by Kathleen Gonzalez | May 8, 2019 | 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...
by Kathleen Gonzalez | May 8, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Kathleen Gonzalez | Mar 21, 2019 | 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...
by Kathleen Gonzalez | Feb 25, 2019 | 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...
by Kathleen Gonzalez | Jan 11, 2019 | 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...
by Annie De Groot | Oct 23, 2018 | Blog, News
Leslie J. DeGroot MD (“Les”) was born 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,...
