3H Biomedical is a
biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...
company based in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
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Sweden, where it operates out of Uppsala Science Park. The company develops, produces and markets cell-based tools for
life science
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy t ...
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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 biolog ...
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drug discovery 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 ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
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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,
DNA, recombinant proteins,
blood serum and plasma,
vectors for genetic modification and
cell-based assays.
References
External links
Official website
{{Portal, Companies
Biotechnology companies of Sweden
Biotechnology companies established in 2004
Swedish companies established in 2004
Companies based in Uppsala County