2007

Modular Mini-Plants: A New Paradigm

March

2007

Management

Shashank Shah

Modular design principles are well known, but have found only niche applications in the Chemical industry. This article outlines an innovative methodology, whereby plant and process design may be conducted in parallel using components with pre-...

Discussing Climate-Change Challenges

July

2007

News Feature

Matthew McKeon-Slattery

The U.S. is still at odds with other developed nations when it comes to a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the G8 Summit, President Bush opposed a pact advocated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling for CO2 emissions to be...

Recombinant Protein Therapeutics from CHO Cells -- 20 Years and Counting

October

2007

SBE Special Section

Karthik P. Jayapal, Katie F Wlaschin, Wei-Shou Hu and Miranda G. S. Yap , Wei shou Hu

The CHO cell is at its height of technological prominence thanks to its adaptability to various culture conditions and plasticity in the context of genetic alterations. With further research, the application ofCell Culture Strategies based on...