Mar 2013: Creative Cell agrees on non-exclusive distribution partnership with Cosmo Bio (Japan) Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd provides a wide range of research reagents and instruments for Japanese laboratories. The company is currently exploring market opportunities for Creative Cell's products in Japan. Feb 2013: Manuscript on the biomimetic surface treatment of bone implant materials published in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (IF 2011: 2.316) The synthetic biomimetic polypeptide conjugate SAK-c[RGDfC], developed and tested in frame of the BIO_SURF consortial project, was shown to improve adhesion of mesenchymal stem cells to bone implant materials surfaces. See the manuscript >>> doi: 10.1007/s10856-012-4809-x Jan 2013: Installation of bone implant processing lab completed New equipment including a low-speed liquid-cooled diamond saw and a grinding-polishing machine have been set into operation and successfully tested. This instrumentation is suitable for the processing of hard materials such as bone or bone-metal implant specimens by the cutting and grinding method. Acquisition and installation of the equipment was supported by the grant KMOP-1.1.4-11/B-2011-0165 from the Hungarian Economic Development Centre (MAG Zrt.) View grant details >>> Oct 2012: Creative Cell signs non-exclusive distribution agreement with ABM (Canada) Applied Biological Materials, Inc. has incorporated Creative Cell's immortalized adipose-derived stromal cell iAdMSC - Bmi-1/hTERT (MSC-001) into its Immortalized Primary Cell product line. See product page on ABM website >>> Jun 2012: European patent issued on mutant ABCG2-based cell line selection The European Patent Office published the grant on 16 June 2012. The patent owned by Creative Cell applies to the use of the mutant ABCG2 half-transporter for rapid cell line selection and enrichment of gene therapy treated cells in vivo. See the patent specification >>> Read more on ABCG2-based selection >>> May 2012: Manuscript on mesenchymal stem cell immortalization published in BBRC Our paper describing immortalization of human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells was published online in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (2011 Impact Factor: 2.484). See the manuscript >>> doi: j.bbrc.2012.04.088 Dec 2011: Creative Cell wins support for the installation of a bone implant sectioning laboratory The Hungarian Economic Development Centre (MAG Zrt.) granted HUF 15.6M (EUR 52 600) to Creative Cell in frame of the New Széchenyi Plan's call "Support for the Implementation of Innovative Results by Small and Medium Enterprises". The grant KMOP-1.1.4-11/B-2011-0165 is allocated for payroll costs as well as the purchase of specialized equipment. View grant details >>> Oct 2011: Creative Cell signs contract with the Achilles consortium Creative Cell joins a French-Hungarian collaboration coordinated by Attilio di Pietro at CNRS, Lyon, and Gergely Szakács from the Membrane Research Group of the Hungarian Academy od Sciences. The project aims at triggering selective apoptosis of multidrug-resistant cancer cells that overexpress ABC transporters. The role of Creative Cell is to develop pairs of differentially labeled drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant cell lines for fluorescent cytotoxicity assays. Visit the Achilles project website >>> View grant details >>> Sep 2011: BIO_SURF consortial project closed with success BIO_SURF, a collaborative project dedicated to the improvement of cell-surface interactions between implant materials and regenerating tissues, was successfully realized. Creative Cell contributed important in vitro data on the attachment of mesenchymal stem cells to titanium surfaces. The project was financially supported by the National Office of Research and Technology (NKTH), now integrated into the National Innovation Office (NIH). View grant details >>> Jun 2011: Creative Cell on the TERMIS-EU Meeting in Granada, Spain We presented our research data on the annual meeting of the European Division of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS-EU). See conference website >>> TERMIS-EU 2011 Annual Meeting, 7-10 June 2011, Granada, Spain See our posters: >>>On MSC immortalization >>>On implant surface treatment