HCS Pharma team enjoyed attending BioFit 2018 and hosted events in Lille last week! Our business developer Nathalie had many fruitful BtoB meetings along the convention, and our study director Elodie could meet lots of Read more…
We are developing a new BIOMIMESYS® hydroscaffold for neuronal cells. First results are very promising because neurons grow and form neurites. Moreover cells lived longer than in monolayer culture. We are currently finalizing this new Read more…
We will be happy to meet you on Biofit, Lille, France, on December 4th & 5th, 2018 at the business convention or on our Booth D4/2 on Eurasanté/pole NSL Pavillion located at the center of Read more…
Now, life science companies are seeking ways to modernise research environments and build the ‘Lab of The Future’ (LoTF). Given advances made in recent years, it’s natural that technology that can automate lab functions – Read more…
Our study directors Elodie and Pierre-Jean will attend “HI Europe” in Frankfurt next week. We cordially invite you to discuss with them, they will be happy to present our imaging services related to nutraceutical testing! We Read more…
The annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Blood Brain interface (SEISC) took place in Paris the 9th November 2018. All day long, recent studies adressing different BBB issues have been presented, including Read more…
Hepatocytes in primary cultures are still the gold standard in the pharmaceutical industry ; however they are expensive and have a very short lifespan with a progressive loss of specific functions over time. The dipolar Read more…
This year, the ESTIV (European Society of Toxicology In Vitro) congress took place in Berlin and was again a very interesting symposium. The plenary session was open by a presentation on 3D models made by bioengineering Read more…
In this article, researchers from Sorbonne University (Paris, France) proposed an explanation for the patterns followed by breast cancer cells when seeded in BIOMIMESYS, i.e. spherical aggregates. Usually, mathematical models dealing with the formation of Read more…
HCS Pharma will be present to the annual congress of the Society of Study of Blood-Brain Interfaces (SEISC) at Collège de France on Friday, November 9th 2018. The congress will begin by a plenary lecture Read more…
Hyaluronan or Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is a ubiquitous constituent of extracellular matrix (ECM) and, because of its excellent intrinsic biocompatibility and chemical or enzymatic modification versatility, has been widely employed in a multitude of biomedical of Read more…
The 2nd Edition of SLAS advanced 3D human models and High-Content Analysis Conference was a great event with interesting presentations and posters from public labs and various companies. In regards of the different presentations, it Read more…
Last week we attended ELRIG UK Drug Discovery meeting in ExCeL London, and it was a great pleasure for us to present our poster about neurotoxicity testing using HCS there. Many interesting posters were displayed Read more…
Are your interested in meaning full images and high content analysis to asses your compounds properties ? Pierre-Jean, our dermocosmetic expert, will be present at Cosmetic 360 (the international trade fair for innovative ideas and Read more…
The 20th International Congress on In Vitro Toxicology (ESTIV2018) is coming and it will be a great occasion for HCS-Pharma to showcase our current co-development, with the institute du thorax of Nantes and the RHU Read more…
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James Allisson and Tasuku Honjo for their research about immunotherapy to treat cancer. This therapeutic strategy is based on immune checkpoint targeting. Immune Read more…
In HCS Pharma we strongly believe that 3D is the right way to improve drugs dicovery processes. It’s why we develop our 3D hydroscaffold matrix BIOMIMESYS® for 3D cell culture and we invest in 3D Read more…
Our study director Elodie will attend Drug Discovery 2018 – THE ELRIG‘s flagship conference – which will take place in London next week! We are looking forward to presenting our poster about neurotoxicity testing. Don’t hesitate to visit Read more…
Human and animal microbiota is composed of several type of micro-organism (bacteria, viruses, fungi). Most of them are “commensal” and maintain a symbiotic interaction with their host. Staphylococcus infection is involved in bovine mammary inflammation Read more…
Over the last few years, scientists have discovered connections between gut microbiota imbalances and various diseases. Now, in a study using mice, biologists from the CNRS, INSERM, and Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University—together with colleagues Read more…
We are very happy to be highlighted by our partner Molecular Devices in this article : “HCS Pharma uses ImageXpress Micro Confocal Systems for phenotypic screening of physiologically relevant 3D cell models”. We have made a Read more…
Many categories of drugs can induce hepatotoxicity, so improving the prediction of toxic drugs is important. In vitro models using human hepatocytes are more accurate than in vivo animal models. Good in vitro models require Read more…
Cells have diverse circuitry to sense and respond to extrinsic metabolic signals. Extracellular matrix (ECM) reorganization which is central to both tissue expansion and regeneration. ECM remodeling is also a signature of pathological processes, such Read more…