Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BIT)
A biomarker for myeloma
2 Jul 2013A protein called FAIM could help doctors to parse which cancer patients will respond to multiple myeloma therapy
Convection trumps diffusion
21 May 2013Breakthrough technology quickly separates large proteins and viruses from their surroundings, which improves purification of vaccines and protein therapuetics
Accelerating cellular assembly lines
1 Jan 2013Insights into cellular productivity could boost generation of proteins with valuable research and medical applications
Laboratory bioreactor boosts yields
4 Dec 2012Inducing stem cells to become different cell types efficiently, and on a large scale, is now possible using a three-dimensional platform
Making sense of contradictions
20 Nov 2012Researchers from A*STAR explain how defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple, seemingly contradictory ways
A key checkpoint against infection
14 Aug 2012A single enzyme plays a critical role in helping the body effectively fight viral infection
Bubble power
13 Mar 2012The latest microfluidic chip can generate microbubbles to break open cells for biochemical analysis
A big role for small RNAs
17 Jan 2012MicroRNAs are essential for B-cell development and antibody production
Driving neuronal differentiation
6 Dec 2011Identification of a signaling pathway could aid development of stem cell-based therapies for Parkinson’s disease
A way to maintain pluripotency
11 Oct 2011Fibroblast growth factor-2 keeps stems cells in their undifferentiated state by activating Wnt signaling
Stem cell signaling
30 Aug 2011Tyrosine phosphorylation profiles illuminate the molecular basis of self-renewal in human embryonic stem cells
Hamster rules
1 Mar 2011Chinese hamster ovary and baby hamster kidney cell lines are the best choices for producing therapeutic glycoprotein that stays in the bloodstream longer