Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad has a global team of more than 6,800 employees and serves more than 85,000 research and industry customers worldwide through its global network of operations. Throughout its existence, Bio-Rad has built strong customer relationships that advance scientific research and development efforts and support the introduction of new technology used in the growing fields of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, food safety, medical diagnostics, and more. Life Science Group: Bio-Rad's Life Science Group develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of laboratory instruments, apparatus, and consumables used for research in functional genomics, proteomics, and food safety. The group ranks among the top 5 life science companies worldwide, and maintains a solid reputation for quality, innovation, and commitment to its customers. Bio-Rad's life science products are based on technologies used to separate, purify, analyze, identify, and amplify biological materials such as proteins and nucleic acids. Some of these technologies include electrophoresis, imaging, multiplex immunoassay, chromatography, microbiology, bioinformatics, protein function analysis, transfection, amplification, and real-time PCR. Researchers in laboratories throughout the world rely on Bio-Rad's products. Clinical Diagnostics Group: Bio-Rad's Clinical Diagnostics Group develops, manufactures, sells, and supports a large portfolio of products for medical screening and diagnostics. Bio-Rad is the leading specialty diagnostics company in the world and its products are recognized as the gold standard for diabetes monitoring and quality control (QC) systems. The company is also well known for its blood virus testing and detection, blood typing, autoimmune and genetic disorders testing, and internet-based software products. Bio-Rad's clinical diagnostics products incorporate a broad range of technologies used to detect, identify, and quantify substances in bodily fluids and tissues. The results are used as aids to support medical diagnosis, detection, evaluation, and the monitoring and treatment of diseases and other medical conditions.