Base editors – a powerful new tool for genetic engineering
November 13, 2017Introduction Gene editing has been featured prominently in the news recently. With studies published in Nature and Science, describing the…Pivotal Scientific: Industry Insights
September 22, 2017Pivotal Scientific: Industry Insights German manufacturer PROGEN has launched a truly novel validation program that utilizes the peptide mapping technology…
Pivotal Scientific welcomes proposals to boost the UK’s status as a world leader in life sciences
September 22, 2017Introduction The Government’s industrial strategy green paper was launched in January, with the aim of addressing long-term challenges to the…
Access the Chinese Life Science Sector Through Conferences/Exhibitions
September 15, 2017Introduction As many western companies travel through Europe and the US to attend important events like AACC/ASCB|EMBO/MEDICA, it is usually…
Trials & Tribulations of Chinese Import/Export Rules
July 25, 2017Introduction As we all know there is a great deal of in the Biological sector of the Chinese market however…
The future of research reagent supplier
July 25, 2017Introduction This month we’ve picked a somewhat broad topic for the blog: The future of suppliers of research. What are…
ELISA
June 26, 2017Introduction Among all the ligand bioassays developed, the one which has emerged victorious is the Enzyme Linked Immuno Assay, or…
Is Your Business ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
June 26, 2017Introduction The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC in May 2018. Should we be concerned as businesses?…
Small Molecules
May 22, 2017Introduction ‘Small molecules’ (SMs) are a diverse set of organic molecules that can be hard to pin down more specifically.…
Unique points about China
May 22, 2017Introduction Many international companies find that the Chinese research reagent market seems to be quite different than that in US or…
Pivotal Scientific Antibody Market Report 2017
April 22, 2017Pivotal Scientific Antibody Market Report 2017 Pivotal Scientific is proud to have recently published its fifth annual Antibody Market Report.…
Cytokines
March 14, 2017Introduction Cytokines are a large group of cell signalling proteins. The COPE database currently lists over 45,000 entries for cytokines. Each cytokine…
