BioSpace News Archive

Blood culture tests are done to detect the presence of microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi in the blood.

Blood components preparation involves the centrifugation of one unit of whole blood. Developed in 1960, the process is carried out by a specialized equipment known as a refrigerated centrifuge.

Umbilical cord blood or cord blood refers to the blood that stays inside the placenta and umbilical cord after delivery.

Earnings before depreciations and amortisations (EBITDA) totaled -0.6 (4.1) MSEK for the third quarter and -9.6 (-8.3) MSEK for the first nine months of the year.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that its Board of Directors resolved to engage in the acquisition of its own shares pursuant to the provision of its Articles of Incorporation in accordance with Article 459, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act of Japan, as detailed below.

Today bit.bio welcomes three new members to its board of directors, who bring their respective experience of turning world class science into new industries and company growth.

H.U. Group Holdings Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Fujirebio, announced an agreement with the Diagnostics Accelerator initiative of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation to accelerate the development of a plasma pTau181 detection assay on the fully automated LUMIPULSE® G immunoassay platform.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of cellular therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced the appointment of Menghis Bairu, MD, to the company’s Board of Directors.

MolecuLight Inc., the leader in point-of-care fluorescence imaging for real-time detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, announces the presentation of 7 clinical posters and presentations at the Symposium of Wound Care Fall 2021, held from October 29 – 31, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ViewRay, Inc. announced that the results of a multi-center study of 148 inoperable pancreatic cancer patients treated with MRIdian SMART were presented as part of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, the world’s largest radiation oncology society, held October 24-27, 2021 in Chicago.