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Qiagen Partners with Cell Diagnostics Company

ANGLE, a cell diagnostics company with a novel harvesting technology for circulating tumor cells and megakaryocytes, inks two major agreements, including a co-marketing partnership with Qiagen.

Diagnostics Makers Encouraged to Help Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

Education and additional rapid diagnostics are needed to help save lives, say advocates. Daphne Allen Deaths from antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could reach 10 million annually by 2050, fears a new industry alliance. Diagnostics manufacturers (along with those developing pharmaceutical and...

U.S. Panel Supports Use of CRISPR to Genetically Modify Human Embryos

The National Academy of Sciences has become the first major institution to endorse the use of gene-editing technology in human embryos to prevent the birth of children with serious diseases. Kristopher Sturgis A diagram of the CRISPR prokaryotic viral defense mechanism. The National Academy of...

New Human Neural Stem Cells Could Boost Tissue Engineering

The new technique can generate rapidly-differentiating human neural stem cells that could be used to build three-dimensional models of human tissue and other tissue engineering applications. Kristopher Sturgis This photo shows human induced neural stem cell lines (red) grown in co-culture with...

Portable Device Produces Drugs on Demand

MIT researchers have developed a novel system for manufacturing biopharmaceutical drugs on demand in resource-limited environments. Kristopher Sturgis Researchers from MIT have developed a novel biopharmaceutical production system that can manufacture a variety of biopharmaceutical drugs on demand...

PwC Dragged into $17M Burrill Fraud Suit

Noted biotech investor G. Steven Burrill had been accused of embezzling $17 million. Now, a venture firm launched by Burrill is charging PwC with being complicit in the scheme. Qmed Staff G. Steven Burrill A venture firm created by Burrill & Co. is suing PwC as well as G. Steven Burrill , the...

Building a Cell on Silicon

Cells are complex structures, making them difficult to replicate in the lab. But a team of Israeli scientists have taken a step in that direction by engineering a silicon chip that can produce proteins from DNA, the most basic function of life. The system, which was designed to be relatively simple...

First Functioning Organ Grown in Living Animal

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have successfully grown a fully functioning organ from transplanted laboratory-created cells in a living animal. While researchers have grown organs in controlled lab environments, this marks the first time that an organ has been created within a living...