Diagnostics
Cell and Gene Therapy
Commercializing Cell and Gene Therapy to Improve Patient Access
Cell therapy is an exciting field of medicine that uses living cells to target and treat disease. It has enormous potential for revolutionizing medicine, especially in the treatment of degenerative diseases, autoimmune disorders, and cancer. While research and development for cell therapy is advancing quickly, delivering this life-saving technology to patients that need it remains a challenge due to manufacturing hurdles that limit accessibility.
Ascential's engineering team can engage with your scientific team early to develop cell and gene therapy processing equipment at the proof of concept stage, and then continue to scale equipment designs and mature them into robust, commercial ready solutions.
Impossible? Done.
Comprehensive Cell and Gene Therapy Capabilities
From proof-of-concept to commercial-scale manufacturing, Ascential engineers flexible, automated systems to accelerate therapy development and ensure production precision.
Automated
Systems
Ascential builds flexible instruments and systems for integrated, semi-automated, or fully automated production. Our team supports your transition to closed systems to reduce contamination risk and prepare for scale. We collaborate at every stage to ensure your equipment is manufacturable, reliable, and compliant, unlocking production capacity while maintaining therapy integrity.
Robotics
Robotics reduce variability and contamination risk in cleanroom environments. Our team designs and integrates robotic systems for bioreactor management, gene editing workflows, and cell harvesting. These systems enable high-throughput precision and support real-time monitoring, data capture, and quality control.
Machine Vision & Advanced Optical Systems
Our optical and machine vision systems enable real-time analysis of cell processes and automated QC. We design custom, off-the-shelf, or hybrid solutions that track cellular behavior and improve safety, throughput, and system insight.
Specialized Instruments for Every Step of
Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Our experts work cross-functionally to design instruments that meet the rigorous demands of clinical-scale cell therapy production. From early research through GMP implementation, we focus on performance, reproducibility, and regulatory readiness. Each system is built for precision control of sensitive biological materials. Whether you’re optimizing one process or building an end-to-end workflow, we help you scale with confidence.
Cell therapy manufacturing relies on a variety of specialized instruments and equipment to facilitate the culture, processing, and analysis of cells, such as:
- Bioreactors
- Centrifuges
- Microscopes
- Automated liquid handling systems
- Incubators
- Cryopreservation systems
- Analytical instruments
- Magnetic activated cell sorting
- Fluorescence activated cell sorting (flow cytometry)
- Electroporation
- Vortex mixers
- Orbital shakers
- Precision liquid handling (milliliters to nanoliters)
Integrated Support for Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation
Our engineering and development teams work closely with researchers to advance the design and delivery of cell and gene therapy solutions, unlocking new frontiers in targeted treatment:
Living Therapeutics: Unlike traditional pharmaceuticals, cell and gene therapies use living cells and genetic material to restore or enhance tissue function—offering curative potential for complex diseases.
Transformative Applications: These therapies hold promise for treating degenerative conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancer by targeting disease at the cellular level.
Advance Cell and Gene Therapies from
Concept to Cure
Enable Scalable
Manufacturing
We collaborate from proof of concept through commercialization to develop and scale equipment tailored to complex CGT manufacturing workflows.
Improve Process
Control
Our engineering team helps design systems that precisely handle living cells—improving consistency, yield, and compliance in therapeutic production.
Expand Patient
Access
By overcoming manufacturing bottlenecks, we support faster, more cost-effective delivery of life-saving therapies to the patients who need them most.
Partner with Us
Partner with us to bring your innovative medical devices and instruments to market faster and with confidence, backed by proven expertise, precision manufacturing, and end-to-end support.