Protein in Biological Technology

Debiopharm and MSM Protein Technologies Sign Agreement for Research and Development of Debio 0929, a Novel Oncology Biologic

LAUSANNE, Switzerland and MEDFORD, Massachussets, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, and MSM Protein Technologies (MSM), a human ...

SAFC Biosciences(R) Defines Hydrolysate Components That Enhance Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cell Line Protein Production

ST. LOUIS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFC Biosciences(R), a business segment within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL ), announced today that it has developed a new, chemically defined cell culture supplement based on the characterization of hydrol...

PacificGMP and USC to Collaborate on Recombinant Protein Development and Manufacturing for Phase 1 Clinical Trial

SAN DIEGO and LOS ANGELES, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- PacificGMP, the leader in single-use bioprocessing for development and manufacturing for its client partners, and the University of Southern California (USC) announced today that they have signed an agreement whereby PacificGMP will prov...

Muscular protein bond -- strongest yet found in nature

A research collaboration between Munich-based biophysicists and a structural biologist in Hamburg is helping to explain why our muscles, and those of other animals, don't simply fall apart under stress. Their findings may have implications for fields as diverse as medical research and nanotechnolo...

Caliper Life Sciences Introduces Staccato Protein Workstation for Automated Protein Sample Preparation & Analysis

- Caliper Addresses Key Bottlenecks in Quality by Design Initiative for Protein Therapeutics - HOPKINTON, Mass., June 29 Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today launched the Staccato Protein W...

CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer

MATTHEWS, N.C., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer . The company will accept the award this evening during a ceremony at the Carnegie ...

First ASMS Hites Award for Outstanding Research Publication Presented to Prof. Alison Ashcroft for Her Use of Waters Synapt HDMS System to Explore Protein Complexes

PHILADELPHIA, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) announced today that the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) presented Prof. Alison Ashcroft of the University of Leeds with the first Ron Hites Award for Outstanding Research Publication in the Journal of t...

Caprion Proteomics Inc. and Applied Bioystems Work Together to Accelerate Protein Biomarker Verification and Validation

Combination of industry-leading services with unique QTRAP(R) technology MONTREAL, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Caprion Proteomics Inc. today announced that it is working with Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE ), to accelerate the verification and valid...

ForteBio Launches New Assay Capabilities for High-Sensitivity Protein Quantitation and Fragment Screening on Its Octet(R) Platform

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- ForteBio(R), Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced that it has launched two new assay modules - for high-sensitivity protein quantitation and fragm...

Xennex Inc. Providing Satoris Inc. with Latest GeneCards(R) Tools for Characterization of Protein Biomarkers Associated With Neurological Conditions

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Xennex Inc. (Xennex) announced today that it is collaborating with Satoris Inc. (Satoris) and has provided Satoris with access to GeneCards(R) and associated proprietary tools, including GeneAlaCart and early access to input from the advanced prototype of...

Cell Biosciences Launches Next-Generation Protein Characterization System

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell Biosciences, Inc., a provider of nanoproteomic analysis systems to life science researchers, today announced the launch of the Cell Biosciences CB1000 protein analysis system, a next-generation platform for ultrasensitive characterization of cell si...

Bone Biologics Announces UCB-1 (NELL-1) Bone Growth Protein Production Process With Aragen Biosciences

Produces 98% pure protein THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Bone Biologics, Inc. announced today that it's contract research and development organization, Aragen Bioscience, has completed development of a recombinant cell line and initial production process for UCB-1 (NELL-1) rec...

Researchers at the University of Georgia Discover Protein is Crucial to Reproduction of Parasites Involved in Disease

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia led by postdoctoral associate Giel van Dooren has discovered a protein in T. gondii that is essential for the parasite's growth. The group's work points the way toward a new model system that can be used in studying other parasitic diseases and c...

