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MDC Broadcast July Newsletter

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Chris speaks to Dominic Tyer, Creative and Editorial Director fromPharmaPhorum, about the UK environment for drug discovery, the impact of AI and the role of complex cell models.

So, how do you know who to follow on Twitter? There are a few ways to start finding relevant accounts. You can search for accounts using specific keywords or hashtags:

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The roleof the blood-brain barrier Author: Priya Viswanathan and Benedetta Arno A BLOG POST FROMOURWEBSITE By nature, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) was designed to protect the brain and the central nervous system (CNS) from toxins, inflammation, injury, and disease. The barrier is made up of highly specialised cells that strictly regulate the movement of molecules into the brain, only allowing essential nutrients and gases to pass

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If you click on ‘People’ you’ll get accounts related to the topic you can try following. Also, the ‘Who to follow’ widget finds accounts similar to the ones you already follow.

into the CNS. The cells that line the barrier do this by expressing tight junctions and transporters that are unique to the CNS and make this barrier more selective than any other blood vessel in the body. READ FULL ARTICLE Why ElectronMicroscopy? Author: Stephen Muench

You’ll find it if you click on your Following number:

Other users often share lists of accounts they recommend following. These are great, the recommendations are personal and tend to be of higher quality. Also, look for articles called things like “The 20 people to follow in drug discovery”. The best thing to do is to try following a bunch of accounts, and occasionally have a cull if the accounts aren’t as relevant as you thought they might be.

A BLOG POST FROMOURWEBSITE 88% of the 210 drugs granted FDA approval between 2010 and 2016 were informed by structural biology. Traditionally, structural biology has been underpinned by X-ray crystallography

and to a lesser extent NMR. However, significant improvements in the field of Electron Microscopy e.g. (EM) has provided a powerful approach to studying protein structure. READ FULL ARTICLE

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