HUMAN ISLETS FOR RESEARCH-We currently supply human islets to both the academic and corporate communities for their research related to diabetes. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality islets, which we have been able to produce by using our proprietary media (PIM-Prodo Islet Media)
PRODO ISLET MEDIA (PIM)™- Our media is a cGMP product and has been designed to increase the viability and purity of the cells, from the initial recovery to the stage where the islets are ready for study and experiments. Our media is capable of long-term culturing, of up to 21 days, without loss of purity and viability.
OUR SERVICES-Prodo Labs is capable of performing many services on a contract basis. Some of these services include performing assays, animal isolations and islet testing.
RESEARCH-Working in conjunction with the Scharp-Lacy Research Institute, Prodo Labs is committed to performing research which could lead to a cure for diabetes. Led by Dr. David Scharp, MD, our company continues to break new ground in battling this debilitating disease.
PIM(T)™
PIM(T)™ is a new, proprietary islet media from Prodo Laboratories manufactured under cGMP, specifically designed for cold storage of isolated islets that permits both short and long term islet shipping and storage. The new PIM(T) TM formulation provides excellent cold storage of islets without loss of islet compactness observed with the alternatives. Unlike most all other transport media for islets, this PIM(T)™ formulation permits islets to be cultured at normal islet culture temperatures (37oC) following their shipment without removing it. Most other islet transport media contain intracellular salts and other ingredients that are quite toxic to islets at temperatures > 15oC and require cold storage and handling until the transport media is completely removed. When teamed with Prodo’s new culture media, PIM(S)™ and PIM(R)™, the islets transported with PIM(T) TM can be directly transferred from the transport container to the tissue culture incubator and undergo only a 50% media change with PIM(S)™ or PIM(R)™. PIM(T)™ also permits long term cold tissue culture of islets for ~3 weeks without significant loss of islet mass, viability, or function. These unique characteristics set PIM(T)™ apart from the alternatives for considerations of islet cold storage and shipping.
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Prodo Labs provides high quality human islets for research as its primary service business by direct contracts with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies utilizing them for in vitro and in vivo testing in the development of new drugs for diabetes or in the development of new insulin-producing cells for future transplants.
