MetaImmuneTech is a bio firm that a number of remedies for circumstances equivalent to weight problems or most cancers, however at CES 2024 the corporate is presenting its CELLYTICS_NK immunity analysis answer. MetaImmuneTech has two principal enterprise actions with the primary being the Immune Functional Assays (testing service) and the second is the event of natural-based medication and meals.
The CELLYTICS_NK immunity analysis answer is designed to measure NK (Natural Killer) cell exercise in sufferers rapidly and cost-efficiently. Natural Killer (NK) cells are a sort of lymphocyte, which is a white blood cell concerned within the immune system. NK cells play an important position within the physique’s protection towards viruses and most cancers.
In addition to their direct cytotoxic exercise, NK cells additionally regulate different immune responses. They launch signalling molecules, equivalent to cytokines, that assist coordinate and modulate the immune system’s exercise. NK cells are an important element of the physique’s protection mechanisms.
The want for such programs is rising as increasingly sufferers obtain most cancers remedy based mostly on their immune system (immunotherapy), and the analysis supplies insights into NK cell exercise (or lack of it). Keep in thoughts that the NK cells “activity level” will not be associated to their “numbers.”
CELLYTICS_NK relies on a lens-free shadow imaging know-how. At the highest of the imaging system, an LED mild illuminates a pattern. Below the pattern, a sensor captures the pictures of the pattern that comprises cells.
MetaImmuneTech says its answer permits the pattern to be processed inside two hours, whereas earlier options might need taken days as an alternative. When the information is prepared, the answer makes use of machine studying to research the captured pictures and produce an evaluation (full blood depend, for instance). It’s utterly automated, and no consultants or technicians are required, which implies this could possibly be carried out on the level of care.
The enterprise mannequin is kind of easy: MetaImmuneTech needs to exhibit a transparent productiveness benefit to entice clients. From there, gadgets and consumable gross sales drive the {hardware} side of the enterprise.
At the identical time, analytical companies, software program customizations/upgrades, analysis partnerships, and mental property licensing are the intangible elements of the corporate. That’s spectacular for a corporation that was established solely in 2021.
Nevertheless, the final word benchmark for any medical/well being firm shall be its social influence on medical outcomes, so let’s see what statistics MetaImmuneTech can present us within the close to future.
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