The Eurostars grant of €1.2m will support the partners, led by Gain, and includes Newcells, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Lausanne) and the University of Helsinki. Newcells will…
Read update 9th December, 2022Thursday 8th December 2022 was Christmas Jumper Day in the UK to raise money for the charity Save the Children. A prize was given for the…
Read update 24th November, 2022Having become engaged (now married!) in the summer of 2021, Will’s thoughts turned to arrangements for his stag party. Rather than take the traditional route Will hatched a plan…
Read update 17th January, 2022As she narrates her story, you have the impression that you have made the journey with her, her words becoming rich images in…
Read update 18th August, 2021These include the first oligonucleotide-based therapies (Spinraza, Exondys, Vyondys), in vivo gene therapies (Luxturna and Zolgensma) and the first cell therapies (Kymriah, Yescarta, Tescartus). Such novel therapeutics treat disorders varying…
Read update 13th April, 2021Newcells Biotech and Takeda Pharmaceutical International Co. have collaborated in a study designed to assess drug safety. The study evaluated a set of 36 known drugs and…
Read updateWhy develop an RPE model? Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells play a vital role in the retina by forming the outer blood-retinal barrier and maintaining photoreceptor and visual…
Read update 20th April, 2023One the fastest growing approaches to treat cancer is the use of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Since the approval of the first antibody drug conjugate in 2000,…
Read update 13th April, 2023When did you start thinking about incorporating flow into static kidney models? I have been working with static kidney models for over 30 years and started to think about…
Read update 21st March, 2023The Eurostars grant of €1.2m will support the partners, led by Gain, and includes Newcells, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Lausanne) and the University of Helsinki. Newcells will…
Read update 27th February, 2023Fibrotic diseases, including liver fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and renal fibrosis, are characterized by the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, leading to the formation of fibrous tissue that…
Read update 9th February, 2023What is the main advantage of having microglia in the neural retina model? First of all, incorporating microglial cells improves physiological relevance of the current iPSC-derived retinal organoid model…
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