We collaborate with top academic scientists to develop the most useful exciting new technology to benefit treatments in Oncology and Womens’ Health through creating:
• novel assays for use in diagnostic and theranostic products
• new medicines for licensing to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

03/10/2010 01:00 PM

Research Identifies New Mechanism Regulating Embryonic Development

A Princeton University-led research team has discovered that protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals that direct early embryonic development. The work suggests that these signals are combined long before they interact with the organism's DNA, as was previously believed, and also may inform new therapeutic strategies to fight cancer...

03/10/2010 12:00 PM

Scientists' Understanding Of Limb Growth Altered By Roving 'Sonic Hedgehog' Gene

Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice - the layer of cells that creates the skin. Named for a video game character, Sonic hedgehog describes both a gene and the protein it produces in the body...

03/10/2010 10:00 AM

Intentional Variation Increases Result Validity In Mouse Testing

For decades, the traditional practice in animal testing has been standardization, but a study involving Purdue University has shown that adding as few as two controlled environmental variables to preclinical mice tests can greatly reduce costly false positives, the number of animals needed for testing and the cost of pharmaceutical trials...