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Cell-in-a-Box know-how: The key personnel in Austrianova are (from left) chief operating officer Dr John Dangerfield, chairman and chief technology officer Dr Walter Gunzburg and president and chief executive officer Dr Brian Salmons

PUBLISHED AUGUST 21, 2014
Biotech firm a leader in cell-encapsulation
Austrianova runs a tight ship here as it grows its business of delivering medical treatments in 'capsules'. AMANDA EBER reports
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Cell-in-a-Box know-how: The key personnel in Austrianova are (from left) chief operating officer Dr John Dangerfield, chairman and chief technology officer Dr Walter Gunzburg and president and chief executive officer Dr Brian Salmons - PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN
TO the naked eye, the capsules produced by biotechnology firm Austrianova look like brightly coloured balls, each barely a millimeter in diameter.
But each one of these capsules is in fact a pod capable of containing 10,000 living cells.
Professor Walter Gunzburg, the chairman and chief technology officer of Austrianova, explained that the capsules are made of a special type of cotton, designed to protect the cells and cocoon them so they can grow and do the job they need to do - for these cells, contained in their pods, are to be injected into the human body for a variety of potential applications - from cancer treatment to probiotics, stem cells and cosmetics.
The special cotton of which the capsules are made also ensure that the body's immune system does not reject the cells, he said.
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/singapore/biotech-firm-leader-cell-encapsulation-20140821



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