Recent news on Serum Albumin

USDA approves rice producing human proteins  -  May 21, 2007
ZDNet.com blogsThe rice strains, made by Ventria Bioscience in Sacramento, California, produce lysozyme, lactoferrin and human serum albumin in their seeds.

Serum Phosphorus Tagged as Cardiovascular Risk Factor  -  May 18, 2007
MedPage Today,...estimated glomerular filtration rate, serum albumin level and total/HDL cholesterol ratio, but were inversely related to BMI, systolic blood pressure,

Parenteral Packaging Concerns for Biotech Drug Products  -  May 22, 2007
Pharmaceutical Processing,...had received European approval to market a protein drug, but was asked by European regulators to eliminate an additive stabilizer, human serum albumin.

Rice Containing Breast Milk Proteins to Be Grown in Kansas  -  May 19, 2007
MedIndia,Developed by biotech company Ventria Bioscience in Sacramento, California, the rice strains produce lysozyme, lactoferrin, and human serum albumin in their

Further integration of micro fluidics and mass spec  -  May 17, 2007
Chemistry World,To test the new device, his group performed an on-chip enzymatic digestion of the protein BSA (bovine serum albumin), followed by electrophoretic separation

USA Rice Disappointed with APHIS Approval of Pharmaceutical Rice ...  -  May 17, 2007
Grainnet,Agrobacterium-mediated transformation to express proteins for recombinant human lactoferrin, lysozyme, or serum albumin,� the APHIS notice says.

China Blood Product Industry Is About To See A Fast And Steady Growth!  -  May 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),China still can't meet the demands for plasma during 2006-2008 periods; as a result, human serum albumin price will keep high during 2007-2008 periods.

New Formulation Interferon Beta-1a Demonstrates Improved Safety ...  -  May 8, 2007
DG NewsThe new human serum albumin-free formulation of Rebif was created to minimise the incidence of NAbs and to optimise the potential benefits of treatment with

Eastern blot on the landscape  -  May 4, 2007
Chemistry World,...and treated with the protein bovine serum albumin, resulting in a ginsenoside-protein conjugate fixed on the membrane: large enough for the small

Scintigraphic Investigations of the Lymphatic System: The ...  -  May 2, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)Subcutaneous injections of 99m Tc-labeled human serum albumin nanosized colloids were placed in the first interdigital space of each foot.

Weighing of biomolecules, single cells and single nanoparticles in ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),All samples were prepared in PBS containing 0.01% Tween 20 and 1 mg ml -1 bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a carrier protein. The signal caused by the solution

Weighing of biomolecules, single cells and single nanoparticles in ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Nature.com (subscription),All samples were prepared in PBS containing 0.01% Tween 20 and 1 mg ml -1 bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a carrier protein. The signal caused by the solution

New Novozymes unit backs animal-free protein production  -  Apr 24, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,Recombumin is billed as a direct replacement for human serum albumin in protein drug formulation. The GroPep acquisition added LR3 (or Long-R3-IGF),

China's drug watchdog tightens supervision of quality of albumin ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
People's Daily Online,China's drug watchdog vowed to tighten supervision of the quality of human serum albumin-related medicine after a series of fake albumin medicine production

Impairment of myocardial angiogenic response in the absence of ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
HeartZine,Treatment of OPN KO CMECs with purified OPN protein significantly increased total tube length, while bovine serum albumin had no effect.

Anemia After Kidney Transplant Worsens Outcomes  -  Apr 18, 2007
MedPage Today,So the researchers did a multivariate analysis adjusting for age, gender, estimated GFR, serum albumin, C-reactive protein, comorbidity, pretransplant time

Man Sentenced to Prison for Concealing HIV Status While Donating Blood  -  Apr 23, 2007
MedIndia,Blood plasma contains many vital proteins including fibrinogen, globulins and human serum albumin. Pro-Tem Lake County Criminal Court Judge Robert Lewis on

USA Rice Against Ventria Kansas Rice Venture  -  Apr 2, 2007
Mid-South Farmer,...seeking USDA approval for growing non-food rice bioengineered to contain the human proteins lysozyme, lactoferrin and recombinant human serum albumin.

