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Researchers turn stem cells into mini-kidneys

8 October 2015 | By Victoria White

The breakthrough could allow the use of mini-organs to screen drugs either for the treatment of kidney disease or to find out if a new drug is likely to injure the kidney...

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Phenotypic Screening in Drug Discovery

28 September 2015 | By Charles River

This webinar describes an approach to phenotypic discovery through bioprofiling in human primary cell-based assays across several disease areas (case study)...

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Ion channels: Small molecules versus biologics – the quest for the ideal Nav1.7 inhibitor

21 September 2015 | By ,

Ion channels modulate and control many fundamental physiological processes in various tissues and alterations in their functions give rise to a wide range of pathophysiologies, which makes them important drug targets. Indeed, for decades, drugs modulating ion channel activity have been targeted by the pharmaceutical industry. Historically, however, developing drugs…