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As an early-stage life science company founder, and as an entrepreneur in general, you may need to raise money from investors at one point or another to fuel operations and growth. Understanding what ...
June 2022
Early-stage biotechnology companies almost always require large amounts of capital and resources to fund and fuel their research and development. Even if your business can generate some revenue, it ma...
June 2022
Definition: Ion Exchange Resins Ion exchange resins are insoluble polymers formed by crosslinking of polystyrenes with different functional groups, which act as a medium for ion exchange reactions.&nb...
May 2022
What are Monoclonal Antibodies? Monoclonal antibodies are proteins developed in labs from the clone of a single B-cell. They possess an affinity for a specific antigen and are produced in large quanti...
May 2022
Protein A resin is a high-affinity chromatography medium. It’s used for the one-step purification of monoclonal antibody products (mAb) and immunoglobulins from a cell cult...
May 2022
Stock option grants are an excellent way to strengthen your employee compensation package. However, they are also a tricky legal topic that can be extremely costly to get wrong. In many areas, a busin...
May 2022
How to Run an Effective Board Meeting In the early days of a startup, board meetings can seem somewhat unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but they are incredibly important and can be extremely...
May 2022
It is hard to underestimate the value of a properly created employment agreement, also referred to as an employment contract. When done correctly, this binding agreement establishes an employment rela...
May 2022
Definition: Coomassie Blue Stains Coomassie Brilliant Blue is a family of dyes that are routinely used in labs for protein staining protocols, performed after SDS-PAGE or polyacrylamide gel electropho...
May 2022
What Is Guide RNA (gRNA)? Gene editing, also known as genome engineering, is a revolutionary technique that modifies DNA to treat disease and improve human health. Among such techniques is the C...
April 2022
What Are Plasmids? Plasmids are small, circular, extrachromosomal, double-stranded DNA molecules, naturally found in bacterial species. However, their presence has also been found in some archaea and ...
April 2022
You may have heard of the 83(b) election before, especially if you’re a startup founder starting a new business. That’s because the 83(b) election, also referred to as the Section 83(b) election, allo...
April 2022
