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

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Leaving academia for industry is a route that academic scientists and professors did not traditionally pursue in the past due to perceived differences in skillsets, experiences and even associated stigmas. WeiQi Lin, MD, PhD, executive vice president of research & development and principal scientist, DURECT Corporation.

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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

DS: What motivated you and Dr David Bunka, CTO, to create Aptamer and did you imagine you would one day be operating on such a global scale?    AT : We initially met at the University of Leeds, where David was a post-doctoral researcher studying aptamers, and I was completing my PhD. Optimer binders are engineered to overcome these problems.

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Receptor Occupancy Assays by Flow Cytometry: Benefits for Clinical Trials

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Receptor occupancy assays have been developed and applied in both nonclinical and clinical studies to provide insight into PK/PD relationships so far,” said Andre Olsson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Flow Cytometry at the global contract research organization (CRO) Medpace. What is Flow Cytometry?

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The evolution of assays for immuno-oncology research

Drug Discovery World

The first such research dates back to 1891, when William Coley attempted to inject heat-inactivated bacteria to treat osteosarcoma. This is an exciting field of cancer research which involves harnessing the body’s own immune system to target cancerous cells. This continues to be the standard of care.

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Fortis Life Sciences leads the way in custom antibody discovery

Drug Discovery World

Moreover, custom antibodies are a key reagent in companion diagnostics for these novel therapeutics. Custom antibodies can be developed for pharmacokinetic assays and biodistribution assays, supporting therapeutic development by giving researchers data about the behaviour of their novel therapeutic in vivo.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

coli expression systems and is using high-throughput expression pipelines to screen constructs for optimal expression to generate protein and cellular reagents. DDW’s Megan Thomas attended PEGS Europe 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, from Tuesday 14 November to Thursday 16 November 2023. GSK has developed high-throughput mammalian and E.

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CRISPR breakthroughs: New solutions for common diseases

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Years of development and fast-paced research have continued to unlock its potential, expanding how CRISPR can be used to treat, detect, and prevent common diseases such as cancer and Covid-19. Rolf Turk , Senior Manager, Genomics Medicine at Integrated DNA Technologies, examines how CRISPR is being used to enhance cancer therapies.

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