Harvest & Collection
PRODUCTS
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Introducing the TITANITE lens series, a groundbreaking innovation in light sheet microscopy designed for high magnification and an expansive field of view.
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High-performance x-ray inspection system that delivers improved product quality and increased product safety. The X12 system is the perfect solution for small-medium food and pharmaceutical products.
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The AMP20162 solid state high-power amplifier is designed for EMI/RFI testing, laboratory use, and general communication applications.
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KRYTAR's 4-50 GHz directional couplers are crafted for system applications necessitating external leveling, precise monitoring, signal mixing, or swept transmission and reflection measurements.
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A premium dual energy x-ray inspection system offering outstanding detection of hard-to-find, low density contaminants, in a variety of applications. Available in standard and custom configurations.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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No More Swiss Holes: Filling The Gaps In Clinical Trial Disclosure
This use case shows how sponsors can gain clarity on disclosure requirements when entering a new country.
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The City Of Fayetteville's Flood Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change: Mapping 15 Watersheds
The city of Fayetteville, North Carolina has always had flooding issues, but it’s been getting worse as weather patterns have been changing. They were hit four years in a row by storms Matthew (2016), Irma (2017), Florence (2018), and Dorian (2019).
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From Months To Hours: MMC Medical's EDC Revolution
Learn how a specialized CRO reduced study build times by 95%. Discover strategies for template reusability and flexible resource scaling to accelerate early-stage medical device validation.
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Breaking Barriers In ED Treatment: A 100% Recruitment Success!
Discover how Palleos achieved full patient enrollment across four countries in record time in an Erectile Dysfunction study.
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Bend Successfully Rescues Powder-Filled Capsule Program
Learn how to overcome tech transfer challenges and ensure consistent content uniformity by leveraging multidisciplinary expertise and decades of commercial encapsulation experience.
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Integrated Water Intelligence: Digital Water Metering And Digital Twin Technology
Integrating digital metering with digital twins transforms raw data into actionable network intelligence. This unified approach enables precise hydraulic simulations and proactive maintenance, helping utilities eliminate operational guesswork while improving water quality and system efficiency.
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Improving Patient Health And Safety
Engage an experienced CMC program management consultant to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust product development plan (PDP) with your team lead, cross-functional members, and vendors.
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How eSource Reduced Benchmark's Protocol Deviations By Almost 40%
Explore how a leading vaccine site network selected CRIO to help address the challenges with it's use of paper charts in collecting source data.
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Optimizing Early-Stage Oncology
A strategic partnership enables a U.S. biotech company to address the struggles with their Phase I first-in-human oncology trial.
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Innovative Multilayer Extrusion Technology Solves Product Redesign Challenges
A multinational medical device company successfully worked to redesign a component used in cardiovascular surgery.
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RTSM And Clinical Drug Dispensation
A pharma company used Signant Health's RTSM solution in a Phase 2 schizophrenia trial to ensure drug availability, maintain study balance, prevent duplicate allocations, and manage returns and destruction of unused drugs.
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Retention And Access In NSCLC Clinical Trials
Helping participants navigate respiratory limitations, fatigue, and complex visit schedules in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) studies.
NEWS
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QuasarMD Unveils Advanced Full-Body Light Therapy Mat To Support Aging Wellness7/29/2025
QuasarMD LLC, a leader in light-based wellness technologies, announces the launch of its Full-Body Light Therapy Mat, a clinically validated, non-invasive solution designed to address the evolving wellness needs of aging adults.
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Evonik Partners With ST Pharm To Increase Its Offerings For RNA And Nucleic Acid Delivery1/8/2025
Evonik is partnering with ST Pharm, a company that manufactures active ingredients for gene therapy, to expand its RNA and nucleic acid therapeutic services.
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Agilitas Energy Expands Into Hydropower With Acquisition Of Two Projects In West Virginia And Maryland6/24/2025
Agilitas Energy, a leading developer and operator of renewable energy and energy storage systems, today announced the acquisition of two late-stage hydropower development projects from Advanced Hydro Solutions.
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Smarter Dentistry Starts Here: Muskan.AI Enhances Diagnostics, Imaging & Patient Care5/19/2025
Muskan.AI, a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence to dentistry, has reached several key milestones in its mission to transform dental care through intelligent, accessible, and clinician-focused technology.
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Meatable And TruMeat Collaborate To Accelerate Cost-Effective Cultivated Meat Production4/30/2025
Meatable, the leader in cultivated meat technology, and TruMeat, specializing in the contract manufacturing of cultivated meat at commercial scale, have formed a strategic collaboration to advance the global commercialization of cultivated meat.
ABOUT
Harvest and Collection
Harvest and collection is the process used to retrieve biological agents and vaccines present in cell cultures or to harvest and collect stem cells from blood or bone marrow. Many bioresearch companies have sophisticated systems for harvesting and collecting cells. These systems make counting cells easier and they also protect against contamination.
Cells are harvested once the cells reach a density level in the cell culture medium that precludes further growth. The best time to harvest cells is when they are in a confluent state (at least 50% of the culture dish is covered and before 100% of the dish is covered).
Cells can be harvested using on of three methods: Mechanical, using Proteolytic enzymes, or using EDTA. Mechanical harvesting uses a rubber spatula to remove the cells from the growth surface or culture. This method is quick but can cause many cells to die because it is highly disruptive. This method is favored when harvesting lots of different samples of cells to prepare extracts.
In this case, viability of the cells doesn’t matter. Three enzymes; Trypsin, Collagenase, and Pronase can be used in combination with EDTA. The combination of these enzymes with the EDTA makes cells detach from the growth medium.
This method is easy but also has a downside. It can damage the cell surface by eating up exposed cell surface proteins. EDTA can be used alone to detach cells from their medium and it is gentler than using trypsin.
Normally, collected cells are placed in a new suspension, or growth medium to continue growing new cultures. This is referred to as passaging or splitting the cells.