Downstream Processing Featured Articles

51. Saint-Gobain Adds Large Clamps To Pure-Fit® Line 6/28/2012

    New Pure-Fit® TCL accommodates large diameter and thick wall tubing applications. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has expanded its line of innovative tube clamps with the introduction of the new Pure-Fit® TCL large tube clamp.

52. Newfound Gene May Help Bacteria Survive In Extreme Environments 7/25/2012

    In the days following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, methane-eating bacteria bloomed in the Gulf of Mexico, feasting on the methane that gushed, along with oil, from the damaged well. The sudden influx of microbes was a scientific curiosity: Prior to the oil spill, scientists had observed relatively few signs of methane-eating microbes in the area. By Jennifer Chu, MIT

53. NIH-Supported Study Shows How Immune Cells Change Wiring Of The Developing Mouse Brain 5/23/2012

    Researchers have shown in mice how immune cells in the brain target and remove unused connections between brain cells during normal development. 

54. Is There An Enzyme In Your Future? 8/25/1998
    A method for reducing the chemical steps in vitamin C synthesis from six to two underscores the growing importance of enzymes in organic synthesis...
55. FDA Lifts Clinical Hold On Lpath's iSONEP 8/27/2012

    Lpath, Inc. (OTCQB: LPTN), the industry leader in bioactive lipid-targeted therapeutics, reported that the FDA has lifted the clinical hold on iSONEP™, Lpath's anti-S1P monoclonal antibody that is being developed as a potential treatment for wet AMD and possibly other ocular disorders.

56. TAP Collaborates With CCRM On Process Optimisation Project For Cell Therapies 12/3/2012

    TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, has joined the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine’s (CCRM) industry consortium to translate laboratory cell culture conditions into optimized processes and media for commercial production of cellular therapies.

57. Identified 115 Proteins That Would Allow Designing New Generation Anti-Cancer Drugs 4/26/2012

    Researchers from the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have identified 115 proteins in silico (via computer simulation) that could be highly relevant to treat colon-rectal cancer, since they would make it possible to define the strategy to design new generation anti-cancer drugs.

58. 'Different Kind Of Stem Cell' Possesses Attributes Favoring Regenerative Medicine 11/21/2012

    A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the new and powerful cells they first created in the laboratory a year ago constitute a new stem-like state of adult epithelial cells.

59. Stainless Steel Vial Filling System Developed For Use In Vaccine Facilities 7/17/2014

    TAP Biosystems (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and fermentation systems for life science applications, recently announced the development of a stainless steel version of the fill-it system, designed for safely dispensing biohazardous materials such as vaccine stocks.

60. Spinnovation Biologics Spedia-NMR Gains Momentum In Client Adoption 12/14/2011
    Spinnovation, Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Increasing demand for Spedia-NMR technology from Spinnovation Biologics is expected to continue.