by Stacey Johnson | Feb 28, 2020
I am going to take a guess that the teen romance movie Five Feet Apart, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse, introduced many people to cystic fibrosis (CF). Certainly that was the case for my teenage daughter. I learned about CF through television ads, “back...
by Tara Fernandez | Feb 20, 2020
Immunotherapies have been heralded as a revolutionary paradigm shift in how cancer is treated, thanks to the exceptional cancer-killing properties of checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Today, approved therapies Yescarta™ and Kymriah™,...
by Sara M. Nolte | Feb 14, 2020
We’ve spent a lot of time swooning over CAR T-cells and CRISPR here at Signals, but recently a potential up-and-coming leading lady in the gene and cancer therapy fields has caught our eye. Our interest was piqued by a recent press release from The Max Delbruck Center...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 7, 2020
After four years of attending Phacilitate Leaders World, I have noticed a few things: the organizers like to hang on to what is popular (like the networking yacht party and afternoon tea – head office is in London, England, after all), but they’re equally keen to...
by Laine Bodnar | Jan 24, 2020
In my role as Communications Specialist at CCRM, I often come across examples of science communication that would be considered best practice in the field. However, after finishing the best-selling book Bad Blood (Carreyrou, 2018), I was reminded that not all science...
by Farah Qaiser | Jan 16, 2020
With the start of a new year, and a new decade, it’s only natural to set a few professional goals for yourself. I don’t generally set New Year’s Resolutions, but I do have a few this year that include defending my Master of Science degree, and writing more regularly....
by Lisa Willemse | Jan 9, 2020
It’s no secret that biology is unpredictable, random and sometimes messy. This is precisely what gives living organisms their singularity and uncanny ability to adapt. But as important as these traits might be in a herd of elephants as they adapt to climate change or...
by Stacey Johnson | Jan 3, 2020
Happy New Year! As you contemplate how to keep your resolve and willpower strong so you can stick to your New Year’s resolutions, we’re sharing some tips courtesy of Business Insider and NIL, below. If you care to tell us your resolution or your own...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 27, 2019
If 2019 has felt like another year of information overload, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve missed some posts this year. Don’t despair! According to our readers, these were the posts with the most, the bee’s knees and the lollapalooza of...
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