Bioprocessing (also known as biologics manufacturing) is a branch of the medical industry where bacteria, cells or enzymes are used to create and isolate biopharmaceutical products. This is broadly accomplished in multiple upstream (e.g., cell culture, cultivation and harvesting) and downstream (e.g., filtration, centrifugation and chromatography) unit operations in concert with process analytical technology.
Recommendations to Avoid Non-Functional Cartridges The popular Netflix series “The Walking Dead” is all about “Zombies” – people that look normal but lack the ability to function as normal. In microfluidics, there are cartridges that seem perfectly normal and functional but are not due to internal defects. They are “the walking dead“ or “Zombie cartridges” destined […]
Chronic non-healing wounds cause a significant burden on the healthcare system and are the leading cause of limb amputation. Integrating smart bandages within the healthcare system can reduce hospitalization rates and in-clinic wound treatment time, hence reducing the overall burden on the healthcare system.
Interference Testing, Strategy, and Detection Case Study The importance of performing assay verification BEFORE incorporation into a medical device can not be overstated. Countless hours and dollars can be wasted designing the perfect device if the detection assay fails in the field. Successful Point-of-Care (POC) medical devices increasingly rely on new and innovative analyte detection […]
The February 24, 2023 edition of Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO) features Microfluidics and Tissue Engineering – A Novel Approach to Regenerative Medicine by Khaled Youssef, Microfluidics Engineer at StarFish Medical. The online exclusive shares the potential of using microfluidic systems to construct scaffolds for tissue engineering in regenerative medicine. “Advancements in the microfluidics field have […]
When you hear the word cancer, it conjures up sad feelings. Most patients think that if they have it, they have less chance to survive and it’s the start of a countdown to death. Most people only know of the most common treatments such as – chemotherapy, which uses drugs to kill cancer cells, radiation […]