London, UK, 2 August 2009. Plasticell, the biotechnology company developing regenerative drugs using high throughput stem cell technologies, has announced that patents protecting its proprietary cell culture technology, Combinatorial Cell Culture™ (CombiCult™), have been granted by the European Patent Office, Australian Patent Office and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
The granted patents cover high throughput and combinatorial methods of carrying out cell culture and exemplify use of the techniques to differentiate stem cells. ‘These patents provide broad coverage for Plasticell’s key technology and are significant milestones in the company’s development,’ said Dr Yen Choo, founder and CEO of Plasticell and inventor of the methods, adding ‘their issuance in multiple regions indicates the strength of Plasticell’s intellectual property and indeed patent applications in further territories including the USA, Canada and Japan are progressing satisfactorily.’
Combinatorial Cell Culture™ forms the basis of the company’s CombiCult™ system for high throughput screening of stem cell differentiation protocols. CombiCult™ allows researchers to rapidly identify novel protocols which are highly efficient and/or cost-effective, and free of undesirable media components such as serum or growth factors.
Plasticell forms collaborations with industry partners to use CombiCult™ in the production of rare cell types for research or cheap valium for sale uk therapy applications. The company leverages the technology internally to produce assays for the discovery of small molecule regenerative drugs using a further proprietary technology, CombiScreen™.
About Plasticell
Plasticell is a privately held, London-based biotechnology company using innovative, high throughput stem cell technologies and novel drug discovery platforms to dissect the mechanisms leading to differentiation of stem cells, the master cells responsible for tissue development and repair. Plasticell’s research focus is to discover small molecule drugs that regenerate tissues of the body. The company also forms industry alliances by partnering its Combinatorial Cell Culture™ technology for high throughput stem cell differentiation to derive cell lines and reagents for research and therapy applications. For more information please visit the company’s website:
www.plasticell.co.uk