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Biopta Stretches Blood Vessel Viability Using Abcellute Cell Preservation Technology
Published in Hospital Business Week, December 2nd, 2007
Early stage studies using human tissue samples are increasingly recognised as key to reducing drug failure rates. Now in a major breakthrough Abcellute's non-cryogenic cell preservation technology has been successful trialled by Biopta Ltd, a CRO specializing in human tissue in vitro pharmacology. Biopta were able to use Abcellute's matrix to maintain the viability of fresh blood vessels over 5 days for use on their cardiovascular in vitro testing systems including Biopta's first instrument, the PM-1, which provides real-time information on the vascular effects of drugs in living tissues.
According to Dr Karen Macdonald of Biopta, the next stage is to repeat the trials...
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