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Drug Discovery & Innovation

It is the dream of every investigator to have their scientific discoveries become new drugs or diagnostics and to provide new hope for those failing today’s standard of care. As a long-time entrepreneur, I’ve had a desire to translate new discoveries into real world treatment advances for our patients. Engaging the private sector is key.

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Drug Discovery & Innovation

Telomeres: History, Health, and Hallmarks of Aging

The escalating social and economic burden of an aging world population has placed aging research at center stage. The hallmarks ...
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Drug Discovery & Innovation

Circadian Regulator CLOCK Recruits Immune-Suppressive Microglia into the GBM Tumor Microenvironment

Just in – our paper was selected as the COVER for Cancer Discovery. Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal brain tumor ...
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Drug Discovery & Innovation

New Target for Pancreatic Cancer

A study has revealed the protein responsible for causing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer. ...
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Drug Discovery & Innovation

Model to Determine Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

As candidate early detection tests for PDAC come online, one of the key challenges is figuring out who to screen, ...
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How to Accelerate Our Access To Tomorrow’s Medicine Today

The current paradigm has proven failed. We need to bring great science, drug development and clinical experts together in a ...
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New Companies I’m Excited About

Two new biotech companies are in development to treat diseases and help patients in a profoundly impactful way.
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