BIRMINGHAM, Ala. /Massachusetts Newswire – National News/ Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a leading institution in transplant research, to develop a new class of transplant diagnostics aimed at the detection and identification of HLA-specific memory B cells which are poised to produce HLA-specific immunoglobulin injurious to transplanted grafts.
The research is being led by Dr. Frances Lund, Charles H. McCauley Professor and Chair Department of Microbiology, Dr. John Killian, resident in the Department of Surgery, and Dr. Rico Buchli, VP of Products and Services at PTS, and focuses on using PTS’s newly created Class I and Class II biotinylated soluble HLA (sHLA) proteins to u
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $2.5 million in grants to 12 institutes around the world to support research on bacteriophage therapy. These awards represent NIAID’s first series of grants focused exclusively on research on this therapy, an emerging field that could yield new ways to fight antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. A 2019 report from CDC found that antibiotic-resistant pathogens cause more than 2.8 million infections in the U.S. each year and more than 35,000 people die.
A computer-generated rendition of a bacteriophage.
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Bacteriophages (or “phages”) are viruses that can kill or incapacitate specific kinds of bacteria while leaving other bacteria and human cells unharmed. By gathering naturally-occurring phages, or by modifying or engineering phages to display certain properties, researchers hope to create novel anti-bacterial therapeutics. Because phages eliminate ba