28/09/21 Aptamer Group, Ltd. the developer of Optimer®

02/10/2020 Aptamer Group, a York-based biotechnology company, has demonstrated the strength of the sector in the North of England with the appointment of six new scientists. Claire Jones (22), Callum Robson…

12th December 2019 Continuous improvement in imaging techniques have allowed biologists to explore with accurate methods to label cellular elements as they surpass the limit imposed by the…

14th November 2019 Flow cytometry has gained popularity and demand in the field of biology because of its accurate analysis and high throughput. The use of multiple lasers,…

4th October 2019 Isolating a single target from a complex sample can be challenging and is often a multi step process which requires increased specificity for the target….

19th September 2019 Purification of functional proteins is a key procedure in development and production of biologics and often relies on traditional ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction or size exclusion chromatography….

27th August 2019 Malaria is a serious life threatening disease, affecting a large portion of the population in developing countries. Over the last decade, there has been a…

13th August 2019 Under pathophysiological conditions, transcription of proteins can lead to changes in amino acid structure known as that can either destroy their activity or impart them…

6th August 2019 Proteins can undergo post-translational modifications (PTM) of their amino acids which can lead to a change in their activity and increase their functional repertoire. The…

30th July 2019 Blood contains a range of protein biomarkers that could be used in the early detection of disease. One important biomarker is human epidermal growth factor…