August 7, 2025

By: List Labs

Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) are emerging as powerful tools in the fight against chronic illness, infections, and even cancer. These living microbial therapeutics hold immense promise—but their very nature presents unique challenges, particularly when it comes to quality control. Standard microbiological examination methods, designed for non-living products, often fall short when applied to LBPs. In […]

August 5, 2025

By: List Labs

As the field of live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) rapidly advances, so too does the need for rigorous, nuanced microbiological quality control (QC). LBPs—live microorganisms used to prevent, treat, or cure diseases—present unique challenges when meeting regulatory safety standards. Traditional compendial methods were not designed for products teeming with live bacteria. In this blog, we explore […]

July 23, 2018

By: douano@listlabs.com

By: Mary N. Wessling, Ph.D. ELS In this blog we will unravel the terminology describing bacterial toxins. In general, there are at least three ways that bacterial toxins are described in the literature: by their biological designation—the genus and/or species from which they come by the origin of the toxin, either as innate to the […]