SBIR/STTR Research Award
IMPROVED RECOVERY OF ANTI-CANCER ANTIBIOTICS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SYMBIOTECH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MANY ANTI-CANCER DRUGS ARE HIGH INSOLUBLE IN AQUEOUS MEDIA AND DIFFICULT TO RECOVER FROM MICROBIAL AND PLANT CELLS WHERE THEY ARE PRODUCED. WE WILL INVESTIGAGE A NOVEL SEPARATION/PURIFICATION APPROACH FOR THESE SYSTEMS. THE METHOD IS SIMPLE AND GENTLE AND IS APPLICABLE, IN PRINCIPLE, TO CELLS WHILE UNDERGOING CULTURE. THE METHOD OF RECOVERY HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRESERVING THE VIABILITY OF CULTURED CELLS SO THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO REUSE THEM SEVERAL TIMES FOR PRODUCT FORMATION AND RECOVERY.
Technology keywords
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