GOSSELIES, Belgium, April 19, 2022 – Ncardia has launched a new business, Cellistic™, to focus Ncardia’s induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) expertise on the cell therapy development and manufacturing sector. This strategy expands on Ncardia’s existing drug discovery solutions business and capitalizes on the company’s deep expertise in iPSC differentiation and expansion to focus dedicated resources and capabilities to address the growing need for iPSC cell therapy solutions, including the development of robust cell-specific manufacturing platforms. [Read more…]
ShiftBio Partners with RoosterBio to Accelerate Development of a Novel Genetically Engineered Exosome, SBI-102 for Rare Diseases and Cancer
RoosterBio’s MSC-derived exosome bioprocess technology platform enables accelerated development of ShiftBio’s lead therapeutic candidate via a scalable cGMP manufacturing process in bioreactors, downstream purification, and analytical characterization.
Seoul, South Korea and Frederick, MD, April 26, 2022 – ShiftBio, a leader in the development of innovative exosome platform technologies, announced today a strategic partnership with RoosterBio Inc., a leading supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), highly engineered media, and bioprocess development services. This partnership will accelerate ShiftBio’s therapeutic candidates, starting with SBI-102 (Stem cell-derived exosomes expressing a therapeutic ligand), into the clinic. [Read more…]
TreeFrog Therapeutics Launches a $100,000 Research Grant in Regenerative Medicine
Bordeaux, France / April 19th, 2022 – TreeFrog Therapeutics, a biotechnology company aimed at making safer, more efficient and more affordable cell therapies based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), today announced the launch of The Stem Cell SpaceShot Grant, a $100,000 research funding in the field of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. [Read more…]
Interview with Dr. Nianwei Lin, Co-Founder and President of iXCells Biotechnologies
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Diego, CA, iXCells Biotechnologies is a cell biology and cell technology company specializing in pre-clinical drug discovery solutions. iXCells provides primary cells and iPSC derived cells, custom iPSC services, and functional bioassay development and execution, among other products and services.
In this interview with Nianwei Lin, Co-Founder and President of iXCells Biotechnologies, we discuss the company’s product pipeline, innovative drug discovery solutions, CRO services, and its future goals. [Read more…]
Who Is CryoHoldco? Latin America’s Largest Cord Blood Bank
CryoHoldco is a stem cell bank holding company that is the market leader in Latin America and one of the top 10 largest cord blood banks in the world. CryoHoldco is now seven times larger than any other stem cell bank in Latin America with over 275,000 stem cell units in storage.
