Biotechnology project.Local biotechnology company CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control Laboratories and researchers led by Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. are collaborating in the first biotechnology research and development project funded by the Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust (PRSTR)--a nonprofit entity under the umbrella of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. (Pridco)--and the Univ. of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, reports Caribbean Business (March 26, 2009). The PRSTR has invested US$342,346 in the project, which is in the second of three phases. The research team is developing a system to produce monoclonal antibodies within eight to 10 weeks. It takes months or years for the body to produce such antibodies. Research results could lead to faster diagnoses and be useful for therapeutic purposes, among other uses. "Instead of performing a biopsy to determine whether a person has cancer, physicians could run a simple test on the patient where the monoclonal antibody monoclonal antibody, an antibody that is mass produced in the laboratory from a single clone and that recognizes only one antigen. Monoclonal antibodies are typically made by fusing a normally short-lived, antibody-producing B cell (see immunity) to a fast-growing looks for a particular cancer cell. The diagnosis could be much faster than it currently is," said Dr. Daniel Eichinger, a professor of medical and molecular parasitology Parasitology The scientific study of parasites and of parasitism. Parasitism is a subdivision of symbiosis and is defined as an intimate association between an organism (parasite) and another, larger species of organism (host) upon which the parasite is at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the School of Medicine. |
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