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Drug Discovery

9 pathway-specific screening assays in Immunotherapy

02/07/2015 by Ali El Baya, PhD No Comments
The immune system is a system of cells and organs whose function is to defend an organism from foreign pathogens. With the ability to mount a response against virtually any foreign material and return to a quiescent state following neutralization of the threat, this fascinating organ system displays remarkable specificity and plasticity. To achieve this, there is a multifaceted balancing act between the many activators and suppressors which maintains homeostasis of the body’s perhaps most complex organ system.
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Gene Expression - Molecular Biology

PEI transfection patents to expire

by Mark Livingstone No Comments
Transfection reagents by tebu-bio

July 7, 2015 marked the 20-year anniversary of the filing dates of both the U.S. patent and European patent limiting the use of PolyEthylenImine (PEI) as a transfection reagent. Coincidentally, both U.S. and European patents generally have a term of 20 years from the filing date.

Many academic researchers have been ignoring these patents and/or have been sharing protocols online and publishing articles explaining how cost-effective and simple PEI-mediated transfection can be. For example, the most commonly used PEI, catalog nr. 07923966-2 (Polysciences), is a linear form with molecular weight of 25,000 Da. The 2 gram bottle of PEI powder can be used to make a few liters of transfection reagent, so depending on which protocol is used the cost can be about 0.01% that of commercially-available transfection reagents.

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