There are approximately 17,000 people in the United States living with the progressive neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The exact cause for ALS is still unknown; about 10%-15% of cases have known genetic causes (familial ALS), while the remaining cases have no clear cause (sporadic ALS). In people with the disease, motor neurons (muscle-controlling […]

Switching your career path will always feel like a daunting undertaking, and there’s no perfect time to do it. And to make matters worse, there will almost always be nay-sayers and moments of difficulty along the way to securing your new job. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. If you are interested in biopharma […]

When a patient develops cancer, two different cancer-derived materials can be found in their blood: intact circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and cell-free circulating tumour DNA (cfDNA), which is released into the bloodstream as tumours grow. Clinicians can use blood drawn from a patient’s arm to search for CTCs and cfDNA that may be circulating in […]