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NB secures £2M investment from NVM Private Equity & Northstar Ventures to accelerate hiPSC growth
Founded on the technology of Prof Lyle Armstrong and Prof Majlinda Lako from Newcastle University, the company is at the forefront of the production and differentiation of human induced…
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How the NHS Changed Our World: Tyneside’s Genetic Pioneers on BBC 1 (North East & Cumbria)
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Review article – Cellular regeneration strategies for macular degeneration: past, present & future
Abstract Despite considerable effort and significant therapeutic advances, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains the commonest cause of blindness in the developed world. Progressive late-stage AMD with outer retinal degeneration currently…
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17th Annual World Preclinical Congress – Boston, MA (18th-21st June)
Dr Brown is the developer of the aProximateTM assay for measuring kidney transporter and nephrotoxicity licensed exclusively to Newcells Biotech. The World Preclinical Congress is a key networking event focusing on…
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FMS Post-Doc Symposium 2018 – Newcastle University (15th June 2018)
Dr Chichagova will be talking about Retinitis Pigmentosa, one of the most common forms of inherited blindness affecting over 1 million people worldwide.With no effective treatment available for Retinitis…
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Dr Chichagova awarded best In Vitro Toxicology Society poster
Using statistical modelling, Dr Chichagova was able to improve the differentiation outcome of human induced pluripotent stem cells to retinal organoids, which were subsequently successfully tested with a toxicologically relevant test compound. As…
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British Toxicological Society Annual Congress 2018 – Hilton Gateshead (16th-18th April)
Hilton Gateshead – 16th-18th April https://www.thebts.org/bts-annual-congress-2018/ The Newcells Biotech team will be attending the British Toxicological Society Annual Congress 2018 that is taking place in Gateshead on 16th-18th April. Newcells Biotech staff…
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NB to develop 3D retinal organoids using hiPSC derived skin cells
Newcells Biotech in partnership with Newcastle University has been awarded further funding from the NC3R CRACK IT project to create 3D retinal organoids that more closely recapitulate the structure…
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hiPSCs derived cells in disease modelling
These hiPSCs under the right culture conditions will differentiate into a wide range of cell types. This technology enables the supply of unlimited quantities of tissues from healthy individuals…
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Current cell-based screens are poor models of human biology
Current cell assays for in vitro screening are based on genetically modified cell lines which are crude models of human biology. Typically, these assays have used immortalised cell lines derived from…
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Renal drug handling and drug-drug interactions in ADMET
The assays currently offered are based on human or animal cells transfected to express single or dual human kidney transporters on their surfaces. The major limitation is that they…
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Newcells Biotech joins StemBANCC consortium
Newcells Biotech has joined the StemBANCC project, a pan-EU consortium made up of major pharmaceutical and academe groups. StemBANCC’s goal is to generate 1,500 iPSC lines from 500 people,…
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