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  October, 2006


Asterand Updates
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1. Asterand Announces Collaboration with Rubicon Genomics to Develop New Cancer Diagnostics Tests
2. Asterand plc AGM Statement
3. Asterand Isolates New Approach to Arthritis Research

1. Asterand Developmental Activities
Our primary objective at Asterand is to help our customers reach their goals in human tissue based research. This means not only that we carefully check the quality of the tissues in our repository and the associated data in our database, but we are constantly working to develop advanced technologies to maximize the results that can be obtained with these tissues. This means we work with researchers as their partners to provide results that help them achieve their goals more efficiently.   (full story)
2. Asterand and the Human Tissue Act
Asterand's (Pharmagene/Asterand) decade-long experience in conducting service work on donated human tissue to the highest ethical standards, together with its successful application for a licence to operate under the Human Tissue Act, has left the company in the strongest position to continue as the world's leading provider of human tissue services to the bio-pharmaceutical industry.   (full story)
3. New product spotlight – human primary cells
High quality research requires high quality materials! Asterand is pleased to offer access to well characterized, high quality isolated human primary cells. A rare and precious resource for understanding molecular disease processes and cellular responses to drugs, Asterand provides aliquots of diseased and normal human chondrocytes, synovial fibroblasts, tumor associated epithelial cell cultures and carcinoma associated fibroblasts. Cells can be provided to the researcher directly, or be used in conjunction with an Asterand PhaseZERO® study.
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4. ProCURETM - Custom Procurement Services
Tissue samples in specialized formats with specific data requirements are often extremely difficult for disease researchers to obtain, due to complicated logistics, human resource allocation and clinical contact networks. To help these investigators acquire these precious materials, Asterand offers a custom biomaterial procurement option as part of our ProCURETM service division. We provide dedicated staff to identify clinical sites to source material, IRB submissions, project management, and site monitoring.
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5. Human Tissue Pharmacology
Use fresh human tissues in vitro to assess the function of drug targets and the actions of compounds of interest.
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