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Novel Technologies News for July 2018
Menlo Park, CA – July 24, 2018 –Transcriptic announced today that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company whereby Lilly will license the Transcriptic Common Lab Environment (TCLE) to enable on-demand drug discovery operations at its San Diego Biotechnology Center. The solution Transcriptic is developing for Lilly will allow researchers across the globe to remotely design, synthesize and screen investigational molecules at the Lilly Life Science Studio (L2S2).
25 July, 2018
Researchers from VIB, Leuven University and University Hospital Leuven studied thousands of healthy and cancerous lung cells to create the first comprehensive atlas of lung tumor cells. Their results reveal that tumors are much more complex than previously appreciated, distinguishing 52 different types of cells. This new information can be used to identify new research lines for treatment. The results of the study will be published in the leading journal Nature Medicine.
13 July, 2018
Cambridge (UK) tech start-up, Repositive, has introduced new features to its Cancer Models Platform, responding to feedback from the platform’s growing user base. The platform provides oncology researchers with a holistic, searchable, comparable view of existing cancer models, whilst providing Contract Research Organisations (CROs) - the providers of the cancer models - with a tool to market, manage and analyse their models.
12 July, 2018
Scientists from Philip Morris International (PMI) have presented details of a series of advanced techniques for the in vitro toxicological assessment of complex mixtures. For the scientific assessment of heated tobacco and e-cigarette aerosols, PMI has developed and tested methodologies using human cells grown in three-dimensional cultures, networks-based systems toxicological analysis, and organ-on-a-chip models combining cells from multiple human organs.
11 July, 2018