Without using animals: antibodies from algae for pregnancy tests

Start-up develops new process - DBU provides funding

19-Nov-2024 - It is not every day that young start-ups from Germany launch an innovation with industry-changing potential onto the market. But this is exactly what Phaeosynt, a company founded out of the University of Hanover, is planning to do with its diatom-derived antibodies for medical diagnostics. Until ...

A protein for the mass production of antibodies

Rare genetic defect provides fundamental knowledge about antibodies

17-Sep-2020 - Scientists from the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of British Columbia have discovered a major role of the protein JAGN1 in antibody production and the body’s ability to mount a defense against pathogens, including viruses. Antibodies play a ...

Therapeutic Antibodies Show Variations

Subtle Differences: Therapeutic Antibodies Vary Depending on Production System

11-Jul-2018 - Differences in production methods for therapeutic antibodies can lead to variations in their structure, depending on the recombinant procedure selected. The distinctions, which are based on a number of glycosylations, even impact antibodies’ stability. This was the result of a high-precision ...

Merck Ignites Firework of Research Initiatives During its 350th Anniversary Year

Funding of up to € 350,000 per research grant or up to € 30,000 per research challenge

23-May-2018 - Merck announced several research grants and challenges during the company’s 350th anniversary year in addition to already existing initiatives. The new research grants and challenges are mainly directed to scientists working in institutes, universities or start-up companies around the world. “The ...

New method could deliver DNA-based vaccines in pill form

13-Apr-2017 - A microscopic corn-and-shrimp cocktail could eventually make DNA-based vaccinations and cancer-treating gene therapies an easier pill to swallow, according to new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that nesting a specialized ...

New method enables creation of better therapeutic antibodies

15-Mar-2017 - Antibodies are the foot soldiers of our immune system. These specialized, Y-shaped proteins attach to bacteria and viruses, where they either block the pathogen's activity directly, or signal the immune system's cells to destroy the invader. The second function--the ability to target invaders for ...

Scientists discover how insect-borne viruses ‘suppress’ the immune system to cause disease

28-Sep-2016 - Arboviruses – viruses transmitted by insects such as mosquitoes – pose a considerable threat to both human and animal health. Despite that, not enough is known about the complex interactions between the virus and the host, particularly in the early stages of infection. Now, research led by the ...

Subsidiary Heidelberg Pharma contracts Celonic

Contract contains antibody cell line development and antibody production

28-Sep-2016 - WILEX AG, announced that its subsidiary Heidelberg Pharma, has signed an agreement with Celonic AG, Basel, Switzerland, a specialist in the development and manufacturing of biologics (CDMO). This agreement includes cell line development and the production of non-GMP and GMP (Good Manufacturing ...