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Operations and supply chain project could save lives in cancer clinical trials
Posted on: May 14, 2021; Updated on: May 14, 2021
By Marjorie Riddle Duffie, marjorie.duffie@moore.sc.edu, 803-576-7337
A team of Moore School operations and supply chain students learned during the spring semester how they could save a life without ever stepping foot in a hospital.
Team members were focused on reducing the time it takes Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina to activate industry-sponsored cancer clinical trials. Their recommendations for more efficient processes could get a patient started on a trial before their cancer becomes terminal, and the treatment could be approved faster by
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Altis Biosystems, Inc., developer of RepliGut®, a technology platform that produces a layer of human intestinal stem or differentiated cells of either the small intestine or colon, announced the appointment of Bill Thelin, Ph.D. to the role of Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Thelin brings over 15 years of scientific experience to Altis and will coordinate research, new platform development and validation efforts.
“I am extraordinarily pleased that Bill is joining our team,” said Michael Biron, CEO of Altis. “His deep experience in developing platforms, drugs, and leveraging strategic partnerships will further strengthen our biology research engine and provide critical scientific vision to support the successful advancement of our pipeline of RepliGut
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People with cystic fibrosis are living better and longer, and now investigators want to further enhance quality and longevity by better understanding the role of nutrition, body composition and exercise in their health across an increasing lifespan.
While CF may be viewed primarily as a lung disease, the abnormally thick mucus that clogs patients airways also obstructs other fundamentals like digesting food and absorbing nutrients, producing sufficient insulin, sleeping and exercising, says Dr. Ryan A. Harris, clinical exercise and vascular physiologist at the Georgia Prevention Institute at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.