NanoString Blog

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Neuroscience Q&A

Rediscovering Microglia: Dr. Oleg Butovsky Discusses the Untapped Potential of Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Oleg Butovsky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His laboratory at the Center of Neurologic Diseases in Brigham & Women’s Hospital focuses on the basic…

NanoString / April 19, 2018
3d model of a neuron

Neuroscience

Advancing Neuroscience Gene Expression Research

The Neuropathology and Neuroinflammation panels are the newest addition to NanoString’s curated gene expression content poised to accelerate the pace of discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease…

NanoString / April 5, 2018
Checkpoint inhibitors

Digital Spatial Profiling

Breaking Boundaries with NanoString’s Digital Spatial Profiling

Recently we had a conversation with key members of the scientific leadership team at NanoString. Joe Beechem, the Senior VP of Research & Development, and Alessandra Cesano, Chief Medical Officer,…

NanoString / March 29, 2018
3d model of a neuron

Neuroscience

Design of a 770-plex Gene List for the Comprehensive Study of Neurodegeneration: The NanoString® Process

Interested in performing comprehensive multiplex gene expression analysis covering six fundamental themes of neurodegeneration: neurotransmission, neuron-glia interaction, neuroplasticity, cell structure integrity, neuroinflammation and metabolism? Wondering how you can narrow down these complex…

Erin Piazza / March 21, 2018
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Miscellaneous

Highlights from SITC 2017

It’s been an exciting and productive annual meeting for the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2017, full of ground-breaking science to share when back in the lab. For those…

Sarah Warren / November 29, 2017
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Data Analysis

These Will Change Your (Quantitative Data Analysis) Life and Here’s Why

Your data doesn’t fit in a box Gone are the days of assay-specific data analysis. nSolver 4.0 is analyte focused and less assay restricted. This means that any combination of…

Joe Horsman / November 22, 2017
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Data Analysis

Welcome to the nSolver™ Software Tech Blog!

We love that you’re here. Here’s why you’re going to love it, too: Fun-size articles on nSolver & Advanced Analysis. In between scientific papers, grant applications, and your other lengthy…

Joe Horsman / October 25, 2017
Checkpoint inhibitors

Digital Spatial Profiling Q&A

Characterizing Severe Autoimmune Toxicities Associated with Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapies

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have emerged as powerful tools against cancer but in some cases have caused inflammation of organ systems that contributed to morbidity or mortality in patients. The…

Robin Lynn White / March 31, 2017
3d model of human internal organs

Oncology

The IO Revolution, Part 3 of 4: The Role of the Tumor in the Cancer Immunity Cycle

Part one of this four-part series looked at how host, tumor, and environmental factors shape tumor-immune system interactions. Part two further examined the role of the host, and in this…

acesano / March 9, 2017
Role of the host

Oncology

The IO Revolution, Part 2 of 4: The Role of the Host in the Cancer Immunity Cycle

Part one of this four-part series looked at how host, tumor, and environmental factors shape tumor-immune system interactions. In the next few blogs, we will consider how each of these…

acesano / January 12, 2017
Colored scan of T lymphocytes and a cancer cell

Miscellaneous Oncology

Presidents, Rock Stars and Companion Diagnostics: 2016 Review of Immunotherapy

President Jimmy Carter announced this spring that he no longer needed treatments for the metastatic melanoma found in his brain–after treatment with pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck), his physicians could no longer…

acesano / January 7, 2017
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Events

ASH 2016: Subtyping in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

NanoString at ASH 2016. We attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in San Diego. The convention center was abuzz with scientists…

acesano / January 4, 2017