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The inside story of the development of Newcells’ MPS flow model: Scientific chat with Dr Colin Brown
When 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…
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Newcells Biotech collaborates with consortium in Eurostars funded project to advance novel therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
The 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…
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The latest FMT Assay: An invaluable tool for modelling fibrotic disease
Fibrotic 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…
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New Product Launched – aProximate™ 96-well Assay-Ready Plates
Get 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…
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Newcells team support charity with festive jumpers
Thursday 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…
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NB staff supports Motor Neurone Disease Charity
Having 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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How a glomerulus in vitro model can accelerate drug development
The glomerulus is the part of the kidney involved in the filtration of solutes and waste from the blood. Damage to the glomerulus by diabetes mellitus, hypertension, glomerulonephritis, or…
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New Product Launched – aProximate™ Assay-Ready Plates for transporter studies
aProximate™ Assay-ready plates contain freshly isolated primary human proximal tubule cells (PTCs). The plates are provided in an easy to use 24-well Transwell® format. Visit our product page…
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Gene therapy vectors: Preclinical testing with retinal organoids
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) vectors have emerged as the most successful retinal gene therapy vectors following the FDA approval of Luxturna in 2017. This new gene therapy product is…
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Organ-on-a-chip: the next generation tool for drug development?
Organ-on-a-chip (OoC) or Microphysiological systems (MPS) are microfluidic devices providing a controlled microenvironment for miniaturised tissues mimicking physiological architecture and function of human tissues and organs. The application of dynamic…
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Retinal Organoids for Drug Discovery
Retinal diseases have been at the forefront of gene and cell therapy over the last 30 years with conditions such as macular degeneration and Stargardt disease likely to be…
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Why is an in vitro model of the glomerulus desperately needed?
In most cases, once the kidney’s function is limited, the only treatment options are dialysis and kidney transplant. The absence of effective drugs to treat kidney disease is partly…
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