Innovations in Hybridoma Media
Hybridoma media is an interesting topic because there have been many advances in hybridoma media, especially lately. However, many scientists still use the same media formulations commonplace in the 1980’s, … Continued
Year: 2012
The Dish’s Weekly News Wrap Up – July 27, 2012
“Mediatech Expands Corning cellgro Serum-free Offerings with hybriGRO,” American Laboratory Mediatech Inc., a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), announced today the introduction of hybriGRO SF™, which enhances the performance of monoclonal … Continued
New Vaccines – Coming Soon to a Doctor’s Office Near You…
There have been some very positive vaccine stories in the news recently for both vaccines that are on the market and those in development. First, a study conducted by Cincinnati … Continued
The Dish’s Weekly News Wrap Up
“Cord Blood Stem Cells Restore Toddler’s Hearing,” ABC News In January 2012, Madeleine, 2, became the first child to undergo an experimental hearing loss treatment through an FDA-approved trial at … Continued
Optimizing Media for Clinical Manufacturing of Stem Cells for Therapeutic Use
In Part I of our series on “New Strategies Key to the Clinical Manufacturing of Stem Cells for Therapeutic Use” we will look at ways to optimize stem cell culture … Continued
Serum Free Hybridoma Culture – Key Recommendations
Historically hybridoma cells have been grown in base media plus fetal bovine serum (FBS), but there are problems associated with FBS supplementation, including FBS lot-to-lot variability and inconsistency. FBS and … Continued
The Dish’s Weekly News Wrap Up – July 13, 2012
“President Signs Legislation On Device, Drug Company User Fees,” Bloomberg President Obama July 9 signed into law the Food and Drug Administration user fees bill(S. 3187, Pub. L. No. 112-144). … Continued
Is Personalized Medicine the Future? How Genetic Sequencing is Enabling New Treatments
The New York Times recently ran a three part series titled “Genetic Gamble – New Approaches to Fighting Cancer.” The series featured three stories where genetic sequencing had been used … Continued
The Dish’s Weekly News Wrap Up – July 6, 2012
“Ruling Gives Drug Makers More Certainty,” The Wall Street Journal The Supreme Court’s decision to largely uphold the health-care law gives drug makers some certainty even though they will face … Continued
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act – What It Means for Healthcare
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act originally approved in 2010, with the goal of overhauling the healthcare … Continued
The Dish’s Weekly News Wrap Up – June 29, 2012
“Measure to Increase FDA Funds Through New Company Fees Goes to Obama,” The Washington Post A measure that would generate $6 billion in fees over five years for the Food and … Continued