About the conference: MPS summit The MPS summit is a small but buzzing conference, where scientists from the pharma industry, academia and microchip manufacturers gather to discuss the latest advances…
Read updateAbout the conference : ILD Summit The ILD Summit is a niche industry dedicated conference focussed on advancing therapies for progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILD). This year’s conference was the…
Read updateDespite the common assumption that adverse drug reactions usually affect the kidney and liver, over 600 medications have been reported to induce lung toxicity.1 Due to the large surface area,…
Read updateAbout the conference: ARVO The ARVO conference took place in the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. With over 10 000 attendees, the venue was absolutely huge. If you…
Read updateWhy develop an RPE model? Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells play a vital role in the retina by forming the outer blood-retinal barrier and maintaining photoreceptor and visual…
Read updateOne the fastest growing approaches to treat cancer is the use of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Since the approval of the first antibody drug conjugate in 2000,…
Read updateWhen did you start thinking about incorporating flow into static kidney models? I have been working with static kidney models for over 30 years and started to think about…
Read updateThe Eurostars grant of €1.2m will support the partners, led by Gain, and includes Newcells, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Lausanne) and the University of Helsinki. Newcells will…
Read updateFibrotic diseases, including liver fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and renal fibrosis, are characterized by the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, leading to the formation of fibrous tissue that…
Read updateGet our aProximate™ PTCs to your lab anywhere in the world (24 & 96-well plates) aProximate™ Assay-ready plates contain freshly isolated primary human proximal tubule cells (PTCs). The plates are…
Read updateThursday 8th December 2022 was Christmas Jumper Day in the UK to raise money for the charity Save the Children. A prize was given for the…
Read updateHaving become engaged (now married!) in the summer of 2021, Will’s thoughts turned to arrangements for his stag party. Rather than take the traditional route Will hatched a plan…
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