Cell Culture – News and Features

The research funding from the German Ministry for Education and Research will enable KINAXO to establish a universally applicable technology platform.

By engineering ZFPs that can recognize a specific DNA sequence, Sangamo has created ZFP nucleases that facilitate efficient and highly specific gene modification and ZFP transcription factors that specifically control gene expression.

Scientists employed Applied Biosystems technology to identify gene expression markers that may be used to characterise diverse human embryonic stem cell lines.

Scientists publish findings in Molecular Cell showing potential of microRNAs as novel cancer drug targets.

Researchers from Eli Lilly & Company and TGen have found a recurring mutation of the gene AKT1 in breast, colorectal and ovarian cancers.

University of Virginia Health System geneticists have uncovered a major secret in the mystery of how the DNA helix replicates itself time after time.

amaxa receives a €2.75M grant from European Commission to develop devices for use in the study of immunological, neuronal and liver disorders.

Scientists at Lifeline Cell Technology have created six human stem cell lines that appear capable of differentiation into any cell type found in the human body using a method that does not require the use of fertilized embryos.

Researchers at Roslin Cells Ltd and University of Manchester demonstrates that eggs which are incapable of becoming viable embryos can be used as a source for stem cells.

ReNeuron has generated data concerning its pancreatic cell lines for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes with its ReN002 diabetes programme.