Month: September 2019
A day (or two) with the Experts: the 2019 EU NanoString Summits Crosstalk
Since 2017 NanoString has hosted day-long summits in some of the liveliest and most charming European locations, where scientists and key opinion leaders have had the opportunity to share with their peers how NanoString Technologies has facilitated their breakthroughs, from...
Aiming at the Achilles’ heel of cancer: multiplexed lung cancer fusion detection without FISH or NGS
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. It is generally divided into two types, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC), based on...
Resolving the complexity of autoimmune diseases: challenges and solutions
Chronic inflammatory diseases are life-long debilitating illnesses with increased mortality and high healthcare costs for therapy and care. These are systemic conditions characterized by activation of either the adaptive immune system—rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis— or the innate immune system—Crohn’s...
GeoMx™ Digital Spatial Profiler: Q&A with Trieu My Van, PhD., NKI, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Christian Blank Lab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5xfd143_a0&feature=youtu.be What was the most surprising thing about using the GeoMx DSP platform?I was quite surprised about the high amount of data that's coming out of the platform from only a single FFPE tissue. This allows us to get better...
A Strategic Attack Against Neurological Diseases
Neurological diseases are often multifactorial, brought on by a genetic and environmental tug-of-war and resulting in multifaceted clinical presentations. Such etiological complexity has hindered treatment progress and has necessitated well-thought-out and systematic strategies of attack to mitigate their global burden....