Plasticell, the biotechnology company specialising in cell and gene therapy research, announces the completion of a two-part equity financing round, raising a total of £1.32 million from its shareholders and new investors. The investment will provide capital to progress the company’s therapeutic programmes, including the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells and in vitro manufacturing of blood products such as platelets, [...]

Plasticell, the biotechnology company using combinatorial technologies for stem cell research and optimization of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, has announced it is collaborating with CellSpring, an innovative company that has developed a high throughput 3D cell culture system, the 3D Bloom® Biopolymer Platform, which enables more informed “stop/go” decisions for preclinical candidates. Plasticell and CellSpring are developing tissue [...]

Plasticell, the biotechnology company using combinatorial technologies for stem cell research and the optimization of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway) focused on methods of eradicating cancer stem cells. Many malignant tumors are initiated and maintained by a discrete population of tumour cells that [...]

Plasticell is pleased to announce it has been awarded the 2016 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation. The award is the UK’s highest accolade for outstanding commercial success as a result of innovation in recognition of Plasticell’s contribution to the advancement of regenerative medicine, cell and gene therapy as well as other areas of biomedical research. Dr. Yen Choo, Plasticell’s founder and Executive Chairman, will [...]

Plasticell, a biotechnology company using combinatorial cell culture technologies for optimization of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Sphere Fluidics, a company specializing in single cell encapsulation and screening. Plasticell has used its proprietary Combinatorial Cell Culture™ (CombiCult®) platform to develop inexpensive, high-efficiency gene transduction protocols as alternatives to costly commercial transfection [...]

Plasticell, the biotechnology company specializing in stem cell differentiation, and Pierre Fabre, the 2ndlargest independent French Pharmaceutical laboratory, have today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement. The two companies will work together to discover plant-based products that enhance the metabolic function of brown adipose tissue (BAT) – also known as ‘brown fat’. Plasticell will screen Pierre Fabre’s ‘Nature Open [...]

Plasticell, the regenerative medicine company utilising its award-winning combinatorial technologies for stem cell research and in developing cell therapies, has recruited Dr Aaron Chuang to its executive management team in the role of Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Prior to this appointment, Dr Chuang served as Research Director at the Regenerative Medicine unit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where he worked for over 18 years. As Plasticell’s CSO, Dr Chuang [...]

Plasticell Limited announced today the publication of peer-reviewed scientific research that demonstrates how the company’s proprietary ‘Combinatorial Cell Culture™‘ (CombiCult®) technology allows scientists to perform and compare 10,000 embryonic stem cell differentiation experiments in parallel. The individual experiments would have required around 200 years to complete back-to-back. The paper entitled ‘Directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells using a bead-based combinatorial [...]

Progenitor Labs, the biotech company developing small molecule drugs to regenerate organs of the body, announced today it has been selected a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Finalist, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds in [...]