Norak Biosciences Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Norak's founders think that beta-arrestin's movement from within the body of the cell to the membrane-bound receptor is a specific marker of GPCR receptor activation-and their method for watching it all happen in glowing green is the basis of the company's Transfluor technology.
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