People often assume that the products they use every day are safe. Now a new study by Silent Spring Institute and University of California, Berkeley exposes how much people come into contact with toxic ingredients in products, used at home and at work, that could harm their health. Findings from the analysis could help state and federal agencies strengthen chemical regulations and guide manufacturers in making safer products.

Under a framework collaboration agreement signed between Lonza and Simris Alg, both the parties will work together to promote Simris’ ADC payload platform. According to the contract, Lonza will incorporate Simris’ ADC payload technology into the Lonza Bioconjugation Toolbox and will offer the technology to new and existing customers seeking novel payloads to develop into ADC medicines.

Researchers are constantly developing dynamic solutions that are revolutionary in nature. Lab Worldwide has picked up five breakthrough innovations of last year which are truly unique and pathbreaking. Read on to find out more about these innovations.

Evonik recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of a large-scale lipids production facility in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The new unit aims to offer critical excipients for the development of mRNA vaccines and other nucleic acid therapies.

Dr. Madjid Mohseni, chemical and biological engineering professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada has developed a new water treatment technology which can remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water efficiently.

The Human Reference Genome has been used as a standard for genetic data comparison, but it is flawed as it lacks diversity. That is why the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium has developed a pangenome that includes genomic sequences from 47 people around the world, making it more inclusive of human diversity.

Located in Hanau, Germany, Evonik’s new GMP facility will produce pharmaceutical lipids for advanced and pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. It will also offer lipids for clinical and small-scale commercial manufacturing.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material. This discovery could have implications for countries with poor water treatment technologies and combat the widespread problem of toxic dye discharge from the textile industry.

Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have revealed that a person’s body mass index (BMI) should be taken into account while giving patients Vitamin D supplements as those with higher BMI’s tend to have minimal benefits of the supplement.

Agilent Technologies has selected Fluor Corporation to expand its oligonucleotide therapeutics manufacturing facility in Colorado, USA. The unit will include state-of-the-art engineering enhancements such as advanced automation, water reduction strategies and solvent capturing to optimize cost and construction.