Estrogen inhibition of norepinephrine responsiveness is initiated ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Journal of EndocrinologyFurthermore, this effect was mimicked by estradiol coupled to bovine serum albumin (E-BSA), indicating that it may be exerted through a membrane-mediated

Donna J Secker 1 and Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy 1  -  Apr 5, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),No objective nutritional measures showed association with outcomes, with the exception of serum albumin, which was not clinically predictive because mean

US courts thwart GM alfalfa and turf grass  -  Apr 3, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Those rice varieties are engineered to express human proteins, including lactoferrin, lysozyme or serum albumin. The other environmental assessment is for

Leveraging Disorder  -  Apr 1, 2007
Chemical & Engineering News...exploded in the past couple of years, the intrinsic disorder of some proteins such as casein and serum albumin was known as early as the 1950s.

Arbios Systems Strengthens Its Proprietary Position for Blood ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),The patents also relate to the combined use of replacement fluids, including human serum albumin, or combined uses of secondary selective plasma adsorption

Tell USDA No Drugs in Rice!  -  Mar 27, 2007
Food Consumer,The third makes recombinant serum albumin, a blood protein used in medical therapies. Drug-producing food crops grown out-of-doors pose great risks to

G Protein-Coupled Receptor 30-Dependent Protein Kinase A Pathway ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
Am J Pathology (subscription)At 2 hours after trauma-hemorrhage, administration of E2-conjugated to bovine serum albumin (E2-BSA, membrane impermeable) or E2 induced the up-regulation

Charge- and size-based separation of macromolecules using ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),...we chose two common blood proteins of different molecular weight (MW) and hydrodynamic diameter (D); bovine serum albumin, BSA (MW = 67000 (67K),

The Problem With Treating Spondylarthritis With Anti-TNF Strategies  -  Jan 31, 2007
Science Daily (press release)In a complementary experiment, another sample of mice was induced with arthritis, using methylated bovine serum albumin. Four days later, these mice were

Serum Albumin Aids in Prognosis of Unknown Site Cancer  -  Dec 21, 2006
Cancerpage.com,..."This study provides the first report on lymphopenia and low serum albumin levels related to the prognosis of patients with carcinomas of unknown primary,"

Micronutrient status during lactation in HIV-infected and HIV ...  -  Jan 5, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),Design:Serum albumin, prealbumin, vitamin B-12, folate, retinol, -tocopherol, hemoglobin, ferritin, and zinc concentrations were compared between 92

Aberrant innate immune response in lethal infection of macaques ...  -  Jan 17, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),...and rectal swabs were collected from anaesthetized animals and suspended in 1 ml of MEM containing 0.3% bovine serum albumin and antibiotics (MEM/BSA).

Albumin to boost tea extract antioxidant activity in emulsions?  -  Jan 11, 2007
FoodProductionDaily.com,The researchers prepared model oil-in-water emulsions by dissolving Tween-20 (1 per cent) in an acetate buffer, with or without the bovine serum albumin

Nutritional status in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney ...  -  Jan 5, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),Their glomerular filtration rate (GFR), body composition, serum albumin (SA), and resting energy expenditure were assessed and compared at baseline and 2 y

Fementation may yield allergen-free dairy  -  Jan 12, 2007
FoodProductionDaily-USA,Whey also contains a range of other proteins, including alpha-lactalbumin, glycomacropeptide, serum albumin, immunoglobulins, lactoferrin and

For Vascular Benefit of Black Tea, Hold the Milk  -  Jan 9, 2007
MedPage Today,The three other proteins-alpha-lactalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin, and serum albumin-appeared to have no effect on nitric oxide production.

Proteinuria in PediatricR Transplant Recipients During the First ...  -  Dec 28, 2006
UroToday,They performed a univariate correlation demonstrating that urinary protein to urinary creatinine ratios negatively correlated with serum albumin levels as

Serum Albumin Aids in Prognosis of Unknown Site Cancer  -  26 Dec 2006
Cancerpage.com,..."This study provides the first report on lymphopenia and low serum albumin levels related to the prognosis of patients with carcinomas of unknown primary,"

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Initiates Infergen Phase 4 Study  -  26 Dec 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),...be immediately discontinued if symptoms of hepatic decompensation, such as jaundice, ascites, coagulopathy, or decreased serum albumin, are observed.

