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Stem Cells
Stem Cells: are cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system for the body. There are two main types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells.
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Biomarkers are critical tools for all stages of cancer research, from drug development through clinical applications. Cancer is fundamentally a disease of unregulated cell growth and circumv...
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Misfolded and accumulated neurodegenerative disease associated proteins (NDAPs, such as tau and alpha-synuclein) represent the major pathological hallmark in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson&...
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
“The poor translatability of early-stage preclinical models is a major setback in oncology drug development. Immortalized cell lines, that are extensively used in drug screens, undergo...
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
The liver plays a critical role in the metabolism and clearance of more than 70% of marketed drugs. Furthermore, toxicity to the liver is a major reason for preclinical and clinical drug fai...
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
With an increasing push to improve safety, efficacy, and efficiency throughout the drug development pipeline, researchers are evermore looking to improve the predictive capacity of their in...
DEC 04, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: December 4, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST, 4:00pm CET Do you know how it feels when you just quickly want to redo an experiment that your colleague did, or an experim...
NOV 18, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 18, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm CEWT How often do you pipette in your cell culture lab every day? Usually, we do it so often that we tend stop th...
NOV 13, 2019 | 12:00 PM
DATE: November 13, 2019TIME: 12:00pm PT NK cells play a major role in immune surveillance and in the early immune response to cancer and infections. Beneficial anti-tumor respo...
NOV 07, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: November 7, 2019TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST Studying the pathogenesis of diabetes requires detailed analysis of the pancreatic islet microenvironment and its numerous c...
OCT 31, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: October 31, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT INTRODUCTION: A major limitation for the development of 3D engineered tissues is the absence of viable and perfusable...
OCT 10, 2019 | 9:00 AM
Blockade of CTLA-4 and PD-1, members of the B7/CD28 family, have proven to be the most successful cancer immunotherapies to date. While the current therapeutic focus remains on B7/CD28 family...
OCT 03, 2019 | 1:30 PM
Over the last decade, the policy and regulatory trajectory of genomic and reproductive technologies has been a checkered one. Approaches around the world range from constitutional and crimina...
