Cancer Patients Give Blood Cells to Advance Treatment Studies Cancer patients are fighting back and helping advance the development of cutting edge cancer treatments by giving blood cells for laboratory medical research. Patients giving small amounts of white blood cells allow preclinical scientists to study the potential effectiveness and critical safety of innovative immune treatments.…
MART-1 (melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1) is a “widely shared melanoma antigen recognized by the T lymphocytes of patients with established malignancy.” MART-1 is one of the oldest identified tumor antigens and is a protein found on normal melanocytes in the skin and retina. It is also found in most melanomas, cancers that…
Scientific studies directly or indirectly involving human immunity require an understanding of both sides of the complex system. Even the development of an adaptive antigen-specific cell-based therapy requires components of the innate immune system that work in concert with the adaptive cells. If you don’t work primarily in immunology, this post will give you a…
A recent paper published in Nature, A dual origin for blood vessels, describes experiments that trace the development of endothelial cells in mice. By targeting expression of a fluorescent protein to cells of the yolk sac, Plein et al. were able to show that endothelial cells lining blood vessels develop from two different embryonic cell…
Progenitor cells and CD34+ cells are often referred to interchangeably as stem cells. While this oversimplification is technically correct, there are many distinctions between the origins, functions, and uses of progenitor cells and CD34+ cells. What is the Difference Between Progenitor and CD34+ Cells? Despite their many similarities, the most significant difference between the two…
We have wrapped up another successful year at SLAS2019. Our Director of Business Development, Ponni Anand, and I just returned, feeling energized and optimistic about this coming year. We enjoyed exchanging ideas and learning about different methods and techniques with researchers and technologists from different parts of the world. For the third year in a…
Throughout their lives, many people will donate blood. Far fewer people, however, will donate bone marrow. For this reason, serious bone marrow donors are desperately needed. If you are considering donating bone marrow, you need to prepare yourself for this process. Keep reading to learn what you need to know. Know Everything You Can About…
If you missed the news in August, Astarte Biologics merged with Key Biologics to become the leading provider of research- and clinical-grade human immune cells, blood products, and related services to the biopharmaceutical industry. As part of the merger, we are now offering leukapheresis products directly to our customers for use in late-stage immunology research.…
Our team is proud to support scientists around the world in pursuing their research goals, and we get excited every time a customer’s work is published. 2018 was a great year for us and our customers. Review some of the amazing journal articles and patent applications that came out over the past year using our…
SLAS2019 is back in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center February 2–6, 2019. If this is your first SLAS event, be sure to check out their website to learn about all the conference has to offer. Aside from amazing presenters and exhibitors, you will find a variety of networking opportunities and educational…