Canvax Biotech
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Canvax is a leading manufacturer and supplier of the most innovative solutions, kits and R&D Reagents inside Molecular Biology fields. Since its foundation in 2001, Canvax offers reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-use innovative tools for research. Based in Córdoba (Spain), since its beginning it has focused on R&D of multiplex high throughput platforms (HTS) for Drug discovery and Diagnostic applied biosensors. Over a decade later, Canvax is a worldwide leading expert in GPCR expression in heterologous cells, with important patents and exclusive know-how. Canvax prides itself to be the first company to get an unprecedented milestone that could revolutionize the Diagnostics sector: Canvax established stable high-level expression of odour GPCRs into heterologous cell lines in 2014. This key milestone, that could be applied in diagnostic, perfume and cosmetic industry, are being employed to obtain a molecular nose, a sensitive and non-invasive diagnostic molecular device for early detection of cancer, as the nose of trained dogs do. Thanks to this project, Canvax was awarded, in 2013, with the largest Public & Private Contract for Pre competitive Technology Development in Spanish history. Website : www.lifescience.canvaxbiotech.com | ||
Cell-based assay kits
The cell-based assays bring together a set of kits based on the use of living cells.
These kits are used to study different aspects of cellular behavior (cell cycle progression, migration and invasion) and to measure the content of key cell components that are commonly used to monitor the health of cells in culture and their response to various stimuli (migration inducers, drugs against cell cycle arrest, cholesterol transport inhibitors, ...).
The cell-based assays provide a more accurate representation of actual conditions because the study is done directly on living cells. These kits differ from more traditional enzyme or immunoassay kits. Indeed, although they require more manipulations than traditional assay kits, they are incredibly versatile and can be designed to measure virtually any cellular or biochemical function. Use the right cells and the right markers, and you can get the right data.
