Discovery & Innovation

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Jan 30, 2014

The Power of Directed Evolution in Protein Engineering

The selection and accumulation of desirable mutations – also known as natural selection – has shaped the living world. The proteins resulting from...

Jan 28, 2014

Phosphorylation as a Biosensor for Drug Discovery

One major challenge in drug discovery is determining whether a drug is behaving as intended, binding the “right” protein, inhibiting the correct...

Jan 23, 2014

3 Ways to Avoid Drowning in Big Data

This is Part 3 in a three-part series on Big Data in the pharma and biotech industries. (Check out Part 1 and Part 2). Big Data — the vast amount...

Jan 16, 2014

3 Bottlenecks Keeping Big Data From Big Results

This is Part 2 in a three-part series on Big Data in the pharma and biotech industries. (Check out Part 1 and Part 3). Recent medical technology...

Jan 9, 2014

3 Ways Big Data Could Benefit Pharma and Biotech

This is Part 1 in a three-part series on Big Data in the pharma and biotech industries. (Check out Part 2 and Part 3). Medical research and...

Dec 31, 2013

CNS Therapeutics: Restrategizing Pharmaceutical Development

The need for CNS therapeutics is on the rise. Neurological diseases are expected to increase steadily in the coming years. Previously, we addressed...

Dec 27, 2013

CNS Therapeutics: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?

More than $2 trillion dollars a year are spent on treatments for CNS disorders. One in three people over 80 currently has Alzheimer’s disease. With...