Stratagene Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets life science research and diagnostic products internationally. The company's life science research unit supports advances in science by inventing, manufacturing, and distributing products that simplify, accelerate, and improve research. These products are used in the academic, industrial, and government research sectors in fields spanning molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, and toxicology. The company’s diagnostic unit develops and manufactures products for urinalysis, as well as automated instrument and reagent systems that use blood samples to test various allergies and autoimmune disorders. It offers products in various categories, including amplification, cloning, nucleic acid analysis, quantitative PCR, cell biology, microarrays, and protein function and analysis. Stratagene Corporation also provides software for pathway analysis and microarray data analysis. The company was founded in 1984 as Stratagene Holding Corporation and changed its name in 2003. Stratagene Corporation is based in La Jolla, California. As of June 6, 2007, Stratagene Corporation is a subsidiary of Agilent Technologies, Inc.