Cellbiodx Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Min-jeong) will hold the ‘7 Agri & Food Tech Start-up Rising Expo’ held at COEX Hall A in Seoul for three days from Wednesday, July 26th to Friday, July 28th. 3).
Cellbiodx is a company that cares about the pain of companion animals and their families and strives to create long-term and sustainable value through advanced biotechnology to improve the healthy lives of companion animals. Currently, we are testing dog breeds and genetic diseases using oral cells from companion animals, and kidney disease and SFTS virus using urine biomarkers from companion animals.
At this exhibition, △’Pet’s CODE’, which allows you to test your dog’s breed using oral cells; △’Urigene Kit,’ a test kit that can check and prevent kidney disease using your dog’s urine; △’Urigene Kit (for pet SFTS virus testing)’, which can test for SFTS virus (severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome mediator) through pet dog’s urine △Stick for screening 10 diseases using pet dog’s urine’ Introducing ‘URS10T (pet urine test glass stick)’.
Regarding the product, a Cell Bio D “There has been a need to develop domestic products due to price fluctuations, long delivery times and confirmation of results, and inconveniences in applying for and issuing personal pass identification numbers,” he explained.
In addition, “Our non-face-to-face, non-invasive screening method is being used as cutting-edge technology to increase accuracy in the field of companion animal disease diagnosis,” he said. “Also, as there is a demand for improvement in the quality of medical services for companion animals, our technology is expanding the related market.” “I think it’s an opportunity to do it,” he added.
Currently, CellbiodX possesses △ reagents for transporting and storing RNA samples at room temperature △ patented urine sample collection kit △ disease-related biomarkers △ multi-gene screening technology for RT-PCR.
Based on these technologies, he said, “We will apply the liquid biopsy technology, which has been mainly used for human disease screening so far, to companion animals as well, contributing to the happiness of companion animals and their families through early detection of diseases.” We will use non-invasive testing methods to enable testing without the need to visit a hospital, and will also relieve the burden of hospital costs on consumers. “In addition, as a convenient screening method using urine, we will actively utilize it for screening for urinary diseases and cancer,” he said.
Meanwhile, at AFRO 2023, the largest Agtech & Foodtech event in Korea, domestic startups with global growth potential in Agtech, Foodtech, and Green Bio will exhibit products and services to solve various problems in the agriculture and food industries, Various programs such as conferences discussing the present and future of Agtech and Foodtech and investment briefings (IR competitions) are held. This exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and supervised by the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency, NH Nonghyup, COEX, and the Korea Food Tech Council.