Downstream Processing Featured Articles
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Closer Look At Cell Membrane Shows Cholesterol 'Keeping Order'
11/12/2012
Cell membranes form the “skin” of most every cell in your body, but the ability to view them up close and in motion cannot be rendered by many experimental techniques. A team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of California, Irvine, recently developed a way to magnify them dramatically.
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FDA Approves First Drug-Eluting Stent To Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease
11/15/2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (Zilver PTX Stent), the first drug-eluting stent indicated to re-open a particular artery in the thigh (femoropopliteal artery) when narrowed or blocked as a result of peripheral artery disease (PAD).
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Hamilton Robotics Launches Highly Flexible PCR Setup Workstation
3/18/2013
Hamilton Robotics introduces the PCR setup STARlet, the first automated liquid handling system flexible enough to accommodate any DNA amplification reagent kit, from simple setups and small budgets to highly demanding workflows.
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Injection-Free Vaccination
2/5/2013
Injection-free vaccination technique could address global vaccine challenge for diseases such as HIV and malaria
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BioPharma Industry Getting Comfortable With Complex Single-Use Devices
2/10/2012
The rate of usage of disposables in biopharmaceutical manufacturing has increased substantially over the past six years in a variety of areas, but most notably for complex devices, that are also among the most expensive. By Eric Langer
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Phenex Enters Into A Research Collaboration And License Agreement With Janssen For Autoimmune And Chronic Inflammatory Disorders
12/17/2012
Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG (Phenex) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. and its affiliates (Janssen) to jointly discover compounds that target the nuclear hormone receptor RORγT and may have utility in the treatment of chronic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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Stratagene Introduces A New Product For Human Splice Variant Discovery
4/5/2006
Stratagene Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products, announced the commercial availability of the Human SpliceMiner cDNA Library Panel
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Data System To Unite Chromatography And Mass Spectrometry
3/18/2013
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently introduced the next generation of its gold-standard Chromeleon chromatography data system (CDS), which now supports mass spectrometry along with mainstream front-end separation techniques in the same software package.
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Single-Use Tubing And Filter/Tubing Assemblies
4/27/2011
Meissner’s BioFlex™ fluid path assemblies are designed for secure fluid transfer in critical biopharmaceutical processing applications. These single-use tubing and filter/tubing assemblies offer maximum convenience and flexibility in single-use systems.
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New Injectable Gels Toughen Up After Entering The Body
11/16/2012
Gels that can be injected into the body, carrying drugs or cells that regenerate damaged tissue, hold promise for treating many types of disease, including cancer. However, these injectable gels don’t always maintain their solid structure once inside the body. By Anne Trafton