New Antibody Engineering Technologies

February 15, 2009

New approaches to antibody engineering were presented at the “European Antibody Congress” held in Geneva, Switzerland last month [January, 2009]. At the meeting, companies grappled with long-standing issues of glycosylation, antibody structures, alternative structures, and novel purification approaches.

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Alternatives to Mammalian Expression

February 1, 2009

As the market for recombinant proteins continues to skyrocket, biotechs are exploiting a range of options to deal with multiple possibilities. At last month’s CHI “Peptalk” conference, participants explored advances in a number of different expression systems, including bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, andeven cell-free systems.

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About Us

Newport Biotechnology Consultants, founded in 2005, originally was aimed at providing writing expertise in the life sciences industry, with a specialization in molecular immunology. I drew upon my academic and industrial background to cover new developments and technologies in antibody therapies and related areas of biotechnology. These reviews were published in a number of trade journals, especially articles in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (see articles). More recently I have expanded my writing into other fields, including emergency management, drug discovery, bioprocessing, environmental and sustainable technologies, micro- and nanotechnology and many other areas. I also am involved in regulatory issues. I am Chair of the Meridian Bioscience Institutional Biosafety Committee, and I am a member of the Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center Institutional Biosafety Committee (see consulting services). Both IBCs review research protocols dealing with the use of recombinant DNA. Finally, I have consulted for a number of companies on laboratory design, business plan evaluation and regulatory questions.

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