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BioIVT acquires Cypex to boost portfolio  

Drug Discovery World

Provider to the life sciences industry BioIVT has acquired enzymes manufacturer Cypex in a bid to enhance its product portfolio. . Based in Dundee, Cypex manufactures recombinant xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes with its product portfolio covering a wide range of proteins involved in drug metabolism. . This is a good match.

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Transforming Biomanufacturing: Potential of Cell Free Systems

Roots Analysis

Overview of Cell Free Systems Cell-free systems are ­in-vitro platforms which allow occurrence of biochemical reactions in the absence of living cells. These expression systems utilize bio machinery harvested from the lysate of disrupted cells for the manufacturing of a wide array of macromolecular and small molecule products.

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Be Still, My Beating Heart: FDA Announces Qualified Health Claims for Cocoa Flavanols and Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

FDA Law Blog

Very limited scientific evidence suggests that consuming cocoa flavanols in high flavanol cocoa powder, which contains at least 4% of naturally conserved cocoa flavanols, may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. This product contains at least 4% of naturally conserved cocoa flavanols.

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Parkinson’s and Melanoma Share an Amyloid Link, Says New Research

XTalks

synuclein, a protein involved in the formation of amyloid deposits in the brain characteristic of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, is also implicated in melanoma. The scientists found that the amyloid-forming protein is expressed at higher levels in melanoma cells than in normal healthy skin. In addition to ?

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It’s All So Simple Now: The First Traditional Marketing Authorization for a Non-PCR Based Test to Detect SARS-CoV-2

FDA Law Blog

The authorization of this De Novo, with a formal classification of Class II, now opens the door for follow-up 510(k) submissions that declare this product as their predicate. We are not aware of any other microbiological in vitro diagnostic test that contains the word “simple” in the regulation.

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Are organ-chips the future of preclinical research?

Drug Discovery World

With cues from a diverse population of tissue-specific cell types, extracellular matrix proteins, and biomechanical forces, cells grown in organ-chips closely emulate their in vivo counterparts and replicate tissue-level functions. But can organ-chips entirely replace other models? Not yet, according to Ewart.

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Evotec Expands Oxfordshire Site into a Fully-Integrated R&D Centre Named ‘Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Campus’

The Pharma Data

ADDS IN VITRO PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPANDS PROTEIN SCIENCES. CREATES UNIQUE CO-LOCATED, FULLY-INTEGRATED, HIGH-CAPACITY R&D CENTRE. CREATES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR STRUCTURE-BASED DRUG DESIGN. ” About Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Hodgkin (née Crowfoot) was born in Cairo in 1910.