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29th August, 2023

Latest Advances in CAR-T Therapy with novel HLA-typed in vitro cell tools

CAR-T Therapy CAR-T Therapy is a form of immunotherapy that harnesses the power of the patient’s immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells. It involves ex-vivo genetic engineering of…

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28th July, 2023

MPS summit highlights

About the conference: MPS summit The MPS summit is a small but buzzing conference, where scientists from the pharma industry, academia and microchip manufacturers gather to discuss the latest advances…

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Accelerate preclinical testing
15th June, 2022

Gene therapy vectors: Preclinical testing with retinal organoids

Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) vectors have emerged as the most successful retinal gene therapy vectors following the FDA approval of Luxturna in 2017. This new gene therapy product is…

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Organ on chip
31st May, 2022

Organ-on-a-chip: the next generation tool for drug development?

Organ-on-a-chip (OoC) or Microphysiological systems (MPS) are microfluidic devices providing a controlled microenvironment for miniaturised tissues mimicking physiological architecture and function of human tissues and organs. The application of dynamic…

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Glomerulus surrounded by convoluted tubules
11th March, 2022

Why is an in vitro model of the glomerulus desperately needed?

In most cases, once the kidney’s function is limited, the only treatment options are dialysis and kidney transplant. The absence of effective drugs to treat kidney disease is partly…

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How to reduce drug attrition during drug development
1st February, 2022

How to reduce drug attrition during drug development?

There are two main causes of drug attrition: safety and efficacy, and in both instances, the common denominator is the inadequacy of current preclinical models to predict outcomes in…

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iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells
28th April, 2023

Latest innovation in retina models brings a fully characterised Retina Pigment Epithelium (RPE)

Why 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…

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ADC, Antibody drug conjugate,
20th April, 2023

Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) – the role of in vitro models in safety assessment

One 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,…

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13th April, 2023

The inside story of the development of Newcells’ MPS flow model: Scientific chat with Dr Colin Brown

When 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…

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Newcells Biotech
21st March, 2023

Newcells Biotech collaborates with consortium in Eurostars funded project to advance novel therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency

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…

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fibroblast and collagen
27th February, 2023

The latest FMT Assay: An invaluable tool for modelling fibrotic disease

Fibrotic 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…

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9th February, 2023

Latest trends in Retinal Organoids: Scientific chat with Dr Valeria Chichagova

What 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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