2017 Press Releases
Weighing Protein Expression Levels with Cell Growth
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) | November 1, 2017
After selecting an expression species, cell line, and conducting any organism- or gene-level engineering, manufacturers of therapeutic proteins entrust their productivity to media and feeds--the defining factors that nurture the best in cells. In 2015, world-renowned cell-culture expert Professor Florian Wurm, Dr. rer. nat., of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne) and cofounder of ExcellGene, told the author that media and feed were responsible for most of the improvements in monoclonal antibody yield in CHO cells. Since 2014, Dr. Wurm has doubled down on that message. Full Story