Category Archives: Companies

Isolating and Maintaining Embryonic Stem Cells

I have featured Steve Stice and his team at ArunA Biomedical and UGA. They are pioneers in developing Embryonic Stem Cell Based Cultures and Assays for Drug Discovery and Basic Research. Given the importance of their work, I am commited to keeping my finger on the pulse of their advances and discoveries.
Here they isolate, and maintain in [...]

Dicerna Makes Progress

Just wanted to update you on my friends at Dicerna…from in vivo blog…
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Dicerna Crashes RNAi Party

Life often imitates art, as the saying goes.
In “This Is Spinal Tap,” the classic rock and roll mockumentary chronicling the eponymous band, guitarist Nigel Tufnel famously brags that his amplifiers, unlike conventional ones that max out at [...]

Steve Stice-The Professor Entrepreneur

Dr Steve Stice and Human Stem Cells
I am pleased and honored for the privilege of profiling Dr. Steve Stice.  He has a history of working in areas that are Biotechnology Headliners…from cloning to stem cells. Here I will be focusing on his current work with Human Stem Cells and Neural Progenitors  at ArunA Biomedical and [...]

More Good News for DisRNA Research

As a follow on to the potential of 27mer DsiRNAs as a key platform for drug discovery and development, we are happy to report:
15.07.2008 13:34
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a Second Generation RNA Interference Company, Completes Second Closing of Series A Financing; Unveils Strategic Focus
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (www.dicerna.com), an RNA interference company developing novel therapeutics utilizing proprietary [...]