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Yale-NBA Partnership Results in FDA Approval for COVID-19 SalivaDirect Test

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The study was funded by a clinical research agreement with the NBA and the players’ union – the National Basketball Players Association (NDG) – which together, contributed over $500,000 to fund the Yale study. The results of the two tests displayed almost universal equivalency.

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Transitioning Between Academia and Industry: Advice from Leading Scientists That Made the Switch

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Lin has made several transitions throughout her career, from being a clinician at an academic center, to academic research, to heading business development in industry. She says she now routinely encourages colleagues to focus on the end goal even when something in their research is interesting and could lead them down a different path.

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BioSpace Global Roundup, Oct. 15

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The new services have been developed to support pre-clinical research by optimizing hiPSC-derived cell culture, while providing high-quality electrophysiological data acquisition and analysis from physiologically relevant human cell models. Axol Bioscience – Based in the U.K., Ltd of Japan.