Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Releases Novel, PCT-dependent Sample Preparation Kit for Systems Biolo...( SOUTH EASTON Mass. Aug. 20 /- Pre...)

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced the release for sale of ProteoSolve-SB, a novel, pressure cycling technology ("PCT")-dependent kit for the simultaneous extraction, isolation, and fractionation of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, and lipids from animal and plant samples routinely used in laboratory research. This patent-pending kit was released earlier this week at the International HUPO (Human Proteomic Organization) Meeting, being held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It contains proprietary reagents, consumable processing containers (PULSE Tubes), and instructions for use, and is intended to be used with the Company's patented PCT Sample Preparation System. The kit is based on the unique approach to a "systems biology" sample preparation method that was first unveiled earlier this year by the PBI scientific team in collaboration with Dr. Alexander Ivanov of the Harvard School of Public Health at the annual meetings of US HUPO and the Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF).

Systems biology (SB) is the study of the complex interactions of biological systems within an organism. This allows the researcher to consider the integrated effects and emergent properties of many complex biological systems, which in turn should result in the more rapid development of diagnostics and therapeutics. Integral to the SB approach is the study of nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids from the same biological sample. Very few techniques currently available allow for the efficient concomitant extraction, isolation, and fractionation of these important bio-molecules; therefore, scientists must rely on mutually incompatible sample
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