ImaginAb Inc., a clinical stage immuno-oncology imaging company, announced today that it has entered into a non-exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Roche. Under the terms of the agreement, Roche will use ImaginAb's novel minibody CD8 T cell imaging agent in immuno-oncology clinical trials for multiple types of cancers....
Extraction of RNA is well-known to be a difficult process due to the low stability of the RNA molecules and the abundance of RNases.MicroGEM’s RNAGEM solves this with extremely fast, temperature-driven RNA extractions that simultaneously lyse cells and strip protein complexes from nucleic acids, thereby allowing higher processivity of polymerases....
Water-resistant glass containers are a prerequisite for countless industries, from chemicals to food production. The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) determines how water resistance can be determined with the so-called glass test. Ph. Eur. Version 9.6., which came into force a few months ago, has further tightened the requirements for this test....
Hollywood movies and television shows have introduced audiences to all kinds of cutting-edge, crime-solving forensic tools and techniques over the years. We've seen everything from DNA detection methods that can instantly identify a probable suspect to finding the culprit based on evidence gathered with a cotton swab. While these fictional crime scene investigation (CSI) technologies....
Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), the leader in digital cell biology, has announced the launch of the Lightning™ optofluidic platform, which directly visualizes phenotype and function of 1000s of T cells in days to help scientists address challenges in developing cancer immunotherapies. The product was showcased at the upcoming 34th Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry....
Despite being the second most common element in the universe helium has an annoying habit of escaping into space. If this didn’t make things challenging enough, in 1996, the US government started selling off its holding of helium at low prices as it was no longer considered a strategic material. The knock-on effect was a high level of cheap helium on the market.....
A Netherlands Cancer Institute team, co-led by Thijn Brummelkamp and Anastassis (Tassos) Perrakis, reported independently, but almost simultaneously with three more groups from all over the world, on the crystal structure and mechanism of a peculiar molecular end-tail of the microtubules that constitute the cell skeleton....
One of the biggest players from the aerospace industry has replaced chromium in their anodizing process of aircraft parts by a mix of sulfuric and tartaric acid (TSA, Tartaric Sulfuric Anodizing). Metrohm developed a new method allowing this customer to determine both acids quickly and reliably using the same sensor, a highly sensitive, fast responding thermometer. An Application Note is available free of charge....
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AMSBIO reports on the pioneering research published in a collaborative effort between researchers in the School of Engineering, University of Newcastle and Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK that has cited Biotinylated Hyaluronan Binding Protein (biotin-HABP) supplied by the company in its investigation into the cancer resistance of the naked mole-rat (NMR)....
A drug with three active ingredients that are released in sequence at specific times: Thanks to the work of a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), what was once a pharmacologist's dream is now much closer to reality. With a combination of hydrogels and artificial DNA, nanoparticles can be released in sequence under conditions similar to those in the human body...
The DNA of two people differs in millions of places. But which of those variants also have an actual effect on how our bodies function? Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have developed a technique that allows them to see which changes in the genetic code affect the activity of genes and, therefore, how we function. They publish their findings in the Nature Genetics journal...
Production of new anti-cancer drugs at ADC Bio’s North Wales manufacturing plant has been boosted following completion of a new cleanroom facility, designed and built by WHP. This forms a key part of ADC Bio’s construction of a new bioconjugation facility at its site in Deeside, North Wales, UK for the commercial production of antibody drug conjugates in response to global customer demand....
A Dolomite Microfluidics’ set-up is helping researchers in the University of Manchester’s Division of Pharmacy and Optometry to enhance drug delivery. Dr Annalisa Tirella explained: “My background is bioengineering, where I gained expertise in biomaterials and fabrication techniques. At the beginning of my career, I focused my research on the design and manufacture of biomaterials to be used as in vitro models for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications...
Fluidic Analytics’ diffusional sizing technology has been influential in a recent study that investigates protein binding and self-assembly in Alzheimer’s disease. This work was presented by Professor Sara Linse of Lund University, Sweden, during the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award plenary lecture at FEBS 2019, 7th July, Krakow, Poland. Her work on the mechanism of amyloid β aggregation and the role of inhibitors demonstrates....
New high-performance, cost-effective PACE SNP assays will lower the cost and improve the reliability of SNP or indel screening. In the latest collaboration in a series to advocate for genomics research, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is teaming up with 3CR Bioscience (3CR) to widen access to quality custom solutions for genotyping screening. The partnership fuses IDT’s industry-leading oligo synthesis with...
The first two Analytik Jena Science Awards are given to Dr. Carlos Abad of the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, and Natalie Rangno of the Institute of Wood Technology Dresden. With this award, Analytik Jena is honoring scientific articles in which Analytik Jena products have been used find solutions for particularly challenging applications. The award is being presented for the first time at...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 17th with LIMS: The Backbone to Your Quality Management System (QMS). This month, we will focus on the importance of a LIMS as the backbone of an organization’s Quality Management System (QMS)....
New facility brings rapid, reliable delivery of cell culture media to European customers. FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a global leader in the innovation, development, and manufacture of cell culture media, announced plans to open a third manufacturing facility located in Tilburg, Netherlands. The company currently has sites in the United States and Japan. Fujifilm’s investment in this project demonstrates its commitment to accelerate development in bioproduction and, cell and gene therapy markets...
The Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg is carrying out research to develop a future-proof energy storage system. LAUDA is providing the temperature control technology. Germany has set ambitious goals for the energy revolution: The proportion of renewable energy relative to overall energy consumption should be 80 per cent by 2050. With the expansion of wind energy, photovoltaics and other regenerative energy...
The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS expands its range of microstructure diagnostics with Hitachi's HF5000 field emission transmission electron microscope. The presentation of the new microscope took place during a workshop in Halle (Saale). In this meeting, international experts were presented with novel microscopy technologies....
Thermo Fisher and Biognosys to develop industry-leading mass spectrometry-based workflows for the efficient analysis of proteins in complex biological matrices. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Biognosys, a leading developer of next-generation proteomics solutions, will extend their long-standing collaboration to provide...