Metrion Biosciences is a UK based CRO, located at Granta Park in Cambridge. Our team has substantial expertise in providing research services to deliver preclinical and clinical stage drug candidates, and has a proven track record of providing high quality drug discovery services to our customers for ion channel targets on a fee-for-service or collaboration basis. The Metrion team takes pride in providing a knowledgeable, collaborative and flexible service to all customers, whether for small stand alone projects or fully integrated drug discovery programmes.
Optical voltage imaging of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes was used to assess electrophysiological effects of compounds beyond hERG inhibition. Action potential waveform analysis revealed compound-specific and concentration-dependent changes, enabling mechanistic differentiation of multichannel activity and demonstrating a human-relevant approach for translational cardiac safety assessment.
The presence of sensory neuron markers, excitability properties consistent with sensory neurons, and evidence of nociceptor ion channels (using both RNASeq and electrophysiology) provides strong evidence that iCell Sensory Neurons have a robust sensory neuron phenotype suitable for supporting pain discovery programs.