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Antiviral drugs
Antiviral drugs are pharmaceutical medications that help fight off viruses that can cause disease. Antiviral drugs can also prevent infection, viral spread, or reduce the symptoms caused by viral infection. Viruses such as influenza, herpes, hepatitis, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2.
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DEC 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd ...OCT 25, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Videos
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is an infection that has wreaked havoc in hospitals and nursing ho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign ...FEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 18, 2015Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2015Microbiology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that herpesviruses might play a role in neurological disorders ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 06, 2015Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
Akin to the way chainmail's tight weave repels an attacking sword blade, the blood-brain barrier keeps guard of our brai ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Immunology
An over-the-counter drug indicated to treat allergy symptoms limited hepatitis C virus activity in infected mice, accord ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh ...Written By: Will HectorNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 22, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
How and how much living things are affected by nature vs. nurture has been an ongoing debate for many years. But, the wh ...Written By: Peter Micheli
DEC 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd
...
OCT 25, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Videos
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is an infection that has wreaked havoc in hospitals and nursing ho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign
...
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 18, 2015
Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Microbiology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that herpesviruses might play a role in neurological disorders
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 06, 2015
Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Akin to the way chainmail's tight weave repels an attacking sword blade, the blood-brain barrier keeps guard of our brai
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
An over-the-counter drug indicated to treat allergy symptoms limited hepatitis C virus activity in infected mice, accord
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh
...
Written By:
Will Hector
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 22, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
How and how much living things are affected by nature vs. nurture has been an ongoing debate for many years. But, the wh
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli