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Press Release : Newcells Biotech strengthens executive and US team with key appointments
Dr Valeria Chichagova appointed as Director of Technology, Dr Colin Brown as Chief Scientific Officer, and Professor Lyle Armstrong as Scientific Advisor New US commercial appointments also announced…
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Biotech firm raises £2.3m for lab models that help avoid animal testing
The Newcastle-based company has secured funding from existing investors including the North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Ventures, Mercia’s own funds…
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Dr Emanuela Costigliola joins Newcells Biotech’s executive team as a Chief Marketing Officer
Emanuela’s extensive career brings a wealth of experience in marketing in the life science and biotechnology industry and a track record of senior leadership roles at some of the…
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Overcoming optimisation hurdles of high-throughput FMT assay
Several hurdles faced by many scientists, when developing assays and models for drug discovery, were highlighted at the 2023 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress. Understanding and investigating…
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An insight into R&D at Newcells Biotech with Dr Fiona Leslie, PhD, Lung platform scientist
Can you tell us a little bit about your professional journey and how you made the transition to industry? I have an undergraduate Degree in biomedical science and also completed…
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Mr Terry Pizzie joins Newcells Biotech Board as non-executive director
Terry’s career in the life science industry spans more than 30 years. He was the CEO of Cambridge based Horizon Discovery Plc, a public company listed on the UK…
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Imaging propels our kidney assays to the next level
We recently expanded our imaging capability with the purchase of an ImageXpress Pico high content imaging (HCI) system from Molecular Devices. Since then, our technical teams have been busy…
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Latest Advances in CAR-T Therapy with novel HLA-typed in vitro cell tools
CAR-T Therapy CAR-T Therapy is a form of immunotherapy that harnesses the power of the patient’s immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells. It involves ex-vivo genetic engineering of…
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MPS summit highlights
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…
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3rd ILD Summit Highlights
About 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…
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Pulmonary toxicity – a challenge for drug development
Despite 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,…
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ARVO Highlights
About 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…
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