Currently over 50% of men and women are directed to unnecessary treatment or surgery. A new approach may help. Professor Alan Doucette of Dalhousie University and his colleagues have published a study funded by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada in which they capture particles released by rapidly growing cells called exosomes. Like parcels containing tools and instructions, exosomes contain an “inventory of intent.” Meaning, the cells that have released them contain genetic material proteins and metabolites that promote invasion of normal cells and commandeer their resources. [Read more…]
Gladstone Institutes Initiates Research Collaboration With Eli Lilly for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Study will use innovative technology to focus on neurodegenerative diseases
SAN FRANCISCO, December 7, 2017 (Newswire.com) – The Gladstone Institutes announced today a new research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company focused on neurodegenerative diseases. This multi-year, milestone-driven project will be based on a combination of innovative technologies developed at Gladstone by Steve Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D. His laboratory will work closely with Lilly during this collaboration.
“This collaboration has high potential to open new avenues towards effective therapies for neurodegenerative diseases,” said Gladstone President R. Sanders Williams, M.D. “Both organizations are committed to meeting this major unmet need.”
Key to the project is a robotic microscope system developed in Finkbeiner’s laboratory with funds from Gladstone, the Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, and the ALS Association. This fully automated platform allows scientists to track thousands of individual cells for days or weeks at a time, and follow discrete cellular functions.
When coupled with neurons generated from induced pluripotent stem cells collected from patients with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and ALS, this microscope becomes a powerful tool to study the cells and their responses to disease and treatments. [Read more…]
StemBioSys Announces New European Distributor For Stem Cell Research Products
December 7, 2017, SAN ANTONIO – StemBioSys Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Caltag Medsystems Ltd. to distribute and market StemBioSys products. Caltag will distribute StemBioSys products in the European Union. [Read more…]
Pluristem Gets Accelerated Approval Pathways in Top 3 Healthcare Markets – U.S., Europe, Japan
Cell therapy was recently described as “One of the most promising new fields of science and medicine,” by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. He went on to state that cell therapy and regenerative medicine “…hold significant promise for transformative and potentially curative treatments for some of humanity’s most troubling and intractable maladies.” In the FDA statement issued August 28th, Gottlieb also revealed that the U.S. regulator is looking improve upon its approval process for cell therapies. [Read more…]
WuXi Biologics Initiated cGMP Manufacturing in the World’s Largest Biologics Manufacturing Facility Using Only Single-Use Bioreactors
December 6, 2017, WUXI, China, Dec. 6, 2017 — WuXi Biologics (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company, offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, announced that its cGMP biologics manufacturing facility in Wuxi city with 30,000 L bioreactor capacity entered into full operations. This marks a significant milestone for WuXi Biologics as well as the biologics industry in China.
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