3H Biomedical is a
biotechnology
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company based in
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Loc ...
,
Sweden
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, where it operates out of Uppsala Science Park. The company develops, produces and markets cell-based tools for
life science
Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, respon ...
,
tissue engineering
Tissue engineering is a biomedical engineering discipline that uses a combination of cells, engineering, materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to restore, maintain, improve, or replace different types of biolo ...
,
drug discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology, and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
Historically, drugs were discovered by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or ...
and cosmetics testing. 3H Biomedical also offers contract research services. The company's research and development focus lies in the fields of
cell immune therapy and
adult stem cell therapy.
History
3H Biomedical was founded in 2004 as a spring off from
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
Initially fou ...
.
In the same year 3H Biomedical was awarded with the foundation of innovation of Handelsbanken Uppsala award. The award was presented for commercially interesting research in the field of DNA-based vaccines. The company started out marketing and selling primary cells, and has since extended its portfolio with cell chips,
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA). RNA and deoxyrib ...
,
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (; DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. The polymer carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of al ...
, recombinant proteins,
blood serum and plasma,
vectors for genetic modification and
cell-based assays.
References
External links
Official website
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