Drug Pipeline (in pharma context)
**What it means:** A "drug pipeline" is the entire journey a drug takes from the lab bench to the pharmacy shelf. Think of it as a factory assembly line: 1. **Discovery** → finding compounds that affe...
Explainers
Plain-English explanations of MEF2C research terms, concepts, and scientific mechanisms.
WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
**What it means:** Think of the PCT as a "global patent application portal." Instead of filing separate patents in 100+ countries individually, inventors file **one application** that reserves their p...
Theripio Innovations (the startup)
**What it means:** Theripio Innovations is the **startup company** founded by Dr. Christopher Cowan at MUSC to commercialize the MEF2C RNA therapeutic platform. In drug development, when academic rese...