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GENEVA, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Selexis SA, a global life sciences company for drug discovery, cell line development and scale-up to manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, announced today that its US-based customer, Lubris LLC, has achieved over 1 g/L per liter yield in manufacturing production runs of LUB-13-04 as measured by Lubris' CMO partner. LUB-13-04 is a proprietary construct of the recombinant human protein lubricin (Proteoglycan 4 protein, rLubricin) which is...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical researchers will report findings today (Oct. 19) that demonstrate that injecting the protein lubricin into knee joints can dramatically reduce cartilage degeneration. The discovery by scientists at Biomodels, a preclinical drug research organization, and Lubris, a Massachusetts-based startup company, could result in a new therapy for individuals at risk for osteoarthritis, researchers said. The study, by Gregory D. Jay, MD, PhD, a Professor of...