Hydrogen generation mimics photosynthesis  -  26 Dec 2006
Chemistry World,They coupled a genetically-engineered version of human serum albumin protein with a zinc compound based on porphyrin, the molecule which is used to carry

Clinical Trial Design  -  Nov 27, 2006
Medscape (subscription)A new formulation of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a without human serum albumin was studied in 260 patients in a single-arm, open-label, multicenter trial.

The depletion attraction: an underappreciated force driving ...  -  Dec 4, 2006
Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)Phase behavior of mixtures of rods (tobacco mosaic virus) and spheres (polyethylene oxide, bovine serum albumin). Biophys. J. 74:669–677.

Predicting Survival After Liver Transplant  Nov 7, 2006
...time, gender, race/ethnicity, recipient age, BMI, MELD score, status at time of transplantation, diabetes mellitus, cause of liver disease, and serum albumin. ... -Medical News Today (press release), New Generation Tissue Sealants And Hemostatic Agents: Innovative ...  Nov 6, 2006
BioGlue is a 2-component system consisting of purified bovine serum albumin and glutaraldehyde. Glutaraldehyde bridges the amine ... -Medical News Today (press release), Radioimmunotherapy Is an Effective Adjuvant Treatment After ...  Nov 1, 2006
Subsequently, the efficacy of 177 Lu-MG1 (74 MBq per rat) was compared with that of unlabeled MG1 or phosphate-buffered saline–bovine serum albumin in this ... -Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription) Valeant Pharmaceuticals Presents End-of-Treatment Results of ...  Oct 30, 2006
...should be immediately discontinued if symptoms of hepatic decompensation, such as jaundice, ascites, coagulopathy, or decreased serum albumin, are observed. ... -PharmaLive.com (press release), CoGenesys Initiates Phase 1-2 Clinical Trial Of Cardeva In ...  Oct 12, 2006
Preclinical studies have demonstrated that Cardeva, a human serum albumin (HSA)-BNP fusion protein, retains the pharmacological profile of BNP peptide but has ... -Medical News Today (press release), Nutritional Assessment Of Surgery Patients  Oct 16, 2006
Protein undernutrition is ‘characterized by a low serum albumin concentration, the prevalence of edema, and a high prevalence of acute infectionsâ€?. ... -Medical News Today (press release), Albumin levels can predict HIV disease severity and indicate ...  Sep 18, 2006
Serum albumin levels are a good predictor of the severity of HIV disease in individuals who are not taking antiretroviral therapy and can also indicate the ... -Aidsmap

Flow-enhanced adhesion regulated by a selectin interdomain hinge  Sep 21, 2006
Abbreviations used in this paper: BFP, biomembrane force probe; HSA, human serum albumin; MD, molecular dynamics; PSGL, P-selectin glycoprotein ligand; RMSD ... -Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)

New Developments In The Technique Of Partial Nephrectomy  Sep 11, 2006
In this study by Hidas and colleagues, a new formulation of sealant, serum albumin glutaraldehyde tissue adhesive (BioGlue), was evaluated as an adjunct to ... -Medical News Today

Novozymes quenches biopharma thirst down under  Aug 29, 2006
...aventis, adding to its portfolio recombinant human albumin (Recombumin), the world's first and only animal-free alternative to human serum albumin (HSA), used ... -In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Bone Density Wanes and Waxes After Liver Transplantation  Sep 6, 2006
...bone density are low body mass index, older age, postmenopausal status, muscle wasting, high alkaline phosphatase, and low serum albumin, the researchers said. ... -MedPage Today

Full Text  Aug 31, 2006
...l in tricine-NaOH buffer [75 mM Tricine, pH = 9.0, 2.5 mM MgCl 2 , 2.5 mM tris (2-carboxy ethel)-phosphine, and 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin (BSA)] containing ... -Science Magazine (subscription)

Rewarming Rates in Urban Patients with Hypothermia: Prediction of ...  Aug 31, 2006
Potential candidate predictors of infection from a multivariate analysis were a RWR of < 1.80°F (1.0°C) per hour and a serum albumin of < 2.7 g/dL. ... -AEM (subscription)

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Initiates Infergen® Phase 4 Study  -  12 Dec 2006
Business Wire (press release),...be immediately discontinued if symptoms of hepatic decompensation, such as jaundice, ascites, coagulopathy, or decreased serum albumin, are observed.

