Thinking Out Loud (Blog)
Soy Sauce and Gnarly Peptides | May Blog
Hope for HIV Found in Soy Sauce Flavor Enhancer Talk about re-purposing drugs - the "other" Japanese soy sauce manufacturer Yamasa (not Kikkoman) was developing oligonucleotides (yes!) for flavor enhancing properties. Re-screening their extensive library for potential...
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An Evening with EpiVax – Hosted by RI Bio
An Evening with Annie De Groot, MD and Bill Martin RI Bio Spring Event On Wednesday, April 7, we had the pleasure to host an evening reception with members of the RI life sciences community at our headquarters in Providence. Our attendees had the opportunity to learn...
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Jogging in Seoul…Marrying Your Cousin…Why and Why Not? | March Blog
Why Marrying Your Cousin...Isn't Such a Great IdeaNot that you were going to anyway, but here's why: Never mind the family scandal which goes on and on and on (trust me)...but if you have kids, beside the possibility that they might be a FLK, there is an...
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What’s Wrong With This Picture? | February Blog
What's Wrong With This Picture? No, not that one! (But yes, our 20th birthday was last year)... This one: a recent article published in Nature about a de novo IL-2 mimetic. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a potent anti-cancer treatment that stimulates the immune system....
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What’s Cool in 2019? | January Blog
What's Cool in 2019? You! (OK, Your HLA) 2018 brought us the magnificent microbiome, gene-edited pigs and ethical debate about gene-editing people. What are your predictions for 2019? We think that global warming will get worse, and that immunoinformatics will...
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Leslie J. De Groot MD, 1928-2018
Leslie J. DeGroot MD (“Les”) was born on a dairy farm in Fort Edward NY in 1928, dedicated his life to thyroid disease research and endocrinology and died soon after his 90th birthday, on October 23, 2018 in Nonquitt, Massachusetts, surrounded by his many loving grandchildren, children and his wife.
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