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BOULDER, Colo. and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BiOptix announced today that it will be showcasing the new BiOptix 404pi at IBC's 23(rd) Annual Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics Conference in San Diego. The conference, which runs December 2 - 6, 2012, is one of the preeminent technology symposia in the world for the international antibody development and research community. "The new BiOptix 404pi, the first commercially available SPR instrument to incorporate...
NEW YORK and SIENA, Italy, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Philogen S.p.A. today announced that they have commenced pre-clinical development of Philogen's L19 antibody construct labeled with actinium 225 as a therapeutic payload. The L19 antibody targets newly formed blood vessels that otherwise allow cancers to grow. If successful, this approach will further expand the field of use of alpha emitters. Clinical trials of drug candidates based on...
Several drugs companies have ineffectively tried to produce antibodies that bind to the IGF-1 receptor on the cell surface, which has a critical part to play in the development of cancer. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now ascertained how these antibodies work, and can explain why only some cancer patients are helped by IGF-1 blockers during clinical tests. The researchers also present a means by which drugs of this kind could help more cancer patients. Every cell...
New protein microarray kit is designed to aid researchers in lead discovery VANCOUVER, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, a world leader in functional proteomics research, announced today the release of its first Kinex(TM) antibody microarray kit with its latest generation KAM-850 chip. The new antibody microarray is capable of tracking the levels and functional states of hundreds of diverse proteins in human and animal cell and tissue specimens and...
Immune globulin replacement began decades ago as a treatment for patients who could not make their own protective antibodies, but has proven to have much broader benefits than originally expected. With new uses regularly being discovered for this limited and expensive resource, including as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease, now is the time to discover exactly how intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) treatments work, and to engineer a protein that can provide similar benefits,...
BURLINGAME, Calif., Nov. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Apexigen, an emerging biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of best-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, announced today that its partner, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE:SCR) of Nanjing, received approval from the State Food and Drug Administration of China to begin first-in-man trials with APX003, which is also known as BD0801, for the treatment of cancer. With this approval, APX003/BD0801...
MARTINSRIED, Germany and MUNICH and MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) and US-based Xencor, Inc. today announced the online publication of first clinical data on the anti-CD19 antibody MOR208 (MOR00208/XmAb5574) in the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Abstracts issue of the peer-reviewed medical journal Blood. MOR208 showed encouraging signs of preliminary anti-tumor activity and an acceptable...
SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that scientists from two separate research groups presented data at the recent HUPO 11(th) Annual World Congress (Boston, MA) indicating that the incorporation of the Company's Pressure Cycling Technology ("PCT") Platform into their sample preparation processes resulted in a marked improvement in the quality and/or efficiency of test results. These...
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneTex Inc., a leading manufacturer of antibodies and antibody-related reagents, will be attending the annual meeting of the America Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) from December 15-19 in San Francisco, CA. The ASCB was founded in 1960 as an inclusive community of cell biologists and is dedicated to advancing scientific discovery, advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional development and promoting...
OXFORD, England and FLORENCE, Italy, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Menarini and Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) today announce a major innovative and strategic alliance to develop a portfolio of antibody-based drugs in the field of cancer. The agreement covers five of OBT's antibody and antibody drug conjugate (ADC) programs, each of which addresses a different cancer indication via a different novel oncology target. The deal brings together OBT's discovery expertise with...
