Visit https://www.amgenscience.com/alzheimers-bace-race/ for a discussion on a collaboration by Amgen and Novartis to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
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Visit https://www.amgenscience.com/#the-new-genetics/chapter1/1 for an overview of how Amgen is using genetics to identify new drug targets.
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Visit https://www.amgenscience.com/the-shape-of-drugs-to-come/ for highlights on the ever-expanding toolkit of new drug modalities that scientists are designing to fight disease.
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(9:56) This video presents how DNA's two strands of nucleotides are held together by hydrogen bonding but run in antiparallel, or opposite, directions from one another.
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Andres Berrio is an associate scientist with the biotechnology company, Biogen. In this video produced by WGBH, Andres talks about his career path, his background as an unmotivated student, the guidance counselor who helped turn his life around, his discovery that he liked learning, and what it takes to succeed in the biotechnology field.
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Some Tools of the Trade
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How Do You Begin to Clone a Gene
Your Challenge
Beginning To Clone a Gene
Producing Human Therapeutic Proteins in Bacteria
Clone That Gene
Preparing to Clone the RFP Gene, Digesting the pKAN-R and pARA
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How Do You Begin to Clone a Gene
Your Challenge
Beginning to Clone a Gene
Producing Human Therapeutic Proteins in Bacteria
Clone That Gene
Preparing to Verify the RFP Gene, Digesting the pARA-R Plasmid
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