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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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The essential role of recombinant phage display antibody libraries

5 November 2024 | By

The emergence of new antibody-based therapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates, alongside a continued drive towards alternatives to animal testing approaches, highlights the need for precise and sensitive tools enabling the identification and characterisation of the best drug candidates for clinical progression. Capable of keeping up with the evolving drug development…

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The value of GPCR cell-based assays in drug discovery

20 June 2024 | By Eurofins DiscoverX

Join this webinar to discover how GPCR functional, cell-based assays determine off-target effects, reveal safety issues, and define drug mechanism of action to ultimately evaluate the therapeutic potential of candidate molecules.

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Assay design for Alzheimer’s disease: key considerations and emerging trends

26 April 2024 | By

In this Q&A, we speak to Dr Emma Murphy, Head of Biology at the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute. Among her many insights, she discusses how the challenges in developing reproducible assays can be addressed, as well as strategies used to translate promising findings into clinically relevant tools…