Focus on carcinogenic effects of processed red meat

RPTU researcher receives Emmy Noether grant

29-Jan-2024 - The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the consumption of processed meat as carcinogenic for humans years ago. However, the connection between possible toxic substances in meat, the digestive processes in the body and the development of bowel cancer is still not fully understood. Dr. Tina ...

Inauguration of world’s largest fermentation plant for cultures

18-Dec-2017 - In November a successful collaboration between GEA and long-term customer Chr. Hansen was completed with the inauguration of the world’s largest fermentation plant for bacterial cultures at the customer’s site in Copenhagen, Denmark. Chr. Hansen is a global bioscience company that develops ...

Cooperation between BlueSens and EXPUTEC

21-Dec-2015 - BlueSens gas sensor GmbH and EXPUTEC GmbH cooperate in the future in the field of bioprocess analytics. From the beginning of 2016, the combined CO2/O2 gas analyzer BlueInOne by BlueSens is equipped with the EXPUTEC´s soft sensor for biomass. "As a result of this cooperation BlueSens´ BlueVis ...

Sartorius closes acquisition of TAP Biosystems Group plc

19-Dec-2013 - Sartorius successfully completed its acquisition of UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc. The cash offer made through Sartorius’ wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech valued TAP Biosystems Group plc at approximately €33 million and had been approved by TAP Biosystems’ shareholders on ...

TAP Biosystems Group plc shareholders approve Sartorius’ takeover offer

25-Nov-2013 - The shareholders of UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc approved Sartorius’ takeover offer. The cash offer made through Sartorius’ wholly-owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH valued TAP Biosystems Group plc at approximately €33 million. The transaction is expected to close at the end of ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech offers to acquire UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc

Sartorius Stedim Biotech to further expand its portfolio of single-use fermentors

11-Oct-2013 - Sartorius Stedim Biotech made a cash offer to acquire the UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc (TAP Biosystems) through its wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH. The proposed transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of TAP’s ...

Fermentation research groups start the worldwide research challenge “BlueCompetition”

13-Jul-2011 - The project phase of the international scientific challenge “BlueCompetition” organized by BlueSens Gas Sensor GmbH is about to begin. The company received project proposals from research groups in universities throughout the world. An independent international scientific jury has selected twenty ...

Cellexus Biosystems reports the Granting of Fundamental Technology UK Patent

14-Feb-2008 - The Board of Cellexus Biosystems plc announced that the Company has been issued with the British patent GB2433216 covering the core technology for the CellMaker family of disposable bioreactor and fermentor products. Commenting on this granting by the UK Patent Office, the inventor of the ...

Producing medicines in plant seeds

18-Jan-2007 - Using plants to produce useful proteins could be an inexpensive alternative to current medicine production methods. Researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) at Ghent University have succeeded in producing in plant seeds proteins that have a very strong ...

Nobilon receives European GMP approval for production of Influenza vaccines for clinical trials

20-Oct-2005 - Nobilon International obtained a European Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) approval to produce human influenza vaccines for use in clinical trials. The approval was granted recently by the Dutch Ministry of Public Health following a mandatory inspection of the company's premises in Boxmeer, the ...