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mRNA Platforms as Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Human Infertility Treatments

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Khalifa University
Junaid Kashir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Khalifa University and has previously chaired multiple researchadministrative committees He has been heavily involved in multiple programs for training graduate clinical embryology students Dr Kashirs research aims to develop therapeuticdiagnostic interventions to treat infertility and understand embryology

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Homeopathic Science

Homeopathy a controversial medical system discovered by a German physician Samuel Hahnemann was first postulated at the end of the th century and mentioned in the first edition of his Organon in In such anecdotal times where theories about the deficiency four bodily fluids theories about corrupted juices were propagating against all odds the beginning of prescientific medical theories were bo...

Research Insights

Boosting BCG with Recombinant Modified Vaccinia Ankara Expressing Antigen 85A: Different Boosting Intervals and Implications for Efficacy Trials

Ansar A Pathan Clare R Sander Helen A Fletcher Ian Poulton Nicola C Alder Natalie E R Beveridge Kathryn T WhelanAdrian V S Hill Helen McShane Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine University of Oxford Churchill Hospita

Case Studies

Labile Biologics - Stable Aqueous Formulation of Recombinant Factor VIII

Challenge All marketed Factor VIII products are lyophilised preparations produced by either recombinant technology or purified from pooled plasma The preparations are typically stabilised by addition of sugars Administration of the lyophilised product is a very complex procedure involving a number

Techno Trends

Air-Cooled Peltier Accessories for Accurate Temperature Control

Many pharmaceutical and life science assays require accurate and constant temperature control in order to acquire meaningful data Moreover kinetic measurements are extremely susceptible to variations in temperature especially over long measurements In order to provide accurate and precise temperature control many researchers have discovered that Peltierbased devices p...

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Cloud Computing in the Laboratory Informatics Solutions and Validation Approaches

In the modern business environment, a significant portion of work is conducted using computerized systems. Many solutions are used to complete tasks, including simple desktop programs like email and Microsoft Office to enterprise-wide, global systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and LIMS

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Biologics at Scale

Surbhi Gupta

Surbhi Gupta is an Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan with extensive experience in global pharmaceutical and biotech market research and consulting. She leads the Personalized Therapeutics program, focusing on next-generation modalities and precision medicine. Her expertise spans market analytics, forecasting, and competitive benchmarking, supporting strategic decision-making for global clients. Recognised as a trusted growth advisor, helping stakeholders navigate disruption, accelerate innovation, and capture transformative growth opportunities across the evolving biopharma landscape.

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Covid -19 and Nanoparticles

Ramendra Pati Pandey

Ramendra Pati Pandey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology/Microbiology/Biomedical Engineering at the SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat. He was a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellow a very prestigious fellowship of Latin America at the Department of Medicine-InCor/HC-FMUSP, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 

Deepika

Deepika has completed here master degree from Department of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Choturam University and Technology, Sonepat, Haryana, India.

 

Reshma

Reshma completed her master's degree from the Royal Global University in Guwahati, Assam, India's department of Biotechnology.

 

Neehasri

Neehasri holds a master's degree in Zoology from Gauhati University in Guwahati, Assam, India, and has also passed the B.Ed. professional exam.

 

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Marine Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications

Innocent J Macha

Macha has six years of experience in research and teaching in the area of biomaterials synthesis and characterisations, drug delivery devices, cell culture and bacterial biofilm. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of The Australian Ceramic Society and has published more than 14 articles and 6 book chapters.

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The Emergence of Organ-on-chips for Diseases Studies and Drug Development

Giuseppe Maruccio

Giuseppe Maruccio is Full Professor at Department of Mathematics and Physics – University of Salento and head of Omnics Research Group which comprises researchers with different backgrounds from physics to life sciences working in cross-disciplinary areas  with applications from -onics (electronics, spintronics and magnonics) to -omics technologies (genomics, proteomics and cellomics)

 

Anna Grazia Monteduro

Anna Grazia Monteduro is researcher at Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento in Lecce (Italy) and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group in the fields of (i) sensors, lab on chip and organ on chip; (ii) Nanoelectronics, spintronics, nanomagnetism and applied superconductivity.

 

Silvia Rizzato

Silvia Rizzato is researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group on the development of new devices and processes for sensing and spintronics, including surface acoustic waves devices, electrochemical sensors and colloidal lithography for LSPR sensors.

 

Giusi Caragnano

Giusi Caragnano is a PhD student in Nanotechnologies at the University of Salento - CNR Nanotec and she is part of the Omnics Research Group. Her research activity concerns development of the Organ-on-chip to support the treatment of both chronic and cancerous gastrointestinal diseases

 

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Illumina selected to help bring precision medicine into everyday healthcare in Singapore

Illumina Inc today announced it has been selected to provide wholegenome sequencing services for the SGINSIGHT study a cohort under Phase III of Singapores National Precision Medicine NPM programme Expected to include approximately one in Singapore residents or around individuals

Brise Pharmaceuticals Announces Global License Agreement with AbbVie to Advance the Next-Generation of Migraine Therapies

Brise Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd Brise today provided an update on its exclusive license agreement with AbbVie which the companies entered in Under the terms of the collaboration agreement Brise is responsible for discovery efforts and AbbVie will lead global development and commercialization activitie...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and LG Chem Enter into Amendment to Bivamelagon Exclusive License Agreement

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc announced an amendment to the global exclusive license agreement with LG Chem Ltd for bivamelagon an investigational oral smallmolecule melanocortin receptor MCR agonist The Company also announced a fiveyear term loan facility led by KKRs HealthCare

Lonza Signs Agreement to Acquire US CDMO Network from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Significantly Expands its US Presence

Lonza the worlds leading contract development and manufacturing organization CDMO announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire five CDMO manufacturing sites in the US from Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany at a total enterprise valuation in the low to midtripledigit millions

Merck Opens €300 Million Asia-Pacific Bioprocessing Center in Daejeon, South Korea

Merck a leading science and technology company today opened its new AsiaPacific Bioprocessing Production Center in Daejeon South Korea The center represents an investment of more than million the companys largest Life Science investment in AsiaPacific to date

Flagship Pioneering Forms Etcelera to Move Drug Discovery from Probability to Prediction

Flagship Pioneering a scientific innovation engine for transformative platforms and products today announced the formation of Etcelera a company created by the merger of the platforms of Cellarity Cellarity Platform Inc Etiome and Empress Therapeutics to pioneer causal intelligence in human biology...

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DKSH and The Baker Company Partner to Expand Cell Culture and Microbiology Research

DKSH Business Unit Technology has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with The Baker Company to make its Baker Ruskinn range of controlledenvironment technologies available to laboratories across Thailand The partnership aims to improve access to equipment used in cell culture tissue c...

Fresenius Enters into Agreement with WuXi Biologics to Expand Biosimilars Pipeline

Fresenius has entered into an exclusive development agreement with WuXi Biologics to expand its biosimilars pipeline and strengthen its biopharmaceutical business The partnership will give Fresenius access to WuXi Biologics capabilities in biologics research development and manufacturing

Edison Scientific Enters into Agreement with Pfizer to Advance Drug Research and Development

Edison Scientific has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to introduce its Edison AI Platform and AI scientist Kosmos across Pfizers biopharmaceutical research and development activities The collaboration will combine Edison Scientifics artificial intelligence AI technology with Pfizers scientific...

Appian and PSI CRO Partner to Advance AI-driven Clinical Trial Operations

Appian and PSI CRO have entered into a strategic partnership to introduce an artificial intelligence AIpowered solution for clinical trial site identification and selection The solution is now live and is designed to automate site selection across different therapeutic areas medical conditions and...

Adalvo Acquires Romiplostim Biosimilar from Enzene

Adalvo has acquired a romiplostim biosimilar programme from Enzene expanding its portfolio of biosimilars and strengthening its presence in complex biological medicines The programme references Nplate romiplostim a medicine used to treat immune thrombocytopenia ITP in adults and children with chroni...

Twist Bioscience Launches Express Screening Antibodies for Faster Characterisation

Twist Bioscience has expanded its antibody production and characterisation portfolio with the launch of Twist Express Screening Antibodies a service designed to help researchers evaluate large numbers of antibody candidates more quickly The service uses a highthroughput cellfree production process t...