EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Longueur

EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Longueur

“Hopefully this post is short enough not to contain longueurs.” Longueur Definition (noun): a long, boring section or a tedious stretch of time usually used in the plural form. “Drug development is not without its longueurs, but it is always exciting when we see...
Divert Shields!

Divert Shields!

The following is excerpted from a WebEx that EpicentRx gave in January. “Divert shields!” is a common battle cry from the captain of the USS Enterprise in the TV show/movie Star Trek when one part the spaceship is under “phaser” or ray attack, which if you’ve ever...
TGF-β Mayhem

TGF-β Mayhem

Move over, Dean Winters, the good actor who plays the part of the disaster-prone Mayhem mascot in those fun-to-watch Allstate commercials. Make way for an even better agent of Mayhem and Chaos that is played by bad actor, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), a...
TGF-β, the Architect of Disaster

TGF-β, the Architect of Disaster

The most heavily fortified and militarized border in the world isn’t the one between North and South Korea, all appearances to the contrary. That distinction belongs instead to the border between tumors and their surrounding tissues. Chiefly responsible for the...
Magic 8 Ball, Marijuana Use, and Head and Neck Cancer

Magic 8 Ball, Marijuana Use, and Head and Neck Cancer

We asked the all-knowing, all-seeing Magic 8-ball – you know the plastic sphere shaped like an oversized eight ball that when shaken answers your most pressing questions with uncanny accuracy and speed – whether marijuana use is associated with head and...