Max Muscle Introduces First-Ever Probiotics Protein Bar

National sports nutrition retailer launches Max Crunch bar with patented GanedenBC30 probiotic strain; research shows probiotics help with protein digestion and assimilation ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- National retailer Max Muscle Sports Nutrition today announced the la...

Richter-Helm and Athera Biotechnologies Partner in Development of Recombinant Protein to Treat Cardiovascular Disease

HAMBURG, Germany and STOCKHOLM, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Richter-Helm BioLogics GmbH & Co. KG and Athera Biotechnologies AB have signed an agreement for the development and manufacturing of Athera's novel product for prevention of plaque rupture and athero-thrombosis through binding of t...

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Uses MathWorks Tools in Its Quest to Cure Cancer : Institute Accelerates Reconstruction of Key Protein Complexes Using MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox

The MathWorks today announced that the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry is using MATLAB, Parallel Computing Toolbox, MATLAB Distributed Computing Server, and other MathWorks tools to accelerate its workflow and drastically reduce research and development time. NATI...

Jellyfish Protein Shows Potential to Help With Memory

BOSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Bioscience (Madison, WI) announces that Prevagen(R) (http://www.prevagen.com ), a dietary supplement consisting of the jellyfish protein apoaequorin, has displayed great potential to improve memory in healthy human subjects tested. The Prevagen Memory St...

LI-COR Introduces the Odyssey(R) Two-Color NIR Fluorescent Protein Molecular Weight Marker

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- LI-COR Biosciences introduces a new, novel protein molecular weight marker for detection on the Odyssey(R) Infrared Imaging system. The Odyssey Two-Color Protein Molecular Weight Marker is pre-stained and fluoresces in the 700 and 800 nm channels of the O...

Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological material assists studies of genomics, p...

Zenobia Therapeutics, Inc. Receives Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Award for Work on PD-implicated Protein LRRK2

LA JOLLA, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenobia Therapeutics, Inc. (Zenobia) announced today that it has received a Therapeutics Development Initiative award from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The program targets industry-based research with potential to fundamental...

Incorrectly cleaved protein leads to schizophrenia

Leuven, Belgium Schizophrenia is a disease that strikes an average of 4000 Belgians every year. The causes of this psychiatric disorder are not yet clear. But now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that a disturbed cleavage of the Nrg-1 protein lies a...

Enhanced Protein Tomography(TM) Method for Rapid Epitope Determination

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sidec has of today introduced a new version of its Protein Tomography(TM) technology. The new developments drastically improve the analysis of therapeutic antibodies and drug targets in biological systems. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/...

Large-scale community protein annotation -- WikiProteins

Today sees the launch of a new collaborative website initially focusing on proteins and their role in biology and medicine. The WikiProfessional technology underlying the site has been developed based upon the collaborative Wikipedia approach. Described in BioMed Centrals open access journal Genom...

The Protein Tomography(TM) Award Now Published on Sidec's Homepage

STOCKHOLM, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sidec announces that the application form for the 2008 Protein Tomography(TM) Award is now available at Sidec's homepage. The winning application will be offered a Protein Tomography(TM) study in collaboration with Sidec. A Protein Tomography(TM) study is typi...

CRELUX and ProQinase establish joint crystal-grade kinase protein and structures platform

Munich and Freiburg, Germany, May 7, 2008 / b3c newswire / – CRELUX and ProQinase announced today that they have entered into a joint agreement to supply customers with crystal-grade protein kinases and readily available kinase complex structures. Under the agreement, CRELUX and ProQinase ...

Sidec Announces the First Protein Tomography(TM) Award at Sidec's Executive Forum at PEGS

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sidec announces the first Protein Tomography(TM) Award at Sidec's Executive Forum at PEGS. This Award is set up to enable research groups in the biopharmaceutical industry, who have not yet collaborated with Sidec on a Protein Tomography(TM) study, ...

NexGenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR); Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Tyler Jacks Named President-elect

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NexGenix Pharmaceuticals, presented data on its Hsp90 inhibitor program today at the Annual Meeting of the AACR in San Diego today. The company presented data in the experimental therapeutics session on NXD30001, one of several novel, radicicol-based Hsp90 in...

Olympus FluoroPoint(TM) System Provides High-Sensitivity Single Molecule and Protein Interaction Analysis for Screening and Research

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists in fields as diverse as pharmaceutical research, food science and biology will benefit from the Olympus FluoroPoint(TM) single molecule fluorescence detection system for molecular interaction analysis. Already in use in scores of lab...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Expansion of Research and License Agreement With Genentech for ZFP Technology for Protein Pharmaceutical Production

Companies Agree to Expanded Access to ZFN Technology To Potentially Improve Protein Production RICHMOND, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO ) today announced that it has entered into a second Research and License Agreement...

Immune system protein starves 'staph' bacteria

One of the ways we defend ourselves against bacterial foes is to hide their food, particularly the metals they crave. A multi-disciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University investigators has now discovered that a protein inside certain immune system cells blocks the growth of staph bacteria by sop...

Decision Biomarkers Launches System for Faster, Easier Quantification of Protein Biomarkers

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Biomarkers Inc., a leading developer of protein biomarker analysis systems for pharmaceutical research and development, announced the launch of the AVANTRA(TM) biomarker workstation along with its innovative MAX BIOCHIP(TM) 8-plex cytokine immun...

Alfacell Announces ONCONASE(R) Purchase and Supply Agreement with Scientific Protein Laboratories

SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL ) today announced that it has entered into a purchase and supply agreement with Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL) for the commercial production of ONCONASE(R) (ranpirnase). ONCONASE, the company's lea...

Decision Biomarkers Awarded U.S. Patent for Protein Array Surface Chemistry

Strengthens DBI's Portfolio of Technologies for Enabling Faster, Easier Quantification of Protein Biomarkers in Translational Medicine and Adaptive Clinical Trials WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Biomarkers Inc (DBI), a leading developer of protein b...

Baxter Adds Recombinant Protein to Specialty Therapeutics Portfolio

Agreement with Kaketsuken targets rare blood disorders DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX ) today announced it has signed an agreement with Kaketsuken, the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, based in Kumamoto Japan, for the...

New Data Presented on Immunocytokine Fusion Protein Further Supports Broad Anti-Cancer Potential Of Peregrine's Anti-PS Technology Platform

- Immunocytokine Combining Peregrine's Anti-PS Antibodies and IL-2 Protected 80% of Animals From a Lethal Challenge With a Highly Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer - - New Data Presented at International Conference on Vascular Targeted Therapies in Oncology ...

China-Biotics, Inc. Launches Shining Probiotics Protein Powder

SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CHBT) ("China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced it has l...

Vermillion and Collaborators Discover Protein Biomarker Associated with Peripheral Artery Disease

- Potential Biomarker for Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Peripheral Artery Disease - - Findings Published Online in Circulation - FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRML ), formerly Ciphergen Biosystems, today...

Recombinant C-Reactive Protein

ST. LOUIS, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee Biosolutions has announced that it will increase its C-Reactive Protein product line to include recombinant C-Reactive Protein. C-Reactive Protein is a protein found in the blood that operates as a marker for inflammation, meaning its presence indicates a...

NOVAVAX Announces Preclinical Study Results for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus ('RSV') Vaccine Candidate Directed Against the Fusion (F) Protein

Preclinical Study Shows the Investigational RSV-F Virus-like Particle Vaccine Induced Neutralizing Antibodies and Protected Mice upon Challenge ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced results from a preclinical study of a Respiratory Syncyti...

Scientific Protein Laboratories Acquired by New York firm

Waunakee, Wis. -- Scientific Protein Laboratories , a producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), was acquired by New York-based Arsenal Capital Partners . Arsenal, which targets specialty manufacturing, specialty chemicals and healthcare companies announced the acquisition, which is va...