Drug discovery research and development in oncology aims to identify medicines that can maximise patient survival. Once treatment is initiated in cancer patients, drug resistance can be a limiting factor to achieving a cure. This can be overcome by the combined administration of drugs with non-overlapping mechanisms of action (poly-chemotherapy). In order to achieve this, chemosensitivity assays are required. This webinar will discuss the following topics:
1. Overview of cell-based assay systems.
2. Adapting cell-based assay systems for chemosensitivity assays.
3. Case studies of chemosensitivity assays.
Speaker: Dr Sheraz Gul (Head of Assay Development & Screening, Fraunhofer IME ScreeningPort, Hamburg)