Nucleic Acid-, Protein and Cell-related Technologies

Cholestatic liver diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders resulting from genetic, metabolic and congenital defects, as well as DILI (drug-induced liver injury, a leading cause of attrition during drug development).

Current diagnostic techniques for DILI and cholestasis are based on the detection of serum markers and imaging methods such as computer tomography. However, these have a low resolution and only provide a limited understanding of the underlying disease etiology. Therapeutic ...

Extremely sensitive, reliable and fast novel KDAC assay, which can be performed in a continuous format. This novel KDAC assay is based on Firefly luciferase harboring an acetylation on an essential active site lysine, incorporated by genetic code expansion. We furthermore offer a bacterial selection system for KDACs, which uses a reporter enzyme inactivated by lysine modifications at an essential active site residue, thereby linking deacetylase activity to a selectable output.

Biomarkers of ageing have long been sought after to help assess the biological age and general health status of individuals. Considerable efforts have been invested to identify such biomarkers, including physiologic readouts, metabolic parameters, glycomic profiles and others. Nevertheless, markers with strong predictive power have remained elusive.

Work in model organisms has identified several conserved signaling pathways that extend life span, such as reduced insulin/IGF signaling and ...