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Altogen Biosystems is a life science company that specializes in manufacturing transfection reagents, with a focus on in vitro siRNA delivery and RNAi applications.

Company Profile
Altogen Biosystems began as a company focusing on non-viral methods of transfection. The company began to experiment with a variety of chemical reagents used to deliver nucleic acids into cells, and eventually started to optimize reagents for specific cell lines. Currently, the company is investing into research pertaining to siRNA delivery and RNAi optimization in cell lines that are difficult to transfect.

In 2017, Altogen Biosystems was named as one of the principal players in the transfection technology market by QY Research.

Products
Altogen Biosystems has developed an array of optimized transfection reagents, and offers custom life science research services at its GLP-compliant laboratory. The company's transfection reagents are meant to help deliver compounds into cells through chemical means; reagents with lipids, nanoparticles, and PEGylated liposomes can allow compounds to enter a cell through the cell membrane. The company also offers RNAi research services that optimize the conditions for RNA interference in chosen cell lines.