40-STACK chambers. Customized filling and venting accessories with aseptic connectors can be added prior to product shipment and are available upon request. The expanded product line also includes manual and automatic manipulators, incubators and shakers. A stacking device models the top surface of the CellSTACK™ chamber, securely nesting in the strengthening ribs. It is used to optimize incubator space while providing clearance for venting.

Corning manufactures CellSTACK™ chambers under GMP conditions and maintains a commitment to capacity with the ability for larger lot sizes. All chambers are packaged with instructions for use and include helpful hints for cell seeding and harvesting. The chambers feature wide filling ports and durable polystyrene construction and are the latest addition to a line of reliable and fully tested products for cell culture scale up.

For additional information on Corning Life Sciences products and surface technologies, please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll free in the United States, (+1) 978-635-2200 internationally, or visit www.corning.com/lifesciences.

Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified technology company that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties of light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products for the telecommunications, information display, environmental, semiconductor, and life sciences industries.

For addition information, contact:

Corning Incorporated
Life Sciences
Media Communications Representative
Julie Eckmann
45 Nagog Park
Acton, MA 01720
Tel: 978.635.2296
E-mail:eckmannj@corning.com