In biopharma, cells are grown in bioreactors in order to generate protein products that are used as therapeutic agents. Biopharma companies mostly use mammalian cells such as CHO cells to develop the complex therapeutic proteins that are structurally similar to those produced by human cells. This means that if a protein is used as a […]
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Pluripotent stem cells have tremendous potential in regenerative medicine. Pluripotent stem cells have the capability to develop into all the cells derived from the three germ layers. Earlier only the embryonic stem cells were known to be the pluripotent stem cells. The groundbreaking research work of Takahashi and Yamanaka published in 2006 paved the way […]
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Microfluidics is a key technology to develop miniaturized diagnostics and analysis systems. The ‘Organ-on-a-chip’ market is estimated to reach over $6 billion by 2025 (Source: Research and Markets). Here are 32 innovative lab-on-a-chip startups making an impact in high throughput drug screening and point of care diagnostics. 1. Micronit 2. Emulate Bio 3. MIMETAS 4. […]
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1. regenHU 2. Aspect Biosystems 3. Pandorum Technologies 4. Organovo Holdings Inc. 5. Precise Bio 6. Ourobotics 7. REGEMAT 3D 8. Cyfuse Biomedical K.K. 9. EnvisionTEC GmbH 10. Cellink AB 11. Poietis 12. Stratasys Ltd. 13. Regenovo Biotechnology Co. Ltd. 14. Next Big Innovation Labs 15. Nano3D Biosciences Inc. 16. FUJIFILM Wako Automation Corporation 17. […]
Continue ReadingScaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Topics: Scaffold Approaches in Tissue EngineeringScaffold Fabrication TechniquesPhysiochemical characterization of scaffolds 1. Scaffold Approaches in Tissue Engineering There are basically two scaffolding approaches which have been typically used in tissue engineering. These are: Top-down approach Bottom-up approach Tissue Engineering approaches (Nicol et al., 2009) 1.1. Top-down approach The top-down approach involves the use of a […]
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Topics: The BasicsGenetic DisordersApplications of Gene TherapyApplications of Tissue Engineering in Gene TherapyPlasmid Banks and other repositoriesResearch Methods used in Gene TherapyMethods to Analyze RNAMethods to Analyze Proteins 1.The Basics 1.1. Genes A human cell (except for Red Blood Cells) has 23 pairs of chromosomes. Each chromosome houses numerous genes. Genes are basically the sequences […]
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