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Life Technologies announces product launches in concert with ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting

Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced activities and product launches in concert with the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 8th Annual Meeting that highlight the company's offerings of complete end-to-end solutions for stem cell research. Stem cell research has been shown to be a critical component of regenerative medicine; a basis for identifying drug targets and drug screening; and an important step in the development of therapies to treat a variety of diseases.

18 Jun 2010

BD Biosciences further expands Research Grant program to support promising stem cell research

BD Biosciences, a segment of BD, announced today a further expansion of its Research Grant program, adding $100,000 worth of reagents, cell culture tools and labware to support promising stem cell research.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 17 Jun 2010

New combination appears to be effective against cancer stem cells in pancreatic cancer

The new cancer medication sorafenib looks promising. Sorafenib is used for advanced liver and kidney cancer and also appears to be effective against cancer stem cells in pancreatic cancer. The team led by Professor Dr. Ingrid Herr, Head of the Department of Molecular Oncosurgery, a group of the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, (Managing Director: Professor Dr. Markus W. B-chler) in cooperation with the German Cancer Research Center, tested the new substance in mice and pancreatic cancer cells.

16 Jun 2010

Amorfix Life Sciences reports operational and year-end financial results for fiscal 2010

Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and diagnostics for the treatment of fatal neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, today announced its operational and financial results for the year ended March 31, 2010, as well as financial results for the fourth quarter.

11 Jun 2010

InVitria launches ITSE Animal-Free recombinant, defined cell culture media supplement

InVitria announced the launch of ITSE Animal-Free™, a recombinant and defined cell culture media supplement that provides the ingredients essential for high performance cell culture. ITSE Animal-Free provides a solution for maximizing performance in a consistent and animal-free system. Insulin and transferrin supplements are commonly used in cell culture to reduce the amount of serum, such as fetal bovine serum (FBS), required to optimize performance.

11 Jun 2010

StemCells' GS2-M cell culture media formulation enhances pluripotency of human ES, iPS cells

StemCells, Inc. announced today that newly published independent research demonstrates that its GS2-M cell culture media formulation enhances the pluripotency of human embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cells. The Company's GS2-M medium has already been shown to enable the derivation and long-term maintenance of mouse iPS cells.

10 Jun 2010

NanoViricides anti-HIV drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in cell culture studies with HIV-1 isolates

NanoViricides, Inc. reports that its anti-HIV drug candidates demonstrated efficacy in the recently completed cell culture studies using two distinctly different HIV-1 isolates. The studies were performed in the laboratory of Carol Lackman-Smith at the Southern Research Institute, Frederick, Maryland.

8 Jun 2010

New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

New technology developed by University of Virginia inventors involving adipose stem cells - adult stem cells found in fatty tissue - could one day be used to treat patients with severe wounds and other serious conditions.

8 Jun 2010

Anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in preliminary cell culture studies

NanoViricides, Inc. reports that its anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrated significant efficacy in the recently completed preliminary cell culture studies. The studies were performed in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Harris, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Berkeley.

2 Jun 2010

Amorfix provides update on development of blood test for vCJD

Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for misfolded protein diseases, provides an update on the development of a blood test for vCJD, one of its six product development programs.

31 May 2010

Researchers study safety and immunogenicity of two H1N1 vaccines in UK children

The first head to head study of the two H1N1 vaccines used in the UK during the recent pandemic finds that the adjuvanted split virus vaccine induced higher immune response rates in young children, but was associated with more reactions than the whole virus vaccine.

28 May 2010

Researchers discover biological pathway signature of ccRCC

By examining expression of every human gene in clear cell renal cell carcinoma compared to normal kidney cells, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have discovered gene signatures they say explain much of the biology of this common and difficult-to-treat kidney cancer.

19 May 2010

International Stem Cell announces strategic alliance with TAP

International Stem Cell Corporation, www.intlstemcell.com, announced today that it had entered into a strategic alliance with The Automation Partnership, www.automationpartnership.com, to automate and scale up the production of stem cell-derived human corneal tissue.

18 May 2010

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, BioSilta Oy collaborate to optimise protein screening

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and Biotechnology start-up BioSilta Oy of Oulu Finland have been collaborating over the last year to optimise protein screening in a range of microwell plate formats. The technique utilises EnBase Flo the newly developed Enzymatic Release media technology from BioSilta.

18 May 2010

Health Canada grants Response Biomedical Class 3 Medical Device license for RAMP RSV Assay

Response Biomedical Corporation today announced that it has been granted a Class 3 (near patient/point-of-care) Medical Device license by Health Canada to market its RAMP® Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Assay in Canada.

18 May 2010

Research sheds light on early embryogenesis, genetic disease

Chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome (also known as DiGeorge syndrome) is the most common human chromosome deletion syndrome, having an estimated incidence of at least one in 4,000 live births.

15 May 2010

HSPH researchers succeed in locking malaria parasites within infected blood cells

Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues seeking to block invasion of healthy red blood cells by malaria parasites have instead succeeded in locking the parasites within infected blood cells, potentially containing the disease.

15 May 2010

NanoViricides signs research and development agreement with Dr. Ken S. Rosenthal's laboratory

NanoViricides, Inc., reports that it has signed a research and development agreement with Dr. Ken S. Rosenthal's laboratory at Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy.

14 May 2010

Mutations in STRAD-alpha gene can cause PMSE syndrome in Amish children: Penn researchers

So often the rare informs the common. Penn researchers investigating a regulatory protein involved in a rare genetic disease have shown that it may be related to epileptic and autistic symptoms in other more common neurological disorders.

12 May 2010

MaxCyte STX Scalable Transfection System acquired by CCS Cell Culture Service

MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell loading systems, is pleased to announce that CCS Cell Culture Service GmbH has acquired the MaxCyte® STX™ Scalable Transfection System to develop and optimize cells for the pharmaceutical industry.

12 May 2010

Exosomes News and Research

Life Technologies announces product launches in concert with ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting

BD Biosciences further expands Research Grant program to support promising stem cell research

New combination appears to be effective against cancer stem cells in pancreatic cancer

Amorfix Life Sciences reports operational and year-end financial results for fiscal 2010

InVitria launches ITSE Animal-Free recombinant, defined cell culture media supplement

StemCells' GS2-M cell culture media formulation enhances pluripotency of human ES, iPS cells

NanoViricides anti-HIV drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in cell culture studies with HIV-1 isolates

New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

Anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in preliminary cell culture studies

Amorfix provides update on development of blood test for vCJD

Researchers study safety and immunogenicity of two H1N1 vaccines in UK children

Researchers discover biological pathway signature of ccRCC

International Stem Cell announces strategic alliance with TAP

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, BioSilta Oy collaborate to optimise protein screening

Health Canada grants Response Biomedical Class 3 Medical Device license for RAMP RSV Assay

Research sheds light on early embryogenesis, genetic disease

HSPH researchers succeed in locking malaria parasites within infected blood cells

NanoViricides signs research and development agreement with Dr. Ken S. Rosenthal's laboratory

Mutations in STRAD-alpha gene can cause PMSE syndrome in Amish children: Penn researchers

MaxCyte STX Scalable Transfection System acquired by CCS Cell Culture Service

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