Newsletter | August 20, 2025

08.20.25 -- The Rise Of NAMs

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Webinar: Breaking Barriers with PCR: Innovative Solutions for Clinical Trial Success

Designing PCR-based testing strategies for clinical trials requires not only technical precision but also thoughtful decisions around assay selection, platform capabilities, and clinical relevance. Join experts from Precision for Medicine, as well as guest speakers from Avidity Biosciences and Indaptus Therapeutics, as they explore how PCR-based molecular monitoring drives smarter, faster, and more efficient personalized clinical trials. Register Now

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The Rise Of NAMs

New Approach Methods (NAMs) are rapidly being accepted as replacements for preclinical animal tests long considered to be the gold standard. NAMs include systems of organoids, organs-on-chips, AI-based prediction models, and non-mammalian species.

What Is Transfection?

Learn about the process of transfection and why it is crucial for studying gene function and has applications in various fields, including drug development and gene therapy.

mTOR Pathway

Explore the mTOR signaling pathway and reveal how mTORC1 regulates cell growth, metabolism, and survival to ensure cellular function and adaptation to environmental cues.

The Paradigm Shift: From Scale-Up To Scale-Out In Genetic Medicine

The shift from "scale-up" to "scale-out" in genetic medicine enhances production speed, revolutionizing pharmaceutical manufacturing and accelerating life-saving therapies for global patient populations.

Partners In Progress: Shaping The Future Of Childhood Cancer Treatment

In this panel, Stephanie Heathman, Business Development Lead for the Opie Jones Foundation, discusses the Foundation’s mission and inspiration.

Efficient Gene Expression Profiling For Biomarker Identification

Solutions for automating qPCR and digital PCR (dPCR) gene expression analysis workflows can help translational research laboratories derive valuable gene expression profiles.

Accelerate Antibody Development And Production

MaxCyte's electroporation platform accelerates therapeutic antibody development with scalable, high-efficiency transfection, enabling rapid transient protein expression, and IND-enabling studies in weeks.

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Webinar: Advances in Pediatric Transplant: T-cell Depleted Haploidentical Experience

Join Miltenyi Biotec for an insightful live webinar on transforming pediatric transplant care with T cell–depleted haploidentical HSCT. Learn how this cutting-edge approach expands donor access while minimizing GVHD risk. Hear firsthand clinical experiences, explore immune recovery data, and discover how virus-specific T cells may shape the future of transplantation. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your expertise—register now! Click here to learn more.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

Streamline Your Lab Workflow Through Flexibility And Automation - BD Biosciences

TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assays: Search By Disease - Applied Biosystems by Thermo Fisher Scientific, qPCR

Overview Of Precision For Medicine's Pathology Services - Precision for Medicine

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Advancing the Future of Cell & Gene Therapy

This 11-12 November, Cell 2025 unites 1,000+ leading experts across the CGT value chain to solve key challenges, from scalable bioprocessing and regulatory hurdles to accelerating development timelines.

 

Gain practical strategies across cell culture, therapy development, and CGT manufacturing, and hear from world-renowned leaders Bobby Gaspar (CEO, Orchard Therapeutics), Christof Von Kalle, (Director & BIH Chair, Research Clinic Luxemburg), and Dame Molly Stevens (University of Oxford). Register Now

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