Biogelx Limited

biogelx is a new company, created to commercialise advances in recently patented, bio-inspired tuneable peptide gels, generated by the internationally recognised ulijn group at the university of strathclyde (www.ulijnlab.com). the first biogelx products being brought to market are in the field of cell biology/cell culture, where there is a rapidly growing need to store, grow, proliferate and manipulate naturally derived cells within 3d matrices/nanoscaffolds. additional development work is already underway to produce biocompatible versions of these peptide gels, which have the potential to be used in therapeutic/ tissue engineering (stem cell therapy). the biogelx business provides a major opportunity to improve the way toxicology testing and drug development is carried out, through the use of patient-specific, cell-based bench-top systems, instead of using animals. biogelx aims to build the business through direct sales of specialist products to international research groups; pa