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#ScienceSaturday: March 2, 2024

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Read the Article Rare Roundup The Jackson Laboratory offers “Exploring Rare Disease Through Translational Research” MiniCourse Human health is incredibly complex; developing safe, effective treatments requires knowledge of molecular mechanisms, cell biology, and drug administration.

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Precision for Medicine Expands Advanced Tissue Profiling and Genomic Capabilities with new Houston Laboratory

Precision for Medicine

The custom-designed laboratory accommodates the growth in demand for advanced digital pathology and imaging capabilities, expertise in molecular sciences and a wide array of sequencing technologies. The expansion significantly increases the sample processing capacity of the laboratory. Canada, Europe, and Australia.

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Condensate biology: advancing drug discovery for complex diseases

Drug Target Review

The aim is to establish condensate biology as a fundamental branch of cell biology – “cell biology 2.0” The underlying biology and processes upon which the company was founded have broad applicability across various human disease areas. Klein notes the importance of Dewpoint’s disease-agnostic approach.

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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Professor Alan Trounson AO CEO, Executive Director, Cartherics Alan is the past President of the Californian Institute for Regenerative Medicine (2007-2014), the Californian state’s $3 billion stem cell agency driving research in stem cell biology and facilitating the translation of stem cell discoveries into clinical therapies.

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New molecular insights on medical cannabis

Drug Target Review

Recently, our laboratory discovered a potent partial inhibition of ATX by cannabinoids in a nanomolar range. Autotaxin has lysophospholipase D activity leading to tumor cell growth and motility by lysophosphatidic acid production. The Journal of Cell Biology. Umezu-Goto M, Kishi Y, Taira A, et al. 2017;2017:1–15.

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A New Type of Bookworm: Bringing Patient Perspectives Into the Classroom?

KIF1A

A New Opportunity: the KIF1A Research Network in Action KIF1A.ORG was presented with such an opportunity by teaming up with Dr. Rebecca Shi of Stanford University, who worked to create a research laboratory course for undergraduates in the Stanford Biology department for the Spring 2023 semester. elegans neurons”.

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How nucleolar stress accelerates aging in mice

Drug Target Review

Initial works from the lab concentrated on exploring the role of replicative stress in cancer and ageing, for which the group combined cell biology, mouse models and drug development projects. In 2005, he joined CNIO to lead the Genomic Instability Group where he has been ever since.

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