Creative BioMart, a biotechnology company that provides quality protein products and protein manufacturing techniques, now provides a wide collection of lysates for research use.   Cell lysis is a critical sample preparation step for studies of intracellular processes, such as in the "-omic" sciences, with the major challenge being to achieve high lysis efficiency while preserving sample...

Scientists at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified potential new biomarkers that could indicate response to immunotherapy in people diagnosed with metastatic melanoma.   The researchers found that when T cells are activated, they release a protein called CXCL13 that helps attract more B and T cells to the tumor site. The B cells then present specific parts of the tumor...