Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $151,325 to Yale University to support the purchase of a Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER) instrument. This specialized device measures the electrical conductance of films of cells growing in cell culture.
Researchers at Yale will use the device to measure the effect of hundreds of monoclonal antibodies at varying concentrations. The aim of this research is to find the most active antibody, which could be developed into a possible therapeutic for strokes and Alzheimer’s, among other conditions.
This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of scientific research.