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Host Cell Protein
Host Cell Proteins: these are process-related impurities, expressed by the host cell used for production of biopharmaceutical proteins. Host cells express many of their own proteins that can easily contaminate the recombinant protein drug.
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NOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 11, 2015Immunology
A single signaling protein required for a successful immune attack against viral infections may be the key to improving ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 02, 2015Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 20, 2015Microbiology
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Have you ever wondered how these guys find their bacterial &ldquo ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 11, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria spend a lot of time and energy avoiding detection by the immune system (no self-respecting pathogen gives up wi ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 17, 2015Microbiology
On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. Taken out of their home in the hair follicle, for example, and grown in ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 18, 2015Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 11, 2015
Immunology
A single signaling protein required for a successful immune attack against viral infections may be the key to improving
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 02, 2015
Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 20, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Have you ever wondered how these guys find their bacterial &ldquo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 11, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria spend a lot of time and energy avoiding detection by the immune system (no self-respecting pathogen gives up wi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 17, 2015
Microbiology
On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. Taken out of their home in the hair follicle, for example, and grown in
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider