The Pecking Order of TGF-β

The Pecking Order of TGF-β

How unintentionally ironic that the phrase “winner, winner, chicken dinner!” is used to celebrate a victory, at least in casinos, considering that had we lived 240-66 million years ago, carnivorous dinosaurs, the ancestors of modern-day chickens, might have exclaimed,...
The Number One Impersonator

The Number One Impersonator

Maybe the second-best impersonator that we’ve ever seen is Frank Caliendo, who sounds like a dead ringer for a whole host of celebrities and sports personalities such as Charles Barkley, John C. Reilly, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Rogan, Chris Berman, Jon Gruden, Adam...
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a rainmaker as 1. “a person who produces or attempts to produce rain by artificial means” 2. “a person (such as a partner in a law firm) who brings in new business also : a person whose influence can initiate progress or...
Mostly Single and Ready to Mingle

Mostly Single and Ready to Mingle

At #BIO2024, the Pharmaceutical Industry’s answer to speed dating, EpicentRx declares its relationship status to be “mostly single and totally ready to mingle.” Outside only of oncology in China, where EpicentRx has partnered with SciClone Pharmaceuticals, the company...
EpicentRx Word of the Week (WoW): Plenary

EpicentRx Word of the Week (WoW): Plenary

“Read this definition of plenary that is complete in every way.” Plenary Definition (noun): 1) fully attended. 2) unqualified; absolute; comprehensive. Pronunciation: pleh-nr-ee Example sentences: “A plenary talk during a conference is one that everyone...