Neither Fish Nor Fowl

Neither Fish Nor Fowl

An advocacy organization that we spoke to last month characterized themselves as “neither fish nor fowl”, meaning that they do not fit into any one specific category. It struck us immediately that this was a great way to describe our lead small molecule, RRx-001...
EpicentRx Word of the Week: Banausic

EpicentRx Word of the Week: Banausic

“It is never banausic to read the Word of the Week”. Banausic adjective buh-naw-sik Definition: : common, functional, mechanical, mundane, uncultured, unrefined, and lacking creativity or imagination Example sentences: “Drug development is not really a banausic...
A Blog About a Blog About a Blog

A Blog About a Blog About a Blog

Not to brag but what an absolutely meta-tastic title this is! Also a metastatic one because of the number of times we used the word “blog”. Last week we wrote a post entitled, “A Blog About a Blog”—because, well, we had nothing “meta” to do, it being very early in the...
Easy as P.I.E.

Easy as P.I.E.

For tumors, unfortunately, to not only survive but also thrive is often as easy as p.i.e.—those letters are an acronym for the three steps of persuasion, invasion, and evasion. Step 1 for tumor cells is to persuade—they must coerce stromal or non-cancerous cells to...
A Look Before the Leap

A Look Before the Leap

February 2024 is a leap year, meaning that an extra day is tacked on to the end of the shortest month to account for the fact that the Earth’s orbit around the Sun takes approximately 365.25 days; hence a leap year, with exceptions, falls every 4 years (0.25 x 4) to...