Downstream Processing Featured Articles

1. Single-Use Standardization: Is It Holding Back The Biopharma Industry? 6/1/2015

   The data from BioPlan Associates’ 12th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production speaks to the industry’s ongoing desires for standardization in single-use devices. As usage of these disposable devices increases, the gap between the importance of standardization and end-users’ satisfaction with their supplier’s standardization efforts has steadily been worsening. 

2. How Hepatitis C Invades The Body 12/27/2012

   Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have figured out intimate details of how the hepatitis C virus takes over an invaded cell, a breakthrough that could point to way for new treatments for the virus.

3. Pall Corp. Completes Acquisition Of ATMI LifeSciences 2/21/2014

   PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced it has completed the acquisition of the LifeSciences business of ATMI, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS:ATMI).

4. Fragile X Makes Brain Cells Talk Too Much 2/20/2013

   The most common inherited form of mental retardation and autism, fragile X syndrome, turns some brain cells into chatterboxes, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. By Michael C. Purdy

5. Novel Protein May Help Detect Lou Gehrig's Disease And Dementia, Mayo Clinic Finds 2/12/2013

   Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brains of many patients affected with two common neurodegenerative disorders — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, and frontotemporal dementia.

6. Bioresearch Online Interview With Kirby Pilcher And Dr. George Rodrigues, ARTEL 3/20/2007
   The editorial staff recently sat down with Kirby Pilcher and Dr. George Rodrigues to discuss liquid handling quality assurance and the solutions that are available to avoid potentially expensive and risky pipetting disasters. Kirby is the President and Dr. George Rodrigues the Senior Scientific Manager of ARTEL in Westbrook, ME. Enjoy the discussion
7. WHEATON Announces Acquisition Of CELLine 7/9/2012

   WHEATON has acquired the CELLine dual membrane, cell culture flasks from Wilson Wolf Manufacturing Corporation.  WHEATON has also entered into a long term strategic partnership with Wilson Wolf Manufacturing Corporation for further product development in high density cell culture devices for the production of concentrated, cell secreted products.

8. DAD-12 Superfusion: Powerful Delivery of Drugs to Cells 2/26/1999
   One of the simplest ways to determine the effect of a substance, be it a drug or a chemical, on a living organism is to...
9. Cortex Biochem Awarded Patent 6/9/2005
   Cortex Biochem(TM) Inc., a global leader in developing magnetic particle technology and products used in genomic research and clinical diagnostics, announced it has received a U.S. patent for its MagaZorb(R) Nucleic Acid (DNA/RNA) Isolation and Purification System...
10. Scientists Discover Why Some Proteins Are Speedier Than Others 3/11/2013

    Scientists at the University of Bath have solved a problem that has frustrated biologists for years – why different parts of proteins are made at different rates.