International Scientific Communications, Inc.
(ISC) is an American publisher of trade magazines
that was established in November 1968 as American
Laboratory.
Based out of Shelton, Connecticut, it launched
its first journal, American Laboratory offering
practical, applications-oriented information
on the use of new kinds of laboratory instrumentation.
It obtained its current name in 1971.In 1982,
ISC launched its editorial tabloid, American
Biotechnology Laboratory.
By the late 1990s, ISC had started additional
publications, such as American Chemical Laboratory,
China Laboratory, India Lab, American Genomics/Proteomics
Technology and others.
The company was acquired in 2010 by San Francisco-based
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