Downstream Processing Featured Articles

71. The Value of Closing Your Process

    For R&D and PD applications, closed, single-use systems can protect against both biological and cross-contamination, saving valuable research time and money.

72. The Benefits Of Genderless Sterile Connectors For Single-Use Applications

    Genderless connections are those in which the connector halves are identical in design, thus eliminating the need for different male and female halves to make the connection.

73. Recursive Splicing Key In Large Gene Processing 8/19/2005
    Now, investigators at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that a novel mechanism, called recursive splicing, removes long introns by steadily paring them down in a predictable fashion and joining the remaining exons
74. New 1.3-Micron Kinetex Core-Shell Media Delivers Superior UHPLC Performance 1/15/2013

    Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the addition of 1.3-micron UHPLC columns to its Kinetex core-shell product line.

75. Saint-Gobain's New C-Flex® ULTRA Pump Tubing For Biopharmaceutical Applications Outperforms The Competition 6/28/2012

    Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has expanded its line of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing with the addition of new C-Flex® ULTRA pump tubing, a product designed specifically to perform in demanding biopharmaceutical applications such as pumping, single-use assemblies, process filling and sampling.

76. Biologists Engineer Algae To Make Complex Anti-Cancer 'Designer' Drug 12/10/2012

    Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic drug used to treat cancer.

77. Next Generation Single-Use Bioreactor Improves Cell Culture Performance 9/18/2013

    The next-generation HyPerforma Single-Use Bioreactor has been redesigned to provide improved ergonomics while retaining traditional stainless steel bioreactor design principles to enhance cell culture performance.

78. RainDance Technologies And CLC Bio Collaborate To Develop Specialized Software Solutions For Targeted Resequencing 9/18/2009
    RainDance Technologies and CLC bio recently announced a partnership to develop specialized software for the analysis of targeted resequencing data generated by workflows incorporating RainDance’s Sequence Enrichment Solution and next-generation DNA sequencing platforms.
79. Sanford-Burnham Research Projects Selected To Go To Space 11/29/2012

    We’re excited to announce recently that two of our research teams have won Space Florida’sInternational Space Station (ISS) Research Competition. Eight teams were selected from a pool of international applicants to send experiments to space in late 2013.

80. Mayo Clinic Uses New Approach To Reverse Multiple Sclerosis In Mice Models 6/28/2012

    Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully used smaller, folded DNA molecules to stimulate regeneration and repair of nerve coatings in mice that mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). They say the finding, published today in the journal PLoS ONE, suggests new possible therapies for MS patients.