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Assays

 

An assay is an analytical procedure in laboratory medicine, pharmacology and molecular biology for measuring the activity of a target entity.

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Driving precision neurology forwards with iPSCs and new assays

30 March 2022 | By

Precision medicine in neurology is limited by a dearth of clinically relevant models. However, here Dr Evangelos Kiskinis, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses how new technologies such as bioelectronic assays enable real-time, long-term analysis of neurological diseases in a dish, offering a pathway towards identifying…

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Drug Target Review – Issue 1 2022

25 March 2022 | By

In this issue are articles on the development of mRNA vaccines against latent viruses, how memory B cell antibody-based treatments can help to fight cancer and the potential of AI in drug discovery. Also included are pieces on biotherapeutics, immuno-oncology and assays. 

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Human biopsies in nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel – a novel method for long-term tissue culture

20 December 2021 | By ,

Three-dimensional (3D) biopsy culture models could save the drug discovery industry time and money. In this article, Johanna Niklander, University of Helsinki and Medical University of Graz, and Dr Beate Rinner, Medical University of Graz, outline a recent study they took part in, investigating long-term 3D tissue cultures from human…