DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Single-Use Tubing And Filter/Tubing Assemblies
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Novel Protein May Help Detect Lou Gehrig's Disease And Dementia, Mayo Clinic Finds
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.
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Endress+Hauser Introduces OUSBT66 Cell Density Sensor
Endress+Hauser introduces the OUSBT66 sensor for cell density measurement. Using near-Infrared (NIR) light absorbance technology, the OUSBT66 is a non-intrusive, hygienic sensor that is ideal for real time, in-situ cell production optimization in life science processes, fermentation biomass measurement and algae growth monitoring for biofuel production.
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Population Genetics Validates GenomePooling For Cancer
Population Genetics Technologies Ltd., creator of innovative methods for genetic analyses and biomarker discovery, has successfully completed a pilot study to prove that its GenomePooling method is sensitive and accurate enough to detect even small percentages of gene variants within cancer tissue. This validates the method’s suitability for use in IntReALL 2010, the world’s largest genetic analysis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) relapse cases. ALL is the most common childhood malignant disease.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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A Disposable Valve For Process Chromatography
This case study discusses the need for a fully automated, disposable chromatography system which was PLC controlled and designed for use in a cGMP environment. The required applications for the chromatography system included contamination removal, and concentration and purification of biologically derived proteins used in the production of research and clinical materials.
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Comparing The Automated Pipetting To Volumetric Glassware And Air Displacement Pipettes
Analytical sample preparation is used in many industries such as forensics, environmental chemistry, mining, beer and wine fermentation and many others. Concentrated samples are diluted and analyzed via High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Atomic Absorption, and/or Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy to name a few. Traditionally these samples are prepared using volumetric glassware, syringes and/or pipettes.
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Optimized Purity And Recovery Of A Monoclonal Antibody Using Mixed-Mode Chromatography Media
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) remain a predominant class of therapeutic protein products on the market because of their wide range of applications in disease treatment and diagnosis. Over the years, upstream technology advancements have helped improve the titer of target antibodies, from merely 1 g/L two decades ago to 10–13 g/L in fed-batch processes and up to 25 g/L in perfusion cultures today (Gronemeyer et al. 2014).
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Single-Use Connections Advance Aseptic Processing
John Boehm discusses how single-use connections advance aseptic processing and create increased process flexibility and reliability while reducing costs.
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USP <787> Small Volume Testing With Liquid Particle Counters
By their very nature, biological therapeutics are not only expensive to manufacture but are often produced in small volumes.
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An Automated Profiling Application For G9a Histone Methyltransferase And Bromodomain Proteins
Due to several findings, G9a and BET bromodomain proteins have become the target for numberous drug discovery projects. In this study, we describe a novel, cell-based assay platform that uses the robust, yet simple Enzyme Fragment Complementation (EFC) Technology.