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An image of the Boston skyline
19th November, 2018

Newcells head to Boston

International Trade Mission 

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ESTIV 2018 Internation Congress
9th November, 2018

ESTIV 2018 International Congress

Congress Round-Up The International Congress on In Vitro Toxicology (ESTIV2018) organised by the European Society of Toxicology was held in Berlin this October 2018.  This year marks its 20th meeting, with the general theme of new…

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22nd North American ISSX Meeting - Montreal, Canada
11th July, 2018

22nd North American ISSX Meeting – Montréal, Canada (15th-19th July)

The meeting brings together individuals who are working on drug/xenobiotic research across a diverse range of fields such as clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, toxicology, oncology, endocrinology, physiology, biochemistry, medicinal…

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Dr Mike Nicholds and Professor Lyle Armstrong
4th July, 2018

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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BBC interview
22nd June, 2018

How the NHS Changed Our World: Tyneside’s Genetic Pioneers on BBC 1 (North East & Cumbria)

To watch the full video click here.

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World Preclinical Congress
15th June, 2018

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)
13th June, 2018

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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A member of staff at Newcells winning a prize
23rd May, 2018

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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An overview of Gateshead
13th April, 2018

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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Current cell-based screens are poor models of human biology
13th December, 2017

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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hiPSCs derived cells in disease modelling
13th December, 2017

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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