DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Sanford-Burnham Research Projects Selected To Go To Space
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.
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New Monoclonal Antibody Developed That Can Target Proteins Inside Cancer Cells
Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer are buried inside cancer cells.
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GE Healthcare Launches FF High Performance Nitrocellulose Membranes Optimized For Diagnostic Assay Reproducibility
GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ new Whatman FF High Performance (HP) membrane provides the industry with a new diagnostic membrane to enable fast, razor-sharp line separation and highly reproducible results for the detection of target molecules in liquids such as water, urine, blood and saliva.
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FDA Offers New Guidance On Developing Drugs For Alzheimer's Disease
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposal designed to assist companies developing new treatments for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before the onset of noticeable (overt) dementia.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Selecting The Optimal Resins For Endotoxin Depletion In Process Purification
A guide to effectively remove endotoxins with versatile process resins.
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Automation Of A Homogeneous Proximity Assay For Detection Of Residual Protein A In Biological Therapeutics
Protein A is used in affinity chromatography for therapeutic antibody purification and has been shown to leach from columns during purification of antibodies resulting in contamination. Residual Protein A in therapeutic drugs could elicit mitogenic or immunological reactions in patients.
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Economic Analysis Of Single-Use Tangential Flow Filtration For Biopharmaceutical Applications Prior to creating an accurate economic model for TFF, a thorough understanding of the process where the TFF is used is needed. A process model is a valuable tool when properly executed and it must accurately include all critical aspects of the purification process. By Michael LaBreck, Mark Perreault, Novasep
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Biomanufacturing Supply Chains
This white paper examines the major issues with biopharmaceutical supply chains and how to balance inventory and risk optimally in the network.
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Cultivation Of Human CAP Cells: Evaluation Of Scale-Down Capabilities
The following application note illustrates how the DASbox Mini Bioreactor System combined with the BioBLU 0.3c single-use vessels supports bioprocess development in human cell culture.
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Automating Protein Purification Processes Achieves Reliable Results And Reproducibility
ÄKTA start is an easy-to-use, reliable protein purification system. In this application note it is described how Erica, a post-doctoral researcher, used ÄKTA start to purify GST-tagged protein using a predefined method template, a GSTrap FF column, and a Frac30 fraction collector.