by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jan 26, 2023 | Trends
Welcome to Part 3 of our blog series covering the blood brain barrier (BBB). In Part 1, we looked briefly at how the BBB was discovered and presented what we currently know about its composition and functions. Part 2 focused on the need for reliable BBB models in drug...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Dec 18, 2022 | Trends
Welcome back to our blog series about the blood brain barrier (BBB). In Part 1, we provided a brief history on the discovery of the BBB, and introduced what we currently know about its composition and biological functions. In Part 2, we explain why reliable BBB models...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Nov 18, 2022 | Trends
Welcome to our new blog series about the blood brain barrier (BBB)! In Part 1, we will give a brief history on the discovery of the BBB, as well as introduce what we know about its composition and biological functions. The blood brain barrier or BBB is a highly...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jan 16, 2019 | Trends
Welcome back to the drug discovery series! In this post, we journey through target validation and assay development and validation for compound screening! Target Validation As mentioned earlier in the series, most small molecule drugs function by modulating the...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Oct 22, 2018 | Trends
Genetically Encoded Biosensors for Research and Drug Discovery Mitochondrial integrity and function are pivotal to cellular energy production, and mitochondrial dysfunction has been shown to alter the cell cycle, metabolism, cell viability, gene regulation, and other...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Oct 1, 2018 | Trends
Gene reporter assays have contributed hugely to our understanding of how genes are regulated during growth and development, for example, through the study of spatiotemporal gene expression patterns, as well as how gene expression is regulated by transcription factors,...