Coppertone or Nibrozetone?

Coppertone or Nibrozetone?

The new International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for RRx-001 is nibrozetone (pronunciation: NA-ih-broh-tseh-TOH-uun). See blog post EpicentRx Word of the Week: NO and press release United States Adopted Name (USAN) Council and International Nonproprietary Names (INN)...
AdAPT-001: An Above-Par Anticancer Agent

AdAPT-001: An Above-Par Anticancer Agent

We recently talked to a hedge fund manager, an obsessed scratch golfer, let’s call him Bill, because of how pricey he is, about the EpicentRx anticancer therapy, AdAPT-001. He asked us to explain AdAPT-001 to him in the simplest language possible, and to keep the...
EpicentRx Word of the Week: AdAPT-ed

EpicentRx Word of the Week: AdAPT-ed

“Word to the wise” AdAPT-ed Definition: Noun: Education (ed) about the AdAPT platform of adenoviral vectors. Verb past tense: Designed for use as an adenoviral gene delivery vector. Example sentences: “Here is some AdAPT-ed (education): did you know that there are...
Oppenheimer and Radioprotection

Oppenheimer and Radioprotection

Forget about Aliens, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Omen, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and Jaws. No, by far the scariest monster movie that we have ever seen is Christopher Nolan’s, Oppenheimer. The Frankenstein that the Los Alamos scientists cobbled...
Let That Sink In

Let That Sink In

“Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” October 26, 2022 Give Elon Musk credit. Close to one year later, “let that sink in”, referring straightforwardly to the actual sink that Elon carries, and on a deeper level to his takeover of Twitter, is still one of the best...