Predicting Survival After Liver Transplant  -  Nov 15, 2006
Science Daily (press release)...the best model included the same donor characteristics, and all recipient characteristics except cause of liver disease and serum albumin.

InVitria Announces Victor Hicks Commercial Director  -  Nov 16, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)Cellastim(TM) (recombinant human serum albumin) is an essential cell culture media component for use in a variety of applications including mammalian cell

Hydrogen generation mimics photosynthesis  -  Dec 5, 2006
Chemistry World,They coupled a genetically-engineered version of human serum albumin protein with a zinc compound based on porphyrin, the molecule which is used to carry

The depletion attraction: an underappreciated force driving ...  -  Dec 4, 2006
Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)Phase behavior of mixtures of rods (tobacco mosaic virus) and spheres (polyethylene oxide, bovine serum albumin). Biophys. J. 74:669–677.

Experts Vow to Push Biotech In Agriculture  -  Nov 22, 2006
Truth about Trade & Technology,He added this became evident in 1990, when the human serum albumin was produced from transgenic tobacco and potato, advances had been made to expand the

Hydrolysed whey protein may lower blood pressure  -  Nov 17, 2006
CEE-foodindustry.com,...such as beta-lactoglobulin, alpha-lactalbumin, glycomacropeptide, serum albumin, immunoglobulins, lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase.

Clinical Trial Design  -  Nov 27, 2006
Medscape (subscription)A new formulation of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a without human serum albumin was studied in 260 patients in a single-arm, open-label, multicenter trial.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus May Be Related to Prolidase ...  -  Nov 13, 2006
DG News4.5; antineutrophil antibodies, 1:1080 (positive) with speckled pattern; positive dsDNA; uric acid with 2+ protein and serum albumin, 2.9.

Novozymes quenches biopharma thirst down under  29 Aug 2006
...aventis, adding to its portfolio recombinant human albumin (Recombumin), the world's first and only animal-free alternative to human serum albumin (HSA), used ... -In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Viral Infection and Acute Encephalopathy  Aug 1, 2006
CSF pleocytosis was found in 14/22, an elevated CSF:serum albumin ratio indicative of impaired blood-brain barrier was detected in 18/21 tested, raised ... -AAP Grand Rounds (subscription)

Women's Health Issues--Beyond Menopause (references)  Aug 22, 2006
...www.elsevier.com/locate/jnutbio. 39. Saito N et al. "Bone mineral density, serum albumin and serum magnesium." J Am Coll Nutr. 23, 6:701S-3S, 2004. www.jacn.org ... -Natural Products Industry Insider

Novozymes Continues Biopharmaceutical Push  Aug 15, 2006
The product, Recombumin, is used by pharmaceutical companies as a replacement for human serum albumin, a protein found in blood plasma and used in the ... -Chemical & Engineering News

Production of Recombinant Therapeutic Proteins in the Milk of ...  Aug 1, 2006
Even human serum albumin, the therapeutic protein used in largest amounts (>400 tons, worldwide), the use of the recombinant form, produced in Saccharomyces ... -Bio Pharm

Ventria Bioscience Announces Third Bioprocessing Product ...  Jul 13, 2006
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventria Bioscience announces the introduction of Cellastim(TM), an animal-free recombinant Human Serum Albumin. ... -Yahoo! News

Ventria Bioscience Announces Third Bioprocessing Product ...  Jul 13, 2006
Cellastim is recombinant human serum albumin for use in cell culture. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) July 13, 2006 -- Ventria Bioscience ... -PR Web

