March 2025
Qkine actively supports the stem cell sector by manufacturing highly bioactive and animal origin-free recombinant proteins that will improve efficiency in budget allocation and the reproducibility of your cell cultures.
Take advantage of our latest promotion, buy any 2 proteins and get 1 free. Includes our stem cell range, high quality food grade proteins and growth factor discovery and differentiation kits*.
Qkine and StemCultures launch co-developed products for increased cell culture stability and reproducibility
StemBeads technology stabilizes growth factors and controls their release into the media, reducing passage frequency and media variability. Qkine animal origin-free recombinant growth factors and cytokines have guaranteed bioactivity lot-to-lot, further increasing the the reproducibility of cell cultures and stem cell maintenance and differentiation.
Products available through Qkine or StemCultures
Qkine and Tolemy Bio partner to advance media and protein optimization for cell therapy manufacturing
Qkine, a leading recombinant protein manufacturer, and Tolemy Bio, a pioneer in custom cell culture media design using AI, have developed a collaborative partnership to drive innovation in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing. This collaboration aims to explore the synergistic potential of high-quality recombinant proteins and optimized media formulations to improve cell growth, functionality, and scalability for immune and stem cell therapies.
By combining Qkine’s expertise in developing cytokines and growth factors with Tolemy’s advanced predictive modelling and media design platform, the partnership will focus on two key areas:
- Optimizing Current Protein Applications: Investigating Qkine’s existing recombinant protein portfolio to enhance CGT manufacturing processes.
- Discovering Novel Solutions: Identifying and validating new protein-media synergies that address unmet needs in the CGT field.
Qkine and WildBio collaborate to progress cultivated meat from wild game species
For the cultivated meat industry, the goal is to produce a quality raw material quickly and at a reduced cost. At WildBio, we are harnessing the power of cells from wild game species in South Africa.
In pilot data, cells derived from the Sable Antelope, a Bovidae family member native to South Africa, were cultured using growth factors from Qkine. WildBio were able to generate harvestable, quality mass in just six days (as compared to the 2-6 week timeframe for adherent tissue formation), far faster than previously described methods for generating cultivated meat.
WildBio are unlocking the power of cell types not currently being used in the industry to generate meat and, with the help of the growth factors from Qkine, they are achieving that goal at a rapid pace.
NEW DIFFERENTIATION KITS
Qkine growth factors and cytokines have the advantage of being highly pure with guaranteed bioactivity, they are animal origin-free, tag free and carrier free for reliable, reproducible stem cell culture. All Qkine proteins adhere to our Nine-point Qkine Quality Commitment.
Qkine differentiation and culture kits contain all essential proteins to maintain or differentiate your iPSC culture.
Tri-lineage differentiation kit
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are an in vitro model that represent a pivotal breakthrough in regenerative medicine and cellular biology. Reprogramming iPSCs grants these cells the ability to differentiate into any cell type of the three germ layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. This provides unparalleled potential for disease modeling, drug discovery, and cell-based therapies, all without the ethical concerns associated with using embryonic stem cells.
All our growth factors are manufactured within a stringent quality framework, ensuring high-quality proteins that maintain robust, reproducible, and physiologically relevant stem cell and organoid cultures that adhere to our Nine-point Quality Commitment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Stem cell models of neurodegeneration | 26-28 March 2025 | Edinburgh, UK
- Best Practice in Non-Animal Research Methods | 26-27 March 2025 | York, UK
- 1st Cambridge Human Organoid Symposium | 28 March 2025 | Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 | 31 March – 3 April 2025 | ACC Liverpool, UK
- ISSCR Neural Stem Cell Symposium: Neural Stem Cells: Capturing Complexity and Plasticity from the Cell to the Organism | 3-4 April 2025 | Athens, Greece
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