Presenting tools for plasma protein binding  Jul 19, 2006
Besides its Transil Adme assays for human and rat serum albumin the company is now launching an service assay for alpha-acid glycoprotein (AGP). ... -Laboratory Talk

Trastuzumab-Modified Nanoparticles: Optimisation of Preparation ...  Jul 17, 2006
Frankfurt, Germany, describes the methods it developed for attaching a tumor-targeting antibody to the surface of nanoparticles made of human serum albumin (HSA ... -AZoNano.com

Patient Death In ConjuChem Phase II Trial Halts Dosing  Jul 14, 2006
DAC:GRF was designed using ConjuChem's Drug Affinity Complex (DAC) platform, which allows the GRF peptide to bond covalently with human serum albumin for a ... -BioWorld Online

CoGenesys Receives FDA Clearance To Commence Clinical Trials Of ...  Jul 16, 2006
Preclinical studies have demonstrated that Cardeva, a human serum albumin (HSA)-BNP fusion protein, retains the pharmacological profile of BNP peptide but has ... -Medical News Today

Membrane Has Photoswitchable Surface Properties  Jul 17, 2006
Using bovine serum albumin as a model protein, they found that the material adsorbed 26 percent more protein under visible light, which reduced the permeation ... -Photonics.com

Celliance Enters Agreement with Novozymes A/S to Develop Animal ...  Jul 7, 2006
Under its Probumin(TM) brand, Celliance is the world leader in the manufacture and supply of bovine serum albumin (BSA) for numerous applications within the ... -dBusinessNews Atlanta

(PRN) - TGC Industries Announces 2006 Second Quarter Earnings ...  Jul 13, 2006
...[+]. (PRN) - Ventria Bioscience Announces Third Bioprocessing Product: Cellastim(TM), Animal-free Recombinant Human Serum Albumin ... [+. ... -Bolsamania.com

· Some words from our sponsors  Jun 21, 2006
AlbudAbs are dAbs that specifically bind to serum albumin and can dramatically enhance the half-life and efficacy of any molecule attached to them. ... -Silicon Fen Business Report

Expanded distribution agreement with Novo Nordisk  Jul 10, 2006
Key products include Ex-cyte, the largest selling cell growth supplement, Probumin, a proprietary line of bovine serum albumin and Incelligent, recombinant ... -Laboratory Talk

Domantis To Deliver More Peptech Upside  Jun 20, 2006
...intellectual property regarding the technology for the use of domain antibodies (so-called "dAbs") that bind a drug to a patient's serum albumin and extends ... -FN Arena News



Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative ...  Apr 17, 2006
Recommendation 3: A low serum albumin level (<35 g/L) is a powerful marker of increased risk for postoperative pulmonary complications and should be measured ... - Annals of Internal Medicine

Immunomedics and IBC Pharmaceuticals Report on a Novel Protein ...  Apr 25, 2006
Suitable components for this technology include antibody fragments, peptide haptens, polyethylene glycols, human serum albumin, cytokines, DNA vaccines, small ... - Yahoo! News

Immunomedics and IBC Pharmaceuticals Report on a Novel Protein ...  Apr 26, 2006
..."Suitable components for this technology include antibody fragments, peptide haptens, polyethylene glycols, human serum albumin, cytokines, DNA vaccines, small ... - GenomicsProteomics.com

Paclitaxel efficacy enhanced by novel compound 73R  Apr 20, 2006
...at Abbott Laboratories. "The dominant component of serum deactivation was identified as domain III of human serum albumin (HSA).". - Therapeutics Daily (subscription)

Optimizing Catheter Positioning Improves Drug Distribution of ...  Apr 26, 2006
...study with intracerebral CED of the tumor targeted cytotoxin, cintredekin besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR), co-infused with 123I-labeled human serum albumin (123I-HSA ... - Genetic Engineering News

RCT Hosting October 2006 Conference on the Future of Pichia ...  Apr 24, 2006
...cost. Examples of pharmaceutical proteins made in Pichia include hepatitis B vaccine, insulin, interferons and human serum albumin. ... - Genetic Engineering News

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